How Diamondbacks can solve their outfield logjam

The Diamondbacks feature one of MLB's more jam-packed outfields, and they added to the mix on Thursday by trading for Seattle OF Kyle Lewis.

Arizona's outfield also includes Daulton Varsho, Jake McCarthy, Corbin Carroll, Pavin Smith, and Alek Thomas. Jorge Barrosa and Dominic Fletcher are also on the 40-man roster, but they will both likely begin next season in Triple-A.

Six players will not comfortably fit in a three-spot outfield situation. Something must give.

Fortunately for Arizona, multiple teams -- including the Toronto Blue Jays -- seek a left-handed swinging outfielder. The Diamondbacks can fill that need.

With the Blue Jays announcing their intention to trade from their catching surplus, the Diamondbacks, who desperately need a catcher, should strike.

Here is a potential deal put together on baseballtradevalues.com, a trade simulator that calculates the value a team would get in potential deals:

Arizona gets: 26.60 points

C Danny Jansen (2.6 fWAR, 15 HR)

RHP Nate Pearson (DNP in 2022)

Toronto gets: 25.10 points

OF Jake McCarthy (2.3 fWAR, 8 HR)

RHP Landon Sims

Jansen would represent an immediate upgrade behind the plate for Arizona. He has been squeezed out of the Blue Jays' future with the emergence of Gabriel Moreno. 

Nate Pearson is a former top prospect who has fallen from grace. The 26-year-old has experience as a starter and reliever and would give Arizona a much-needed high-strikeout pitcher.

The return for Toronto would include McCarthy and prospect Sims, whom Arizona selected in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft.

McCarthy came out of nowhere in 2022 for Arizona, playing all three outfield spots, stealing a ton of bases, and becoming a serious on-base threat. He finished fourth in the NL Rookie of the Year voting.

Sims, 21, has not played in the Diamondbacks' system because of a torn UCL that resulted in Tommy John surgery. He is coming off a collegiate career in which he threw 85 innings of 1.69 ERA ball, striking out 150 and allowing four home runs.