Trade candidate Suarez continues homer binge

PHOENIX -- Eugenio Suarez continued his powerfulness surge for the Arizona Diamondbacks by hitting his 5th location tally successful the past 3 games, a solo changeable against the Houston Astros connected Monday night.

The 34-year-old Suarez -- who is 1 of baseball's astir coveted bats arsenic the July 31 commercialized deadline approaches -- leads the National League with 36 homers. He was named the NL Player of the Week for the 4th clip this play earlier Monday.

Suarez deed 2 homers against the St. Louis Cardinals connected Saturday and again connected Sunday.

The All-Star 3rd baseman is besides the 3rd D-backs subordinate to deed 7 homers implicit a six-game span, joining Reggie Sanders (2001) and J.D. Martinez (2017). He's the archetypal to execute the feat successful the large leagues since Aaron Judge successful 2024.

Suarez -- who is simply a escaped cause this offseason -- has agelong been considered 1 of the apical sluggers connected the marketplace for prospective buyers astatine the deadline.

But it's unclear whether the D-backs volition beryllium consenting to commercialized Suarez since they came into Monday's crippled connected the fringes of playoff contention with a 50-50 record.