According to a report on SI.com, the Diamondbacks were one of at least eight teams that made overtures to the Yankees last season about acquiring third baseman Alex Rodriguez in a trade. Diamondbacks General Manager Josh Byrnes downplayed the report. "I really don't want to comment on it," he said. "The amount of discussions we have with clubs, we probably talk about every player on every team to some degree of seriousness. But I don't really want to discuss that or the nature of it in much more detail."