Game 107 lineups: Nats at Diamondbacks (Thomas traded to Guardians)

PHOENIX – It’s a dry 109 degrees here in the Valley of the Sun. Guess it’s only appropriate as the trade market heats up. There have been a number of deals made throughout the baseball world today, though nothing involving the Nationals yet. The day is still young, especially out here in the Pacific Time Zone. (Technically, it’s Mountain Standard Time, because Arizona doesn’t do daylight saving, but that’s not important right now.)

The Nationals come to the desert after taking two of three from the Cardinals, missing out on a sweep Sunday afternoon when Dylan Floro gave up a walk-off homer to Paul Goldschmidt in the bottom of the ninth. They’ll look to get this series off on a positive note against the defending National League champs, who have won 10 of their last 14 to get back into the thick of the Wild Card race.

It’s a matchup of left-handers, with Mitchell Parker against Jordan Montgomery. Parker is coming off back-to-back rough and short starts, having totaled 3 2/3 innings against the Brewers and Padres. The Nats simply need much more from him tonight, especially if they make any moves that deplete their bullpen. Montgomery, one of the top free agents last winter who held out forever before finally signing with Arizona, has been really good in three of his last four starts but was roughed up by the Royals for eight runs in 2 2/3 innings in the other.

Update: Lane Thomas is being traded to the Guardians, per a source familiar with the situation. The Nats are getting 19-year-old left-hander Alex Clemmey (Cleveland's No. 8 prospect per MLB Pipeline), 19-year-old shortstop Rafael Ramirez Jr. (No. 22) and 23-year-old infielder Jose Tena (No. 28 per Baseball America).

More to come soon.

The Athletic was first to report the trade.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Where: Chase Field
Gametime: 9:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 88.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Indoors

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
1B Juan Yepez
DH Harold Ramírez
LF James Wood
C Keibert Ruiz
RF Alex Call
2B Ildemaro Vargas
CF Jacob Young
3B Trey Lipscomb

LHP Mitchell Parker

DIAMONDBACKS
2B Ketel Marte
C Gabriel Moreno
LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
1B Christian Walker
DH Randal Grichuk
RF Jake McCarthy
3B Eugenio Suárez
CF Alek Thomas
SS Geraldo Perdomo

LHP Jordan Montgomery