By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic
Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed says he doesn’t read about any of the trade rumors that bounce around the game this time every year. He doesn’t watch what’s on TV, either, unless it happens to be on when he’s in or passing through the clubhouse.
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So blocking out the Diamondbacks’ reported pursuit of the biggest name on the trade market, the Baltimore Orioles’ Manny Machado, a player who happens to play the same position as Ahmed, isn’t as difficult as one might imagine.
“I try to be good about what I’m letting into my mind and my heart,” Ahmed said, “and just filling it up with the right stuff.”
On Friday night in Atlanta, Ahmed continued to look like a player who isn’t the least bit distracted. With two more hits in the Diamondbacks’ 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves, including the go-ahead single to center in the seventh, he continued an offensive surge he’s been on for the better part of six weeks.
BOX SCORE: Diamondbacks 2, Braves 1
