The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired eight-time All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado and money issues from the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
The Cardinals acquired minor league right-hander Jack Martinez to finish the deal for the 10-time Gold Glove winner, who waived his no-trade clause.
“We’re grateful for Nolan’s 5 years as a Cardinal, on and off the sphere — for his drive, his competitiveness, and for all the recollections he gave us,” stated Chaim Bloom, Cardinals president of baseball operations.
“We want Nolan and his household the perfect as he continues with the following chapter of his nice profession.”
Arenado, 34, has two seasons remaining on an eight-year, $260 million contract.
He’s coming off a 2025 marketing campaign by which he posted 162-game season profession lows in batting common (.237), on-base proportion (.289), slugging proportion (.377) and OPS (.666).
Arenado recorded simply 12 homers and 52 RBIs in 107 video games, with a shoulder damage inflicting him to overlook six-plus weeks.
Nonetheless, that is a pointy drop in manufacturing for a participant who has smacked 30 or extra homers seven instances. 5 of these seasons have been performed within the mile-high altitude of the Colorado Rockies’ ballpark in Denver and two occurred in St. Louis.
Martinez, 22, pitched collegiately at Trinity College (Texas), Louisiana-Lafayette and Arizona State. He was 6-4 with a 5.47 ERA in 15 begins for the Solar Devils in 2025.
Martinez was chosen by the Diamondbacks within the eighth spherical of the 2025 MLB Draft.
“As we proceed to maneuver ahead, we’re happy so as to add one other intriguing pitching prospect to our group, and excited for the chance this transfer creates for a lot of our gamers to step up and additional set up themselves on the large league stage,” Bloom stated.
–Subject Degree Media
