{"id":410691,"date":"2026-01-13T19:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410691\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:56:07","slug":"diamondbacks-acquire-8-time-all-star-3b-nolan-arenado-in-a-deal-with-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410691\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks acquire 8-time All-Star 3B Nolan Arenado in a deal with the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> acquired eight-time All-Star third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/nolan-arenado-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan Arenado<\/a> from St. Louis for minor league pitcher Jack Martinez in a trade Tuesday in which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/st-louis-cardinals-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals<\/a> also are including $31 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">A 10-time Gold Glove winner, Arenado has played for the Cardinals the past five seasons and was shopped extensively after the 2024 season by a rebuilding team. The 34-year-old isn&#8217;t the offensive force he used to be but will still provide a veteran presence at the position after the D-backs traded slugger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/eugenio-suarez-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a> at last season&#8217;s trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Arenado batted. .237 with 12 homers and 52 RBIs last season and as two years and $42 million remaining on a contract paying him $275 million for nine years. He is owed $42 million, with salaries of $27 million this year and $15 million in 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">St. Louis agreed to send Arizona $22 million to offset this season&#8217;s salary \u2014 $2,666,666.67 on the 15th of each month from April to September \u2014 and $9 million on Nov. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Arenado waived a no-trade provision to accept the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">\u201cWe are grateful for Nolan\u2019s five years as a Cardinal, on and off the field \u2014 for his drive, his competitiveness, and for all of the memories he gave us,\u201d Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">\u201cAs we continue to move forward, we are pleased to add another intriguing pitching prospect to our organization, and excited for the opportunity this move creates for a number of our players to step up and further establish themselves at the big league level,\u201d Bloom added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Martinez was an eighth round pick by the D-backs out of Arizona State in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Arenado is a career .282 hitter and has 353 homers over 13 seasons with the Cardinals and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/colorado-rockies-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rockies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">AP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired eight-time All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado from St. Louis for minor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-410691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}