{"id":28682,"date":"2025-07-28T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28682\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:48:07","slug":"starling-marte-drawing-trade-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28682\/","title":{"rendered":"Starling Marte Drawing Trade Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

With two hits in the Mets\u2019 5-3 win over the Giants tonight, Starling Marte<\/a> is now slashing .289\/.372\/.416 over an even 200 plate appearances this season, which translates to a very solid 129 wRC+.\u00a0 The veteran hitter\u2019s continued production in his age-36 campaign hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed, as the New York Post\u2019s Mike Puma<\/a> reports that multiple teams have checked in with the Mets about Marte in the lead-up to the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Marte has served almost exclusively as a designated hitter in 2025, with only a handful of appearances as a corner outfielder.\u00a0 Initially tabbed as part of a righty\/lefty DH platoon with Jesse Winker<\/a>, Marte has ended up getting more action right-handed pitching than against southpaws, and he took a .793 OPS in 86 PA against lefties and a .762 OPS over 110 PA against righties into action tonight.\u00a0 Marte is benefiting from a .336 BABIP and he isn\u2019t generating much power, but the former All-Star has shown he is still productive within somewhat limited parameters.<\/p>\n

Now in the final season of the four-year, $78MM free agent deal signed in the 2021-22 offseason, Marte has around $6.4MM remaining of his $19.5MM salary for the 2025 campaign.\u00a0 While not the biggest chunk of change to take on over the season\u2019s final two months, it does seem a little steep for a part-time primary DH, so it is interesting to speculate on what exactly other clubs could be offering Marte, or what the Amazins are asking in return.\u00a0 New York floated Marte\u2019s name in trade talks this past offseason, with the Mets reportedly willing<\/a> to cover part of that $19.5MM salary in order to help facilitate a deal.<\/p>\n

The Royals were the only team publicly linked<\/a> to Marte\u2019s market, though obviously no agreement was reached.\u00a0 Hypothetically, it stands to reason that Kansas City could still be an interested party, given how the Royals are struggling offensively and have gotten next to nothing from their outfielders or their lineup in general.\u00a0 Marte could be slotted into the Royals\u2019 DH slot moreso than a regular role in the outfield, though K.C.\u2019s acquisition of Randal Grichuk<\/a> may have filled some of that need with a player who has more defensive utility.<\/p>\n

Trading Marte would free up some space within a Mets lineup that is already overloaded in position players.\u00a0 While the younger members of New York\u2019s infield mix have been inconsistent this year, the Mets would probably prefer to deal a veteran on an expiring contract like Marte before parting ways with a more controllable talent, even if younger players are likewise more attractive to trade suitors.<\/p>\n

It is fair to assume the Mets would look to land pitching when trying to deal Marte or any hitter.\u00a0 The Mets have reportedly shown interest in a number of different starters, and president of baseball operations David Stearns said<\/a> even after Friday\u2019s Gregory Soto<\/a> acquisition<\/a> that the bullpen is still the team\u2019s primary focus as the deadline approaches.\u00a0 To that end, the Athletic\u2019s Will Sammon<\/a> added Ryan Helsley<\/a> to the long list of relievers under consideration, but as of early Sunday morning, the Mets had yet to actually have any talks with the Cardinals about the closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With two hits in the Mets\u2019 5-3 win over the Giants tonight, Starling Marte is now slashing .289\/.372\/.416…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,4019,82,22500],"class_list":["post-28682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-ryan-helsley","tag-sports","tag-starling-marte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}