{"id":258302,"date":"2026-08-03T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:30:24","slug":"sources-giants-trading-3-time-batting-champ-arraez-to-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258302\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Giants trading 3-time batting champ Arraez to Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> are acquiring three-time batting champion Luis Arraez<\/a> from the San Francisco Giants<\/a> in a move that has the second baseman joining his fifth team in five years, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Arraez, who is slated to become a free agent after this season, returned to second base this season with the Giants, and his defense at the position is among the best in the league.<\/p>\n

He also has experience at first base, having played there for the San Diego Padres<\/a> in 2024 and 2025, but he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to move from second base.<\/p>\n

At the plate, Arraez is having his best offensive season since 2023, hitting .324 — tops in the National League and second in the majors behind the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez<\/a> (.330) — with four home runs and 43 RBIs. And though he doesn’t bring much over-the-fence power or many walks, nobody is better at putting the ball in play than the four-time All-Star, who likely will lead MLB in strikeout rate for the fifth consecutive season.<\/p>\n

He was traded from the Miami Marlins<\/a> to San Diego on May 4, 2024. He won his third straight batting title, with three different teams, by hitting .314 that season. He left as a free agent after the 2025 season and signed with San Francisco on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n

The Giants have held Arraez out of the lineup since Saturday due to cramps in a move that was termed as precautionary heading into the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and David Schoenfield contributed to this report.br\/]<\/p>\n

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