Diamondbacks receive trade update regarding Ketel Marte after superstar hit MLB milestone
It's probably time to stop including Marte in trade ideas.
Diamondbacks receive trade update regarding Ketel Marte after superstar hit MLB milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Over the offseason, the Arizona Diamondbacks were one of the centers of trade talks and rumors, specifically regarding their All-Star second baseman, Ketel Marte.
However, any trade proposals involving Marte should probably be shelved from now on. FanSided’s Zachary Rotman believes so as well, as he notes that Marte has hit an MLB milestone: 10 years in the big leagues, and his past five with Arizona, giving him his 10-5 rights . With that, he receives something clubs hate when players have: a no-trade clause.
MORE: Proposed blockbuster Braves trade sees Atlanta land $5. 2 million breakout 37 HR outfielder, finally move on from Jurickson Profar “At certain points of the 2025 offseason, it felt as if the Arizona Diamondbacks were going to trade Ketel Marte. Now, a deal never materialized, but the fact that he was as prevalent in rumors as he was, suggested his future in Arizona was far from secure.
Well, now that Marte has earned a full no-trade clause, he won't be going anywhere anytime soon unless he wants to leave…Even if the Diamondbacks decide they'd like to trade him, as long as Marte remains in an Arizona uniform, they'll need his approval before shipping him off,” Rotman wrote. So far this season, Marte is slashing . 184/.