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Blue Jays predicted to trade for $105 million Diamondbacks All-Star infielder

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This would be an incredible move for the Blue Jays to make.

Blue Jays predicted to trade for $105 million Diamondbacks All-Star infielder originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays are having a rough 2026 season, as the team has dealt with a plethora of injuries to key players and has struggled to stay afloat due to all of the issues with the team.

At 22-27, the Blue Jays aren't out of the playoff race just yet, but they need to turn things around, and soon, to act as buyers at the trade deadline. But, assuming they can turn things around with their World Series-caliber roster, they should be big buyers. With a need in both the starting rotation and for the lineup, Bleacher Report's Zachardy D.

Rymer focused on the latter, predicting that the Blue Jays would swing a trade for a $105 million infielder and Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star slugger Ketel Marte. Blue Jays predicted to trade for Ketel Marte "Ketel Marte will be the best hitter traded," Rymer writes. "He should be on the Blue Jays' radar, as they need more pop arguably just as much as they need starting pitching.

... Prediction: Traded to Blue Jays. " With the need for more infield help, the Blue Jays could acquire Marte, a star infielder who's been one of the best second basemen in baseball the last few years.