Overview
- Multiple clubs have held exploratory conversations about trading for Ketel Marte, with Toronto reported to be intensifying talks and Baltimore also engaged in dialogue over the weekend.
- Arizona met with Marte’s agent at this week’s General Managers Meetings as the team examines offers and signals a desire to reshape its roster rather than keep the current core intact.
- Reports say conversations include a possible contract restructure—one insider mentioned a four‑year, $135 million proposal—to make Marte’s deal more palatable to suitors while Arizona seeks to clear or offset most remaining salary.
- Marte has 10‑and‑5 no‑trade rights that let him veto any trade, so teams have met with his representatives to identify destinations he would approve before advancing offers.
- All parties face a hard deadline because the collective bargaining agreement expires at 10:59 p.m. CT on December 1, and a lockout would pause transactions and increase pressure to complete any trade quickly.