Overview
- Arizona is listening on offers for three-time All-Star Ketel Marte, with clarity expected as the winter meetings approach and no deal in place.
- Marte is owed $91 million over five years with an additional $11.5 million player option, a structure executives say justifies a major prospect haul.
- ESPN ranks Marte the No. 2 trade chip this offseason and assigns a 40% chance he is moved, listing the Pirates, Giants, Phillies, Mariners, Royals, Athletics and Mets as potential fits.
- Bob Nightengale reports the Red Sox, Rays and Tigers are also on the radar, expanding the pool of suitors monitoring the situation.
- Coming off a .283/.376/.517 season with 28 home runs at age 32, Marte’s elite bat drives demand as teams weigh performance sustainability against contract length.