💁🏼‍♀️ Ketel Marte signed a contract extension with Arizona on Apr 02, 2025 with a 5-team (I wonder who) no-trade list (he earns full no-trade protection starting mid-April 2026 via 10-and-5 rights). Why would the Diamondbacks shop him less then a year after extending him? They’d probably like to get him moved before he gets his full trade rights in April. Marte is owed $15m (plus an additional $1m he earned from plate appearance incentives in ‘25) for a total of $16m for the ‘26 season. Then he’s owed $12m, $20m, $22m, $22m and then he has a player option for $11.5m (which seems to me like an easy decision for him at age 37. But I’ve been told he will be worth more and decline his option and re enter free agency for a bigger deal). And he can easily earn an additional $1m per year (and as much as an additional $2.5m) with his plate appearance incentives which are; 500: $500k (earned 2025), 550: $500k (earned 2025), 600: $750k, 625: $750k. So he’s most probably realistically owed $96m over the next 5yrs to play 2B through age 36 with $5m in salary deferred yearly. ⚾️ If Breslow attempts to get involved in a trade for Marte I hope Ownership steps in and nixes it. I will continue to believe that this front office knows better. I just can’t see the Red Sox trading away assets to get involved in a trade headed by Marte at his current value. 👎

Down vote for the A's. Not interested in Marte... I think he implodes sooner rather than later.