The hearth sale might already be underway for the struggling Miami Marlins, who’re reportedly near buying and selling away two-time batting champion Luis Arraez.
In keeping with Jeff Passan of ESPN, a deal to ship Arraez to the San Diego Padres for a package deal that features three prospects is sort of finalized, with solely medical evaluations standing in the way in which of a proper announcement.
In the meantime, Craig Mish of the Miami Herald reported that the Marlins will obtain two of the Padres’ top-10 prospects, outfielders Dillon Head and Jakob Marsee, together with first baseman/outfielder Nathan Martorella and aid pitcher Woo Suk-Go headed to Miami.
Head is the prize of the package deal, rated because the Padres’ No. 6 prospect by MLB.com. Chosen twenty fifth general by San Diego within the 2023 Beginner Draft, the 19-year-old slashed .267/.363/.400 with a house run and 11 RBI, with eight extra-base hits and 4 stolen bases over 27 mixed video games in rookie ball and Single-A final season.
The rumored deal got here to mild solely minutes earlier than Arraez was scheduled to bat lead-off for the Marlins towards the Oakland Athletics.
For the 16-18 Padres, who path the Nationwide League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers (20-13) by 4.5 video games early on, they’re including a difference-maker to their lineup in Arraez, who has recorded the second-most hits within the majors since 2022, per Baseball Reference.
Conversely, the commerce of Arraez might solely be the beginning of a mass exodus in Miami. Getting into Friday’s motion, the Marlins had one of many worst data in MLB (9-24), with solely the Colorado Rockers (8-24) and Chicago White Sox (6-25) sitting decrease within the league-wide standings.
It is unclear if the Marlins need to commerce away anybody else from their lineup, but when the franchise was eager on dealing a multiple-time All-Star in early Might, nobody could also be untouchable.
