LAS VEGAS — With rumors swirling about the availability of his star second baseman, Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said he would listen to trade offers for Ketel Marte.
“We field questions on all of our really good players,†Hazen said on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from the General Managers Meetings at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “There’s interest all the time. At the deadline, before the season, after the season. I have to do my job. I have to listen to what people have to say.â€
Hazen added: “We’ll see where the conversations go beyond that. I’d say it’s mostly unlikely for that stuff (type of trade) to happen.â€
For the Diamondbacks to ultimately part with Marte, they likely would need to receive a package of young big leaguers or a combination of young major leaguers and prospects who are nearly big-league ready. More than likely, it would need to include controllable starting pitching, which would fill a need for a Diamondbacks club that has two vacancies in its starting rotation.
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Marte, who turned 32 last month, is baseball’s best offensive second baseman, and he is coming off back-to-back seasons in which he has hit a combined .288/.374/.539 with 64 homers in 262 games.
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte fields a grounder hit by Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo before throwing to first base for the out during the fourth inning Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Phoenix.Â
He has five years and $91 million remaining on a contract that runs through 2030. The deal includes an additional year in the form of an $11.5 million player option for 2031, which would be Marte’s age-37 season.
As a switch-hitter with power and plate discipline, he could age well, though he has had injury and durability concerns for much of his career and likely will need to move off second base at some point.
His contract will likely be viewed as far more affordable than what the top of the free-agent market will cost. Projections from various publications anticipate as many as a dozen free agents signing for more in guaranteed money than the $102.5 million Marte has remaining.
While it would be eye-opening for a rival club to be willing to part with multiple high-end, young, big-league caliber players, there also aren’t many recent examples of productive prime-age stars traded with this many years remaining on an affordably priced contract.
