Diamondbacks face Ketel Marte downside in pursuit of Alex Bregman

The Boston Pink Sox and Alex Bregman are nonetheless in a little bit of a stalemate.

The marketplace for the previous World Sequence champion reportedly hasn’t been as lively as he anticipated, and a return to Fenway Park remains to be in play.

Nevertheless, MLB insider Bob Nightengale reported that the Arizona Diamondbacks have now turn out to be a shock suitor for his companies. However the one method the Diamondbacks might have sufficient monetary flexibility to make a run at him would most likely require buying and selling Ketel Marte.

The Diamondbacks have a Ketel Marte resolution to make

Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Diamondbacks would “lose leverage” in the event that they had been to signal Bregman earlier than buying and selling Marte.

“The deferrals in Marte’s contract decrease his common annual worth for luxury-tax functions to $14.6 million,” Rosenthal defined. “Bregman possible would go for a minimum of twice that AAV, however the Diamondbacks’ present payroll is an estimated $17 million decrease than it was final season.”

Notably, the Pink Sox are reportedly one of many groups conserving tabs on Ketel Marte, and so they’re not included in his no-trade listing. Possibly the groups can work one thing on the market. 

Bregman may turn out to be the Diamondbacks’ new third baseman, with Tim Tawa, Jordan Lawlar and Blaze Alexander all as potential replacements for Marte.

That is not the kind of transfer the Diamondbacks often make, however they’ve already proven that they are often very aggressive when they need a veteran, similar to they did with Corbin Burnes final season.