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• Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Willing to play first base

  22D ago • By RotoWire

  Arenado is willing to play some first base in order to create roster flexibility for the team acquiring him in a potential trade, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports. A large part of Arenado's value comes from his defense at third base, so it's not clear how many clubs would be looking to shift him to the other side of the diamond even on a part-time basis. Still, some flexibility can't hurt, and the fact he's even willing to entertain the possibility also seems to speak to Arenado's eagerness to waive his no-trade clause. Woo notes that a few teams have expressed interest in Arenado, but those talks "have yet to yield any substantive progress." However, negotiations are expected to pick up around the winter meetings and there is a "growing sense" in the industry that Arenado will be dealt.

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• Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Trade possibilities to be explored

  11/07/2024 • By RotoWire

  The Cardinals are expected to gauge trade interest in Arenado this month, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Wednesday that at least one of the team's four players with no-trade clauses is open to the club exploring trade interest from other teams. It seems that player is Arenado, who is owed $74 million over the next three seasons (with $10 million of that being covered by the Rockies). Arenado will turn 34 in April and fell off to a .272/.325/.394 batting line with 16 home runs in 2024, although he was a Gold Glove finalist at third base. There would figure to be plenty of interest in the eight-time All-Star even as he's coming off a down season, although trade talks will be complicated since Arenado can essentially dictate his landing spot.

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• Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Sitting again Sunday

  09/29/2024 • By RotoWire

  Arenado is not in Sunday's lineup against the Giants. Arenado will get the last two games of the season off. Jose Fermin is starting at the hot corner, batting ninth.

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• Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Taking seat Saturday

  09/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Arenado isn't in the Cardinals' lineup for Saturday's game against the Giants, John Denton of MLB.com reports. Arenado has gone 9-for-25 with two RBI and three runs scored during his six-game hitting streak, but he'll take a seat Saturday for the second time in St. Louis' last three games. Thomas Saggese will get an opportunity to start at third base while batting seventh.

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• Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Posts three hits in win

  09/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  Arenado went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 6-3 win over the Giants. Arenado has gone 15-for-42 (.357) over his last 11 games to produce a strong end to the year. His double Friday was just his second extra-base hit in that span, and while his bat has been more consistent lately, he has just one homer over 23 games in September. Overall, the third baseman has a .272/.325/.394 slash line, 16 homers, 71 RBI, 70 runs scored, 23 doubles and two stolen bases over 152 contests this season.

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