Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Trade possibilities to be explored
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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.
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
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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
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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.
Arenado is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Colorado.
Arenado will get a day off in his old stomping grounds after going 2-for-9 with one run scored in the first two games of the series. Jose Fermin will handle third base as the Cardinals attempt the sweep.
Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Perfect at plate Wednesday
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Arenado went 3-for-3 with a double, two walks, one RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-5 win over the Pirates.
This was Arenado's third multi-hit effort in his last nine games, a span in which he's hitting .323 (10-for-31) with five walks, though just two of his hits over that stretch have gone for extra bases. The third baseman has put together a strong second half to maintain a .269/.323/.396 slash line for the season while adding 16 home runs, 69 RBI, 67 runs scored, 22 doubles and two stolen bases over 145 games.
