Teams have called Diamondbacks about Ketel Marte, would take true haul

Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said on Friday that while he has been getting the most calls on players with expiring contracts, he has received calls for players with multiple years of control.

Hazen added those talks usually get shut down when he brings up the haul it would take to trade those players, such as Ketel Marte, Corbin Carroll, Gabriel Moreno, Geraldo Perdomo and Ryne Nelson.

Marte is not untouchable in trade talks, however, according to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, but Arizona is not looking to trade him at the moment. It would take a true haul to include him in any deal.

“In almost every conversation, it’s ‘Would you guys talk about these guys at all?'” Hazen said. “If I say, ‘Depends on what you’re talking about. It would be a haul.’ That usually shuts the conversations down pretty quickly. So the majority of the conversations that are real conversations in my mind surround the guys that are coming up.

“Most times at the deadline, any time you’re talking about controllable guys, you can have some conversations around them sometimes but everyone just says this is something that doesn’t have to happen right now and we can kick it to the offseason if it’s something we want to talk about.”

The team is looking for pitching with Corbin Burnes recovering from Tommy John surgery and Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly on expiring contracts.

Marte is having a good 2025 campaign, slashing .287/.389/.566 with 20 home runs. For his efforts, Marte was named the starting second baseman for the National League in the 2025 All-Star Game.

Marte and the D-backs agreed to a reworked contact in April that runs through 2031. He will be 32 years old in October.

On Thursday, the Diamondbacks traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Mariners for pitchers Brandyn Garcia and Ashton Izzi.

With several players, including Kelly, Gallen and third baseman Eugenio Suarez on expiring contracts, the D-backs face a situation where they can potentially restock their farm system with prospects.

The Diamondbacks have six games before the trade deadline on Thursday, starting with a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

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