The recent holiday stretch on the calendar didn’t shake anything loose in regard to Alex Bregman and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
According to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, a Bregman acquisition is a “longshot” with the Ketel Marte trade noise quiet.
“To this point, (the D-backs) have not gotten a package that is deemed good enough to make a Ketel Marte trade,” Gambadoro said Friday on Burns & Gambo.
The Diamondbacks have not gotten a package that is good enough to make a Ketel Marte trade, and a potential Alex Bregman signing is a longshot.@Gambo987 has more on @BurnsAndGambo. pic.twitter.com/GJnWyRGEFO
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Recent reports suggested that there’s a scenario where Arizona can hold onto both Bregman and Marte, but Gambadoro shot that down. If the free agent infielder does indeed come to the desert, Marte would be playing somewhere else.
Bregman is a three-time MLB All-Star who spent his first nine seasons with the Houston Astros. His linkage to the D-backs hasn’t been a question of fit but of economics.
The 31-year-old opted out of two years and $80 million remaining on his contract with the Boston Red Sox after one season.
“He wants five years and all this money, which is not in the wheelhouse of the Arizona Diamondbacks, so the numbers would have to come down. They’d have to get very creative,” Gambadoro said.
There is reportedly one fewer suitor in the Marte sweepstakes, as the Red Sox getting first baseman Willson Contreras has them out of the running.
However, the Tampa Bay Rays remain a team still in the race for the star second baseman with a team-friendly contract.
