{"id":553796,"date":"2026-02-04T06:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/553796\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:49:47","slug":"seattle-mariners-nearing-deal-to-acquire-brendan-donovan-from-st-louis-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/553796\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners nearing deal to acquire Brendan Donovan from St. Louis Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 The Seattle Mariners<\/a> are in the process of acquiring All-Star infielder\/outfielder Brendan Donovan<\/a> from the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the teams hadn\u2019t finalized the trade.<\/p>\n

Donovan, 29, was a first-time All-Star last year, when he hit .287 with 10 home runs, 50 RBIs and a .775 OPS. Over a four-year major league career, Donovan has hit .282 with a .772 OPS, 40 home runs and 97 doubles. Donovan also won a utility player Gold Glove as a rookie in 2022.<\/p>\n

It was unclear which players would be dealt to the Cardinals or whether other teams are involved. The Seattle Times reported the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> are involved in a three-team deal.<\/p>\n

Donovan has a $5.8 million, one-year contract, is eligible for arbitration again next winter and is on track to be eligible for free agency after the 2027 World Series.<\/p>\n

He could slot into the middle of the Mariners batting order in the way Jorge Polanco<\/a> did last year. Polanco hit 26 homers, then became a free agent and signed a $40 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seattle last year came within one win of the franchise\u2019s first World Series appearance. ___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Andrew Destin, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 The Seattle Mariners are in the process of acquiring All-Star infielder\/outfielder Brendan Donovan from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,620,4,619,65,49817,3235,62285,52319],"class_list":{"0":"post-553796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-mariners","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mariners","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-mariners","13":"tag-seattle-mariners-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-236","14":"tag-seattlemariners","15":"tag-st-louis-cardinals-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-248","16":"tag-tampa-bay-rays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-254"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116011031832423435","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}