Luis Erez was transferred to the Oakland Athletics just minutes before leading miami marlins,
but one of the possibilities he was traded for I came to know this news while he was actually playing.
Nathan Martorella entered Friday night as a possibility San Diego PadresTrying to make a name for himself with the Padres’ Double-A affiliate, the San Antonio Missions.
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Nathan Martorella, #39 of the San Diego Padres, grounds out during the eighth inning of a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on February 28, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona.
The business seemed to start out of nowhere. There were no murmurs of any moves, and given that Arraez and Martorella were both in their respective lineups, they clearly had no idea much was coming. It’s not like we’re any closer to the July 31 trade deadline.
But one could tell Martorella was extremely surprised.
In the top of the third inning, not exactly when the pinch-runner would be used, Martorella was taken out of the game while standing at second base, but he looked around and even Pointed to himself to make sure that this was what was supposed to happen to come out of the ground.
Martorella walked off the field still confused, but seemed to get the hang of it once he entered the dugout.
Nathan Martorella, #39, of the San Diego Padres bats during the eighth inning of a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch on February 28, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
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He and another player, Jacob Marcy, then picked up their gear and walked to the other side of the field where the clubhouse was.
Marotella and another player hugged several players and coaches walking on the walk and walked off the field.
The prospects, along with two others, were sent to Miami for the two-time defending batting champions. Arraez hit an MLB-leading .354 last season during his first year with the Marlins, who acquired him from the Marlins. minnesota twins After winning the American League batting title in 2022 with a .316 average.
The Venezuelan infielder boasted a .400 average in late June, a feat that had not been accomplished since 2008. (Ted Williams remains the last player to hit .400 in a season, in 1941.)
Miami Marlins’ Luis Arraez (3) tosses his bat after hitting the go-ahead run to win the game in the tenth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, July 23, 2023, in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Rockies, 3–2. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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Arraez finished eighth in NL MVP voting last year and 13th in AL voting in 2022, earning. Silver Slugger Award at second base each season.
So far this season, he is hitting “only” .299.
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