The Padres added second baseman Luis Arraez in a blockbuster trade with the Marlins on Friday night, and ESPN's Alden Gonzalez reported Saturday that Miami is covering most of his contract, at least for the 2023 season.
San Diego will only have to pay Arraez the minimum salary, with the Fish paying the remaining $10.6 million he is owed.
The Marlins received three prospects for Arraez, but none are in MLB’s top 100 list, and only one ranked in the Padres’ organizational top five. Dillon Head, the key piece heading to Miami, now ranks fifth in Miami’s system in MLB.com’s rankings.
The Marlins being sellers makes sense, as the team is 9-25 and keeps finding new lows, but dealing a 27-year-old two-time batting champion without getting high-end prospects or salary relief in return is unjustifiable. However, that could also say more about how other teams valued Arraez.
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