D-backs Acquire 3B Nolan Arenado From Cardinals

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired 3B Nolan Arenado and cash considerations from the St. Louis Cardinals for RHP Jack Martinez. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.

3B Nolan Arenado │ 34 years old │ R / R │ 6-2, 215 │ MLB Bio

• 8-time All Star.
• 10-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner.
• 6-time Platinum Gold Glove Award winner (best defender in each league), the most by a player in MLB history.
• 5-time Silver Slugger, third most by a third baseman in MLB history, behind Wade Boggs (8), Mike Schmidt (6) and José Ramírez (6).
• 9-time Baseball America Best Defensive National League Third Baseman.
• 3-time Wilson Defensive Player of the Year.
• 5-time Fielding Bible Award Winner.
• 3-time NL Home Run leader (2015-16, ’18).
• 2-time NL RBI leader (2015-16).
• Is 1 of 3 players in MLB history with 5+ Silver Sluggers and 10+ Gold Gloves with Iván Rodríguez and Ken Griffey Jr.
• Is 1 of 7 players in MLB history with 350+ career home runs and 10+ Gold Gloves with Johnny Bench, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones and Al Kaline.
• Is 1 of 3 third basemen to earn both All-Star and Gold Glove honors in the same season on 7+ occasions with Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt.
• Is the only third baseman in MLB history to hit 130+ RBI in 3 consecutive seasons (2015-17).
• Finished third in NL MVP voting on 2 occasions (2018 and 2022) and in the Top 8 in 5 seasons (2015-19, 22).
• Ranks among all active MLB players in RBI (2nd, 1,184), extra-base hits (2nd, 792), doubles (3rd, 405), games (4th, 1,787), starts (4th, 1,767), hits (4th, 1,921), total bases (4th, 3,453), homers (7th, 353) and intentional walks (T-8th, 80).
• Made his Major League debut at Chase Field on April 28, 2013 vs. D-backs.
• In 13 seasons with the Rockies (2013-20) and Cardinals (2021-25), has hit .282 (1,921-for-6,807)/.845 OPS with 405 doubles, 34 triples, 353 home runs, 1,184 RBI and 577 walks in 1,787 career games.

Martinez, 22, was signed by the D-backs as an eighth-round selection in 2025 out of Arizona State University.