The Cardinals of St. Louis have acquired third baseman Nolan Arenado in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday.
The Rocky Mountains receive several players in the deal and will send more than $ 50 million to St. Louis, sources said.
The Athletic first reported the news.
Arenado, 29, is expected to earn $ 35 million in 2021 as part of a $ 260 million eight-year contract he signed with the Rockies in 2019. The deal includes an exclusion clause later. of the season of the 21.
Arenado, a five-time All-Star, battled the plate during the abbreviated 2020 season, reaching 0.253 with eight homers before missing the last nine games with a contusion to his left shoulder bone. He also won an eighth gold glove in a row.
The low year came after he achieved the best .315 run with 41 homers and 118 runs in 2019.
In December, Rockies manager Bud Black downplayed rumors that Arenado and shortstop Trevor Story would be exchanged, saying, “My expectation is that they will be with us on the opening day.”
The Rockies have missed the playoffs the past two seasons after making the wildcard round in 2017 and the National League Division Series in 2018.