{"id":107640,"date":"2026-02-10T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mars-without-grudges-d-backs-open-to-trade-but-the-second-baseman-stays\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:38:04","slug":"mars-without-grudges-d-backs-open-to-trade-but-the-second-baseman-stays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/mars-without-grudges-d-backs-open-to-trade-but-the-second-baseman-stays\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars without grudges: D-Backs open to trade, but the second baseman stays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ketel Marte Reaffirms Commitment to Diamondbacks Despite Trade Rumors<\/h2>\n\n\nThe stellar second baseman, Ketel Marte, has expressed his satisfaction at remaining with the Arizona Diamondbacks, despite rumors of a possible trade during the offseason.\n\nMars, who has been a key player for the team, commented that he understands the nature of the baseball business and is happy to stay in Arizona.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI want to be here\u201d<\/p><cite>Ketel Marte<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe player signed a contract extension for six years and $116.5 million in April 2025. In the season, Marte proved his worth with a batting average of .283, 28 home runs, 72 RBIs, and 87 runs scored, earning him his third All-Star selection.\n\nThe general manager, Mike Hazen, was willing to listen to trade offers during the offseason with the aim of reducing the payroll.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt never materialized. I felt like I had to do my job and listen to what people had to say. He&#8217;s a star player for us, he has been for a long time and will continue to be.\u201d<\/p><cite>Mike Hazen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMarte, 32 years old, revealed that he had a meeting with Hazen to clarify the situation after talks about a possible transfer stopped in early January.\n\nThe player concluded by stating that everything is in order and that both he and Hazen maintain a good relationship. In addition, he reiterated his love for the Diamondbacks and his teammates.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ketel Marte Reaffirms Commitment to Diamondbacks Despite Trade Rumors The stellar second baseman, Ketel Marte, has expressed his satisfaction at remaining with the Arizona Diamondbacks, despite rumors of a possible trade during the offseason. Mars, who has been a key player for the team, commented that he understands the nature of the baseball business and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1190,2253,344,545],"class_list":{"0":"post-107640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-diamondbacks","9":"tag-ketel-marte","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-trade"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}