The deal could provide the Padres with a notable amount of financial flexibility.
PHOENIX — The will receive close to $8 million as part of leaving San Diego responsible for only the major-league minimum salary, a team official confirmed. Reliever , who is in the first year of a two-year, $4.5 million contract, and prospects , and were dealt to the in exchange for Arraez, who is owed $8,491,398 for the remaining 149 days of his $10.6 million contract this season.
The Padres have not taken a player to a salary arbitration hearing since hiring A.J. Preller as general manager in 2014. Arraez won the 2022 American League batting title with the , captured the 2023 National League crown with the Marlins and is hitting .299 after a slow start to this season. He likely will be due a substantial raise this winter.
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