In turn, the Cards are eating either $26M or $31M of his remaining salary. (Passan's piece was unclear if the $31M the Cards are sending west includes the $5M the Rockies were paying in 2026 or not.)
In exchange? ONE prospect. Jack Martinez was an eighth-round draft pick of the Snakes in 2025. He did not play minor league ball in 2025 after being drafted out of Aridzona State, MLBTR confirms, itself not a good sign. His signing bonus being one-third less than his slot for his draft position is also not a good sign.
It's the third straight, and worst IMO, payment deal as part of a trade, that new president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom has made this offseason.
He gave the Red Sox $8M as part of the trade of Willson Contreras, and $20M as part of the Sonny Gray deal.
With Gray, that's even though he had just one year (2026) left, plus a team option/$5M buyout for 2027. In other words, Bloom paid 50 percent of his remaining salary and got a so-so return. Now, even if the Rox' $5M is part of that $31M, you have the Cards still paying $26M of the $37M not covered by the Rockies, or 70 percent the remaining total. So, we went from less than 25 percent to 50 to 70. Good thing the team has no more older veterans; Bloom might pay 90 cents on the dollar to trade them.
Lots of fans on the Cardinals' subreddit continue the lovefest for new president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom, saying he's getting things done that John Mozeliak couldn't.
Well, first, all three players had one more year left on contracts a year ago.
Second, especially with Arenado, when it became clear a full rebuild was ahead, he lowered his standards on what other teams he would accept trades to.
Third and most relevant, Mo wasn't bribing other teams to the degree Bloom is.
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