OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Miami Marlins are working on a trade that would send second baseman and reigning NL batting champion Luis Arraez to the San Diego Padres.
The Marlins said Friday that the deal was pending a review of medical information before it could be finalized and formally announced.
Miami changed its lineup minutes before first pitch in Oakland, pulling the 27-year-old Arraez out of the leadoff spot.
![Miami Marlins' Luis Arraez scores the winning run on a hit by Jesús Sánchez during the 10 inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Rockies 5-4. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/20240503220512-66359a046013bbf0db3145e7jpeg.jpg?w=1000)
Instead, he made his way through the visitor’s dugout at the Coliseum shaking hands and offering hugs and goodbyes with his now-former teammates, coaches and staff.
He should provide an instant spark to the Padres’ lineup. San Diego trails the first-place Dodgers in the talented NL West.
Arraez was hitting .299 with five RBIs and had scored 22 runs with a .347 on-base percentage over 16 games during Miami’s 9-24 start. A two-time All-Star, he also won an AL batting title for the Minnesota Twins in 2022 before they traded him to Miami for Pablo Lopez in January 2023.
ESPN first reported the trade Friday.
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![Miami Marlins' Luis Arraez, center, is hugged by a teammate in the dugout after being traded to the San Diego Padres before the team's baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/20240503220532-66359e986013bbf0db314832jpeg.jpg?w=1000)
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