{"id":45493,"date":"2025-05-02T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45493"},"modified":"2025-05-02T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:33:10","slug":"yankees-predicted-to-land-260-million-cardinals-superstar-in-blockbuster-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45493","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Predicted To Land $260 Million Cardinals Superstar In Blockbuster Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado has dominated headlines for the last few months as one of the bigger names on the trade market, but his contract has made him a tough player to move.<\/p>\n<p>Arenado has a no-trade clause and a lot of money left on his deal, but his impressive performance to begin this season might cause the Cardinals to get aggressive at trading him away.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report&#8217;s Tim Kelly recently predicted\u00a0Arenado would waive his no-trade clause for a deal to the New York Yankees\u00a0this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.webp?w=790&amp;f=6a47aedcb7193fc780b7f664ff9fa8b0 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.jpg?w=790&amp;f=6a47aedcb7193fc780b7f664ff9fa8b0 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.webp?w=900&amp;f=5ab089e8204e0007ddc1b30232a8b1f3 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.jpg?w=900&amp;f=5ab089e8204e0007ddc1b30232a8b1f3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.webp?w=790&amp;f=6a47aedcb7193fc780b7f664ff9fa8b0 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.jpg?w=790&amp;f=6a47aedcb7193fc780b7f664ff9fa8b0 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.webp?w=450&amp;f=4c2539d31d947c8ec6a66975440cbcca 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.jpg?w=450&amp;f=4c2539d31d947c8ec6a66975440cbcca 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.webp?w=1200&amp;f=45d830db9fea056e06d3093eb2457253\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2636992\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2636992\/st-louis-cardinals-infielder-nolan-arenado.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=45d830db9fea056e06d3093eb2457253\" alt=\"St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">ST LOUIS, MISSOURI &#8211; APRIL 26: Nolan Arenado #28 of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on April 26, 2025 in St&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Jeff Le\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Arenado does have a pair of seasons remaining on the eight-year, $260 million deal that he signed with the Colorado Rockies,&#8221; Kelly wrote. &#8220;But while he&#8217;ll count $25.55 million against the luxury-tax threshold in 2026 and 2027, his deal is backloaded. Arenado will make a more modest $31 million for his age-35 and -36 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems like all great Rockies eventually end up spending time with the Yankees, and Arenado would give New York an upgrade over the .705 OPS that Oswaldo Cabrera has produced. This deal would also reunite him with Paul Goldschmidt, as the Yankees try to make a deep playoff run for the second time in as many seasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are likely the best fit in the entire league. They need a third baseman and are seemingly hyper-aggressive to add talent to chase a World Series title. Pairing Arenado with his former Cardinals teammate Paul Goldschmidt might work wonders for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>The issue, obviously, is Arenado&#8217;s no-trade clause.<\/p>\n<p>If he agrees to waive his no-trade clause for a deal to the Yankees, a trade seemingly could come to fruition in the matter of days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado has dominated headlines for the last few months as one of the bigger names on the trade market, but his contract&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees Predicted To Land $260 Million Cardinals Superstar In Blockbuster Trade - 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