Out of nowhere, the news broke about Ketel Marte and the Arizona Diamondbacks discussing a potential contract extension. So far we have two reports, one from Robert Murray from FanSided and another from MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, that the team discussed a potential contract extension with their All-Star 2B.
Marte was originally acquired from the Seattle Mariners by the D-backs in the winter of 2016, which was Mike Hazen’s first blockbuster trade after assuming the General Manager and top decision maker role in the team’s front office earlier that month. Just before the 2018 season, the team signed Marte to a five-year deal with a pair of club options that gave the team a maximum of seven cost-controlled seasons for a total of $46MM.