Arenado's 'showcase' for potential trade suitor Yankees: 0 for 3, 2
strikeouts
[February 27, 2025]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — If Nolan Arenado was hoping to showcase
himself to a potential suitor, it didn’t quite work out that way.
The St. Louis Cardinals third baseman made the three-hour, cross-state
drive to play in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, among
the teams that may be open to acquiring him in a trade. He went 0 for 3
with three strikeouts.
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St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado tosses a ball while
warming up before the start of a spring training baseball game against
the New York Mets Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff
Roberson) |
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“I didn’t come here for that,” Arenado told the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Day 3 of spring training. That
wouldn’t be a good day to showcase myself. I’m not ready for
that.”
Arenado, on the trade market because of declining production and
a contract that will pay him $74 million over the next three
seasons, said he was given the option to skip the trip but
wanted see friends DJ LeMahieu and Paul Goldschmidt, both
Yankees infielders, and an athletic trainer he knows in the
area.
He said he wanted to get three at-bats, which kept him in the
game for seven innings – another February rarity for a veteran.
Arenado struck out on three pitches, lined out to second and
whiffed on a 1-2 count.
“My body is ready for it,” he said. “I’m ready for nine. My
timing (at the plate) is not.”
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