{"id":36191,"date":"2025-02-23T07:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36191"},"modified":"2025-02-23T07:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T07:44:32","slug":"rumored-nolan-arenado-landing-spot-could-come-back-to-haunt-the-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36191","title":{"rendered":"Rumored Nolan Arenado landing spot could come back to haunt the Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\">After initially spurning the idea of joining the Houston Astros, Nolan Arenado has reportedly experienced a change of heart. The St. Louis Cardinals veteran third baseman &#8220;might now be inclined&#8221; to waive his no-trade clause for the four-time reigning AL West champions, per MLB.com.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources: Astros rekindling trade talks for Arenado, who might now be inclined to waive his no-trade clause for Houston (with @brianmctaggart &amp; @JohnDenton555) https:\/\/t.co\/F5jK8iwxC9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) February 22, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Arenado blocked a swap that would&#8217;ve re-routed him from St. Louis to Houston in December. He wasn&#8217;t confident about the direction the franchise was heading then, and reasonably so: After all, they&#8217;d just sent three-time All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs and were in the process of losing long-time third baseman Alex Bregman walk in free agency.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Houston has ostensibly done enough in the following months to convince Arenado they&#8217;re still contenders in a seemingly wide-open 2025 American League race. Of course, this is a positive development for the Astros. But it doesn&#8217;t bode well for the betting favorites to win the pennant: the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\"><em><strong>For more news and rumors, check out MLB Insider Robert Murray\u2019s work on\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The Baseball Insiders podcast<em><strong>, subscribe to\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The Moonshot<em><strong>, our weekly MLB newsletter, and join the discord to get the inside scoop during the MLB offseason.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\">Nolan Arenado-Astros trade buzz resurfacing could haunt the Yankees<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">The Astros are already arguably New York&#8217;s biggest threat in the AL outside of the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. If the latest sportsbook odds are any indication, Houston&#8217;s retooling this winter hasn&#8217;t made them any less competitive. Despite some new faces in the mix, they&#8217;re still equipped to give the Yankees fits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Arenado isn&#8217;t the dominant middle-of-the-lineup player he once was, dating back to his stint with the Colorado Rockies and early days with the Cardinals. But in the notoriously hitter-friendly Daikin Park, specifically for right-handed batters like him, he doesn&#8217;t need to be. The 315-foot distance from home plate to the Crawford Boxes in left field can help overcome any continued regression.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Moreover, Arenado&#8217;s prowess as an all-time great defender at the hot corner is well-chronicled. The 10-time Gold Glove winner is an ideal replacement for Bregman and can even be considered an upgrade. The latter is also well-regarded for his fielding skills, though he isn&#8217;t as decorated as the former.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">This past season, Arenado hit 16 home runs and 71 RBIs with a solid .272\/.325\/.394 slash line across 635 plate appearances. His .719 OPS was slightly above the 2024 MLB average rate of .711. Those numbers all figure to improve in Houston (assuming a deal gets done), which could have the Yankees and GM Brian Cashman regretting how they handled things this offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">Of course, the Yankees were another team on Arenado&#8217;s initial approved list of landing spots. The team was understandably reticent to take on so much money for an aging player who didn&#8217;t profile all that well in Yankee Stadium. But they also never addressed their third-base situation, staring at DJ LeMahieu as an everyday option entering Opening Day, and if Arenado thrives in Houston, you just know Yankees fans will have a field day second-guessing things.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After initially spurning the idea of joining the Houston Astros, Nolan Arenado has reportedly experienced a change of heart. 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