The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired eight-time All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado and cash considerations from the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

The Cardinals received minor league right-hander Jack Martinez to complete the deal for the 10-time Gold Glove winner, who waived his no-trade ?clause.

¡°We are grateful for Nolan¡¯s five years as ?a Cardinal, ?on and off the field ¡ª for his ?drive, his competitiveness, and for all of the memories he gave us,¡± said Chaim Bloom, Cardinals president of baseball operations.

¡°We wish Nolan and his family the very best as ?he continues with the next chapter of his great career.¡±

Arenado, 34, has two seasons remaining on an eight-year, $260 million contract.

He is ?coming off a 2025 campaign in which he posted 162-game season career lows in ?batting average (.237), ?on-base percentage (.289), slugging percentage (.377) and OPS (.666).

Arenado recorded ?just 12 homers and 52 RBIs in ?107 games, ?with a shoulder injury causing him to miss six-plus weeks.

Still, that¡¯s a sharp drop in production for a player who has smacked 30 or more homers seven times. Five of those seasons were played in the mile-high altitude of the Colorado Rockies¡¯ ballpark in Denver and two occurred in St. Louis.

Martinez, 22, pitched collegiately at Trinity University (Texas), ?Louisiana- Lafayette ?and Arizona State. He was 6-4 with a 5.47 ERA in 15 starts for the Sun ?Devils in 2025.

Martinez was selected by the Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2025 MLB Draft.

¡°As we continue to move forward, we are pleased to ?add another intriguing pitching prospect to our organization, and excited for the opportunity this move creates for a number of our players to step up and further establish themselves at the big league level,¡± Bloom said.