Tweet
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals completed their blockbuster trade to acquire All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado from the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
St. Louis dealt left-hander Austin Gomber and four minor leaguers to the Rockies: infielders Elehuris Montero and Mateo Gil along with right-handers Tony Locey and Jake Sommers.
As part of the trade, Colorado will $51 million to St. Louis to offset part of the money Arenado is due in his contract.
Arenado had been set to be paid $199 million over the remaining six seasons of a $260 million, eight-year contract. As part of his agreement to waive a no-trade provision, Arenado agreed to add a season to his deal, which now extends for seven seasons through 2027.
His deal had given him the right to opt out and become a free agent after the 2021 season. His new contract gives him the right to opt out and become a free agent after either the 2022 or 2023 season.
The 29-year-old Arenado has hit .293 with an .890 OPS over eight seasons, averaging 35 home runs and 114 RBIs per 162 games. Aided in part by hitter-friendly Coors Field, he has led the National League in home runs three times and topped the majors in RBIs twice.
Gomber was 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA in four starts and 10 relief appearances last year, striking out 27 and walking 15 in 29 innings.
The 20-year-old Gil and the other minor leaguers involved in the deal, all 22, did not play last year because of the pandemic.
Gil was a third-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2018. Locey was taken in the third round and Sommers in the 10th in 2019. Gomber, 27, was a fourth-round selection in 2014. Montero was signed by the Cardinals as an international free agent in August 2014.
St. Louis dealt left-hander Austin Gomber and four minor leaguers to the Rockies: infielders Elehuris Montero and Mateo Gil along with right-handers Tony Locey and Jake Sommers.
As part of the trade, Colorado will $51 million to St. Louis to offset part of the money Arenado is due in his contract.
Arenado had been set to be paid $199 million over the remaining six seasons of a $260 million, eight-year contract. As part of his agreement to waive a no-trade provision, Arenado agreed to add a season to his deal, which now extends for seven seasons through 2027.
His deal had given him the right to opt out and become a free agent after the 2021 season. His new contract gives him the right to opt out and become a free agent after either the 2022 or 2023 season.
The 29-year-old Arenado has hit .293 with an .890 OPS over eight seasons, averaging 35 home runs and 114 RBIs per 162 games. Aided in part by hitter-friendly Coors Field, he has led the National League in home runs three times and topped the majors in RBIs twice.
Gomber was 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA in four starts and 10 relief appearances last year, striking out 27 and walking 15 in 29 innings.
The 20-year-old Gil and the other minor leaguers involved in the deal, all 22, did not play last year because of the pandemic.
Gil was a third-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2018. Locey was taken in the third round and Sommers in the 10th in 2019. Gomber, 27, was a fourth-round selection in 2014. Montero was signed by the Cardinals as an international free agent in August 2014.