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A former second-round pick of the Cardinals, Kopp was cut loose by the Redbirds back in March. He holds a career 4.33 across five minor league seasons and has been used both as a starter and reliever.

It’s an intriguing strategy considering Arenado’s bat has fallen off as he has gotten older, but his defense at third base remains strong. He also has seen his power decline, so he would not be the conventional choice for a first baseman. According to Rosenthal, the sticking point “was that the Padres were unwilling to take on as much of Arenado’s salary as the D-Backs,” which is also curious because the Diamondbacks only took on $11 million of Arenado’s $42 million. Perhaps their pursuit wasn’t overly enthusiastic, but the Padres are clearly looking for a solution at first base.

Castro had agreed to a minor league deal with the Blue Jays, but the team released him on Monday so that he could pursue this opportunity. The 26-year-old hit .235/.324/.421 with 19 homers and 18 stolen bases for Triple-A Lehigh Valley in the Phillies organization in 2025.

Ureña played for five different teams in 2025, posting a 4.58 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, and 34/23 K/BB ratio in 55 innings. The 34-year-old has pitched over 1,000 MLB innings and will head overseas for the start of the 2026 campaign.

The trade is now official. Weathers has shown flashes of big-time potential, recording a strong 3.74 ERA — 4.26 FIP — 1.21 WHIP and 117/36 K/BB ratio across 125 innings for the Marlins over the last two seasons. The 26-year-old southpaw has been limited to just 24 starts during that span due to injuries, including forearm and lat issues that cost him nearly five months this past season. He’s an interesting gamble for the Yankees — and a speculative late-round dice roll in fantasy leagues — as a high-upside rotation arm with Gerrit Cole coming off Tommy John surgery and Carlos Rodón working his way back from an offseason elbow procedure. He projects as a high-velocity impact reliever if they decide to move him to the bullpen at some point in the future. Meanwhile, his departure from Miami removes another obstacle from the path of top pitching prospects Thomas White and Robby Snelling.

The clear headliner in the four-prospect return for Miami, Lewis possesses the ultra-rate ability to make consistent hard contact without striking out at astronomical rates. The 22-year-old center fielder slashed .237/.321/.445 with 22 homers and 26 steals in 527 plate appearances between Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley this past season after New York made him a 13th-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. He’s a name to monitor in keeper and dynasty formats as he ascends to the upper minors.

Jones hit .245/.359/.395 with 11 homers and 51 steals in 549 plate appearances over 124 games between High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset this past season. The speedy 23-year-old center fielder was New York’s 12th-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Kansas State University.

It would be unfair to label Jasso as merely a throw-in but he’s the least exciting fantasy-wise of the four prospects heading to Miami in this deal. The 23-year-old corner infielder doesn’t offer any elite tools but he showed well in his first taste of the upper minors this past season, hitting .257/.326/.400 with 13 homers and one steal in 537 plate appearances for Double-A Somerset.

Matheus doesn’t offer a ton of in-game power right now, but he’s flashed an impressive blend of plate skills and speed while working his way through New York’s system. The 21-year-old middle infielder hit .275/.365/.376 with three homers and 40 steals in 520 plate appearances over 123 games between Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley this past season.

Craig Mish of the Miami Herald adds that outfielders Dillon Lewis and Brendan Jones and infielders Dylan Jasso and Juan Matheus are heading to the Marlins in the deal. Weathers has shown flashes of big-time potential, recording a strong 3.74 ERA — 4.26 FIP — 1.21 WHIP and 117/36 K/BB ratio across 125 innings for the Marlins over the last two seasons. The 26-year-old southpaw has been limited to just 24 starts during that span due to injuries, including forearm and lat issues that cost him nearly five months this past season. He’s an interesting gamble for the Yankees as a high-upside back-end rotation arm with Gerrit Cole coming back from Tommy John surgery and Carlos Rodón working his way back from elbow surgery. Meanwhile, the Marlins continue clearing the flotsam and jetsam from their rotation mix with top pitching prospects Thomas White and Robby Snelling on the precipice of the big leagues.

No word on the exact financial terms. Tucker’s market is beginning to crystallize, as he’s reportedly weighing a short-term offer from the Mets that would pay roughly $50 million annually, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray, against the long-term security of a deal with the Blue Jays. The defending World Series champion Dodgers remain the true wild card in the Tucker sweepstakes. He’s the kind of hitter whose production travels — park, lineup, and league factors tend to bend around him rather than the other way around. The real decision here isn’t about fit so much as timing: whether it makes sense to circle back to free agency again in the near future or lock in the certainty of a long-term deal now, knowing his bat will almost certainly age well enough to justify either path.