The Miami Marlins are working on a trade that would send 2B Luis Arraez to the San Diego Padres

The Miami Marlins is working on a trade that would send the second baseman and defending NL batting champion Luis Arraez arrive San Diego Padres.

The Marlins said Friday that the deal is pending a review of medical information before it can be finalized and officially announced.

Miami made a lineup change minutes before the first game in Oakland, pulling 27-year-old Arraez out of the starting lineup.

Instead, he walked through the visitors’ dugout at the Coliseum to shake hands and hug and say goodbye to his former teammates, coaches and staff.

He would bring an immediate spark to the Padres’ lineup. San Diego trails the first-place Dodgers in the talented NL West.

Arraez has hit .299 with five RBIs and has scored 22 runs with a .347 on-base percentage in 16 games during Miami’s 9-24 start. A two-time All-Star, he also won the AL batting title for the Minnesota Twins in 2022 before they traded him to Miami for Pablo Lopez in January 2023.

ESPN first reported the transaction on Friday.

Associated Press reports.

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