Latest On Ketel Marte

Diamondbacks officials met with Ketel Marte’s agent Charisse Espinosa-Dash during the GM Meetings this week, but the D’Backs “but did not seem to come away with a clear idea about what teams to which Marte would be willing to approve a deal,” the Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro writes. Marte has full no-trade protection as a 10-and-5 player, so even though he is one of the offseason’s most prominent trade candidates, the possibility exists that Marte will remain in Arizona simply because he isn’t interested in changing teams.

It puts the D’Backs in something of an awkward position, especially since the impending lockout will interrupt all transactions activity for what could be months on end.