Marlins trade two-time reigning batting champion Luis Arraez: reports

The Miami Marlins tank appears to be rolling, even though it's only mid-May.

After making the playoffs last year with a surprising 84-78 record, the Fish have looked like anything but a playoff team thus far, losing 24 of their first 33 games.

About 10 minutes before Luis Arraez was supposed to lead the Marlins into Oakland against the Athletics on Friday, he was reportedly traded to the San Diego Padres.

The Marlins quickly updated their lineup two minutes after the scheduled first pitch, making this all almost officially official.

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The Miami Marlins reportedly traded Luis Arraez (3) to the San Diego Padres during the team's Friday game against the Oakland Athletics. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

The Padres reportedly traded four prospects for the back-to-back batting champion.

Arraez hit an MLB-leading .354 last season during his first year with the Marlins, who acquired him from the Minnesota Twins after winning the 2022 American League batting title with an average of .316.

Arraez hit an MLB-leading .354 last season during his first year with the Marlins. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit)

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The Venezuelan infielder was hitting .400 at the end of June, a feat no one had accomplished since 2008 (Ted Williams remains the last player to hit .400 in a season, in 1941).

He's yet another infielder for the Padres, who already have Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts, Ha-Seong Kim, Tyler Wade and Fernando Tatis Jr., the latter having had to move to the outfield due to abundance of the infield.

Arraez finished eighth in NL MVP voting last year and 13th in AL voting in 2022, winning a Silver Slugger Award at second base each season.

This season, so far, he's “only” hitting .299.