The Cardinals anticipated to have traded Nolan Arenado by now. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak instructed on the Winter Conferences {that a} deal may come collectively inside every week or two. That in all probability would’ve been the case had the eight-time All-Star not used his no-trade clause to kill talks a few transfer to the Astros.
That leaves St. Louis in an ungainly place. They’ve publicly shopped Arenado. He is seemingly amenable to waiving his no-trade clause in sure circumstances. For no matter cause, he wasn’t inquisitive about going to Houston final month. Subsequent reporting indicated he may contemplate the Astros sooner or later, however the group moved on to Christian Walker nearly instantly and not wants a nook infielder. The Cardinals have to look elsewhere.
Will Sammon and Katie Woo of the Athletic reported this week that there is been minimal traction on an Arenado commerce for the reason that Houston talks collapsed. The Yankees, lengthy a speculative match, are apparently not as because it first appeared. The YES Community’s Jack Curry pushed again in opposition to that notion final week. Jon Heyman additionally instructed in a Bleacher Report stay stream yesterday that the Yankees have been extra prone to follow DJ LeMahieu than to go after Arenado.
The place does that depart Mozeliak and firm?
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