The St. Louis Cardinals certainly will lose some key pieces this winter.
The St. Louis Cardinals clearly are making changes and the first base position is going to look different for the first time since 2018.
Superstar first baseman Paul Goldschmidt joined the Cardinals ahead of the 2019 season and has been with the team for the last six seasons. He has been a star with the Cardinals and even took home the 2022 National League Most Valuable Player Award. He now is 37 years old, though, and clearly is nearing the end of his career. Goldschmidt is a free agent now but won't be returning to St. Louis with the club already announcing that Willson Contreras would be playing first base in 2025.
Where will Goldschmidt land? It's unclear at this point but a contender surely will give him a one-year deal. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel projected him to receive a one-year, $18 million deal and although that seems steep, said he is"Projected contract: one year, $18 million," McDaniel said.
"If you look at his numbers before and after July 21, he was markedly different: He cut his strikeout rate 6 percent and raised his isolated power from .140 to .217. If you extrapolate his second-half production to a full season, his numbers are almost back to the 3.4-WAR version he showed in 2023. Having a chance at getting a version of that guy on a one-year deal for less than the $21.
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