The St. Louis Cardinals are facing difficulty trading third baseman Nolan Arenado despite efforts to cut payroll. Potential suitors like the New York Yankees and Houston Astros have expressed reservations about taking on his contract.
this offseason to help clear room for better investments in their broken player development system, as well as other resources. Unfortunately, the Cardinals have had difficulty shedding payroll this winter. After three-time All-Stars Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray invoked their no-trade clauses, St. Louis has few options to cut salary spending.
'Speculation has circulated around the (New York) Yankees in particular, especially after Paul Goldschmidt — (Nolan) Arenado’s good friend and teammate in St. Louis for the last four seasons — signed a one-year, $12.5 million contract with New York in mid-December,' The Athletic's Will Sammon and Katie Woo wrote Monday night. 'However, multiple league sources say that while the Yankees like Arenado, they aren’t interested in taking on the majority of his contract, something that would almost certainly need to happen from the Cardinals perspective. New York also does not have to trade for a third baseman; it can move Jazz Chisholm Jr. to second base and hope a healthy DJ LeMahieu can man the hot corner consistently next year.' Recent reports indicated that the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox had discussed a trade with the Cardinals for Arenado. However, the 10-time Gold Glove third baseman'sArenado batted .272 with 39 extra-base hits including 16 home runs, 71 RBIs and a .719 OPS in 152 games played for the Cardinals in 2024. It's challenging to find a suitor, such as the Houston Astros, willing to accept the burden of Arenado's contract. Unfortunately for the American League West rival, the six-time Platinum Glove defender, it's starting to look more as if he won't be traded this winter and will return with the Cardinals in 2025.Nate Hagerty joined “Inside The Cardinals” as a content creator to spread knowledge about his favorite childhood team. A hometown native of Boston, Hagerty chose at an early age of six years old to follow the St. Louis Cardinal
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