Though this is still just speculation, rumblings have been heard that NicK Ahmed could be on the list of potential replacements for Jhonny Peralta in St. Louis (H/T GuruB for his Fanshot).
Jhonny Peralta's thumb injury is expected to keep him out of action for much of the first half of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals are looking for an everyday shortstop to fill the gap. A number of names have been floated as potent repacement. Writing in the Boston Globe, Nick Cafardo calls Ahmed, "one shortstop the Cardinals have their eye on to replace the injured Jhonny Peralta.