The Cardinals sure are making it easy for the Cubs to grab Kolten Wong in free agency. The second baseman checks so many boxes for Chicago it’s almost like the two were destined to be together. In fact, the only blocker I can see is that Tom Ricketts won’t want to spend what it may take to sign him.
While St. Louis is celebrating the coup they staged to rob the Rockies of Nolan Arenado, Wong continues to wait out a market that has been slow to develop, at least for his services. A two-time Gold Glove winner, the former Cardinal has mixed outstanding defense (55 DRS, 32.