Last Friday, Katie Woo, the St. Louis Cardinals beat reporter for The Athletic, published an article on the Cardinals’ attempts to trade eight-time All-Star and ten-time Gold Glove-winning third baseman Nolan Arenado.
Arenado is still a member of the Cardinals, so that tells you how those trade talks went. Arenado, who joined St. Louis before the 2021 season after inking an eight-year deal with the Colorado Rockies in February of 2019, exercised his no-trade clause to block a deal to the Houston Astros this offseason. The Cardinals also went deep into talks with the Red Sox about Arenado before Boston pivoted to signing free agent Alex Bregman.