While there are several people out there who were not affected one way or the other, when the deadline passed with no movement by the ‘Note, it was as if a thousand voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced, to borrow a line from Star Wars.
The Blues were apparently interested in a few different names. However, as Doug Armstrong has told several media outlets, including Andy Strickland on Fox Sports Midwest, the team set a value to all the players they were interested in and all the teams wanted too much.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.