Trevor Bauer is officially a free agent.
Hard pass.
This is the stance the Cardinals should take on baseball’s biggest pariah.
There’s no need to come out and say it. Just show it.
No thanks. Nothing to see here. Moving on.
Yes, the Cardinals need more quality starting pitching, whether they want to admit it or not.
They should still trade for a proven arm after not paying up for difference-making free agents like Justin Verlander or Carlos Rodon.
What they should not do is pull from the gutter the player who moving forward will turn every trip to the mound into a debate about whether punching and choking should be considered consensual sex, or sexual assault.