When outfielder Dexter Fowler stepped off his flight at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Thursday night, set to become the Cardinals’ next center fielder, a Southwest Airlines employee greeted with him a bag of peanuts.
He’ll go nuts for St. Louis, the official said he told Fowler.
It took a bit more than peanuts to land the new leadoff hitter.
Unable or unwilling to meet the skyrocketing prices to pull off a trade for an outfielder, the Cardinals went “over the top” for a deal with Fowler, multiple sources confirmed to the Post-Dispatch on Thursday. The finalized deal with the former Cubs center fielder is pending a physical, which is scheduled for Friday, a source with knowledge said.