With a deadline approaching and that innings gap looming, the Cardinals’ goal to fortify the rotation, acquire a lefty if possible and add to their bullpen flowed together at a familiar place, just one they rarely visit for trades.
The Cardinals were working late Monday night with Pittsburgh to finalize a trade for lefty Jose Quintana and reliever Chris Stratton, sources confirmed to the Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals sent right-handed reliever Johan Oviedo and minor-league infielder Malcom Nunez to the Pirates, the club confirmed when announcing the deal late Monday.
It’s the Cardinals' first in-division deal since 2015, their first swap of players with the Pirates since 2000.