As the trade deadline approached, the Cardinals had their eyes open for starting pitching at what they considered the right price and the awareness they might use the deadline to get some return on a reliever nearing the end of his control years.
In one deal they got elements of both.
In one trade, logged shortly before Friday's deadline, the Cardinals sent John Gant and lefty Evan Sisk to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for lefty starter J. A. Happ. A source confirmed the trade that gives off the feel of both buying and selling. The Cardinals announced the trade around 2:30 p.