In the post-Giancarlo Stanton weeks of the St. Louis Cardinals off-season, the splashiest transaction rumors have surrounded two top-tier third basemen, Josh Donaldson and Manny Machado, whose teams seem to have incentive to trade them. The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles appear to be clearly in the second tier of American League East teams behind the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, and each will be a free agent following the 2018 season. And from a Cardinals perspective, well, they’re both really good players, and teams that hope to make the postseason generally want to acquire really good players.
Mike Moustakas would improve the Cardinals’ bench
