Former St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, David Freese, is returning to the National League Central Division in 2016, but it won’t be with the team he helped win a World Series for.
Freese signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates last night reportedly worth $3M. And the signing of former Cardinals players to division rivals continues.
If anything, this move will continue to spice up the competition between the Cardinals, Pirates and Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, of course, snagged John Lackey and Jason Heyward during the offseason, and even acquired former Cardinals shortstop Brendan Ryan from the New York Yankees in the Starlin Castro trade.