John Lackey, the defacto St. Louis Cardinals’ ace this past postseason is likely not going to return to the Cardinals next season, this is in part due to that the Cardinals have already decided to exercise the option on Jaime Garcia.
However, the Cardinals will be faced with the decision of whether they want to offer Lackey a qualifying offer, in order for the team to recoup a draft pick in the case that he decides not to resign. Today, we are going to explore both sides of the decision that looms this Friday.