The St. Louis Cardinals aren’t the only National League Central team looking to improve during the offseason. Every other team has surfaced in trade and free agency rumors in the last couple of weeks.
Even the Cincinnati Reds, a team that appears to be moored in the division basement for the next few years at least, made headlines for putting Aroldis Chapman out there. The Boston Red Sox were rumored to be close. Now, we know how that worked out. D’oh!
This is how weird this offseason is shaping up to be. In the first three seasons under this current system of offseason negotiating, 34 qualifying offers had been given to players.