The Cardinals enter the offseason as defending NL Central champions, a good season in the rearview, and a future that is uncertain. With the 5 year-extension signed by Paul Goldschmidt in spring training and to a lesser extent, the two-year contract extension of Matt Carpenter, the Cardinals have rather severely limited their potential range of outcomes for this offseason. Anthony Rendon and Xander Bogaerts, who were theoretically potential moves, are no longer options. And unless the Cardinals decide to go over their self-imposed budget, hard to see signing any elite free agents either, which again in theory would have been easier without the two extensions.
Who is getting traded?
