Cardinals expected to trade Nolan Arenado Until now. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said at the winter meetings that a deal could be reached within a week or two. That might have been the case had the eight-time All-Star not used his no-trade clause to kill talks about a move to the Astros.
This puts St. Louis in an awkward position. They took Arenado public. He appears willing to waive his no-trade clause in certain circumstances. For whatever reason, he wasn’t interested in going to Houston last month. Subsequent reports suggested he might consider the Astros in the future, but the team instead Christian Walker Almost immediately, the corner infielder was no longer needed. The Cardinals need to look elsewhere.
Will Salmon and Katie Wu of The Athletic reported this week that the Arenado trade has had little traction since negotiations broke down in Houston. The Yankees, who had long been speculative, were apparently not as interested as they first appeared. YES Network’s Jack Curry disputed that notion last week. Jon Heyman also said on Bleacher Report live yesterday that the Yankees are more likely to hold on DJ LeMahieu Instead of following Arenado.
Where will Mozeliak and company go from here?
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