The St. Louis Cardinals may be coming back down to earth a little bit after surging through the month of May. They are now just three games over .500 and sit in fourth place in the National League Central.
St. Louis is also seven games back of first place, which belongs to the Chicago Cubs at the moment.
Due to their recent struggles, we could see St. Louis decide to sell at the trade deadline rather than buy.
Dayn Perry of CBS Sports believes St. Louis could still find a taker for Nolan Arenado.
"While he's not the hitter he once was, Arenado still has very good contact skills, and he added a bit of bat speed this season. He also remains an excellent defensive third baseman. The Cardinals will need to kick in cash to help cover Arenado's remaining commitment, and they're willing to do that to some extent," Perry wrote.
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The Cardinals came close to trading Arenado to the Houston Astros last offseason. It wasn't until the veteran third baseman used his no-trade clause to block the deal.
St. Louis was also in talks with the Boston Red Sox on a trade before they signed Alex Bregman. Arenado is on a seven-game hit streak but is slashing .244/.306/.388 with eight home runs, 36 RBI and a .694 OPS.
The Red Sox could be an option for Arenado after they traded Rafael Devers. If this does happen, perhaps St. Louis could clear up some payroll space and open up third base for Nolan Gorman or Thomas Saggese.
If St. Louis sells, Arenado is an obvious trade candidate, and he could easily be somebody that other contending teams target.
It will be interesting to see what St. Louis decides to do with him.
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