The St. Louis Cardinals hadn’t renewed a player in over a decade before the team was forced to do so with Tommy Pham last year. According to Derrick Goold, the Cardinals did so with Jordan Hicks and Jack Flaherty after the parties were unable to come to an agreement.
Does this mean that Jack Flaherty and Jordan Hicks are discontent with the organization? Well, I certainly don’t read it that way. What I see is two players who are worth way more than the Cardinals’ internal rookie scale can account for.