The St. Louis Cardinals have long been viewed as the gold standard of the NL Central, but on Tuesday officially entered rebuild-mode after trading Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox. Gray waived his no-trade clause — something he refused to do last offseason — and renegotiated the final year of his contract to help facilitate the move.
But trading Gray could be the first of several offseason moves that new Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom is looking to execute as he attempts to shed unwanted salary, rebuild St. Louis' farm system, and quickly get the franchise back on top in the NL Central.