St. Louis Cardinals fans have every right to feel jilted by Jason Heyward. He didn't just spurn them, after all. He ran into the arms of their longtime division rival. So the jersey-burning antics, while a touch melodramatic, are somewhat understandable.
Taking the long view, though, this could be a blessing in disguise for the Cards.
To bring Heyward back, St. Louis was willing to pony up more than the $184 million the Chicago Cubs offered, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, though the average annual value would have been lower than the $23 million Heyward got from Chicago.