If the Cardinals don't want to do business, perhaps one of their division rivals will.
This holiday season, the Mariners are in search for a second baseman. Now that Jorge Polanco has signed a free agent deal with the Mets, Seattle has turned their attention to another target in Brendan Donovan.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like St. Louis is willing to give him up for chump change. Donovan is a solid utility piece with a few years of team control remaining, but he may not be worth the prospect haul the Cardinals are asking for.