Thursday was the deadline for teams and players to agree on their 2026 salaries and the St. Louis Cardinals were successful in those negotiations. After going to arbitration hearings with three players last season, St. Louis avoided that process this year and agreed to contracts with all seven players who were eligible for raises.
The St. Louis Cardinals avoided arbitration hearings with all seven eligble players
One of Chaim Bloom's major offseason plans was to trim payroll and he has done that so far, sending cash to the Boston Red Sox in trades involving veterans Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras.