When I wrote about Ivan Herrera last week, essentially making the case for him when nobody is really arguing against him, there was an outside but not likely chance that Herrera was traded for a starting pitching upgrade. I’d venture to say the chances of that happening are pretty close to 0% now that two pitchers have been acquired. They don’t really need to trade Herrera to get that last pitcher, assuming they do get one more pitcher. My hypothetical was a situation where they effectively would have to.
Nonetheless it got me thinking about what the Cardinals’ plan for backup catcher would be if he were traded.