The St. Louis Cardinals have yet to determine which of their cost-controlled bats they are going to trade this offseason, but one such player may be out of the mix thanks to heel surgery. Lars Nootbaar underwent the procedure at the end of October and remains without a timeline to return to action.
The Cardinals are not actively shopping Lars Nootbaar but remain open to trade
Coming into the Winter Meetings, it was known that the Cardinals were looking to trade at least one of their left-handed bats to begin to thin out the 40-man roster clog.