Open Thread - Trading for the next star

I would love to have an actual article for today’s post, but I will confess something. I am exhausted. It was a very alcohol-heavy weekend. Back-to-back days of 30th birthday parties. I got maybe 10 hours combined sleep. I do not have the energy necessary to write a real post.

Thankfully, a comment on a recent VEB post crossed my mind when I was thinking something to put here:

The Cardinals always have a knack for going out to get players who I admired and never thought like oh hey I wish he was a cardinal. Which always makes it a pleasant surprise. I admired players like Rolen, Goldschmidt, Arenado. Even Holliday! And the Cardinals were definitely on the same page. Glad they have the wits to…