The trade deadline was a frustrating day for Cardinal fans as anticipation for a move slowly dissolved into the realization that nothing was going to happen. The team is at least playing well, though that only makes the inactivity more maddening. It’s a team finding its footing but clamoring for help in a few key spots. While they were unproductively pursuing multiple trades for big names, several lesser helpful moves passed them by. They froze in the proverbial headlights.
Let’s slip on the rubber glove one last time and perform the trade deadline autopsy. First, here’s where everything stood on July 31st.