Also in this Five-Tool Newsletter, more on Brandon Nimmo, Dansby Swanson and the winter meetings.
This week, catcher Willson Contreras went from one side of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry to the other.
A few hours after Aaron Judge re-signed with the Yankees on Wednesday morning, and before A.J. Preller added Xander Bogaerts at the end of the night in his latest push to field an entire roster of shortstops, the Cardinals agreed to a five-year, $87.5 million contract with catcher Willson Contreras. In doing so, they addressed both their biggest vacancy and one of their most glaring weaknesses from the past season.