{"id":95592,"date":"2025-02-13T01:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=95592"},"modified":"2025-02-13T01:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T06:51:30","slug":"cardinals-less-likely-trade-nolan-arenado-after-alex-bregman-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/02\/13\/cardinals-less-likely-trade-nolan-arenado-after-alex-bregman-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Arenado Trade Highly Unlikely After Alex Bregman Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Alex Bregman’s reported signing<\/a> by the Boston Red Sox, a trade for St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado seems less likely than ever. The Red Sox were the most serious suitor for the former All-Star Arenado from his limited list of trade partners<\/a>. Now with spring training starting, it looks more likely the Cardinals and Arenado will stay together.<\/p>\n

How Alex Bregman Signing Impacts Chances of Nolan Arenado Trade<\/h2>\n

Where Things Stand with Arenado<\/h3>\n

Arenado has a full no-trade clause in his contract and has provided the Cardinals with a list of five to six teams he would accept a trade to. He’s already vetoed a trade<\/a> to the Houston Astros this offseason, so he appears serious about the list he provided to the organization. Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak told reporters that the list hasn’t expanded in recent weeks at a press conference on Wednesday at the Cardinals spring training facility in Jupiter, Florida. However, he said the team is still actively trying to make a trade work.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandidly we\u2019re still looking at what that might look like,” Mozeliak said. “Could something happen in the next week? Possibly. Could this go into camp? Possibly. So, I really don\u2019t have a definitive answer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There are three years and $64 million left on\u00a0Arenado\u2019s deal<\/a>. In addition to the $52 million over the next three years, he will be owed deferred money until 2041. The Cardinals are willing to take on some money on the contract, but not a huge sum. Mozeliak hinted on Wednesday that the free agent market, and presumably Bregman’s free agency, was a hold-up in aspects of trade negotiation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be the free agent market, it could be who\u2019s available on the free agent market, I imagine there\u2019s a direct correlation there. Ultimately, I didn\u2019t have a large list of teams, there wasn\u2019t like 29 I could take him to. So I\u2019m just trying to navigate what I can work with and obviously it hasn\u2019t moved at the pace many of us had hoped for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trade Options Remaining<\/h3>\n

On Arenado’s reported ‘wish list’<\/a> of new teams were the Red Sox, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, and San Diego Padres. None of those destinations seem likely<\/a> because of offseason acquisitions and salary restrictions in those organizations.<\/p>\n

Reporting has emerged this offseason that Arenado would also accept a trade to the New York Yankees. John Denton, a Cardinals insider with MLB.com, reported that in the wake of the Bregman signing the Cardinals expect to “ramp up” trade talks with the Yankees.<\/p>\n

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Bregman agrees with the #RedSox<\/a> \u2014 always Boston\u2019s preference over trading for #STLCards<\/a> third baseman Nolan Arenado as reported by MLB .com.<\/p>\n

With the Red Sox out of the mix, the Cardinals expect to ramp up Arenado trade talks with the #Yankees<\/a> , per a source. https:\/\/t.co\/xu832pChv9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Denton (@JohnDenton555) February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n