{"id":96200,"date":"2025-02-23T23:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=96200"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:21:19","slug":"cardinals-reportedly-open-erick-fedde-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/02\/23\/cardinals-reportedly-open-erick-fedde-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cardinals Open to Trading Top Starter Erick Fedde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly open to trading right-handed pitcher Erick Fedde. According to a <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/professional\/mlb\/cardinals\/erick-fedde-went-a-long-way-to-reach-cardinals-how-cheap-contract-could-mean-another\/article_d5cb4808-eff0-11ef-a5f8-07ca6fb7ce62.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, rival clubs believe the organization wants to reduce payroll and develop its younger pitching. After a strong year and having signed a team-friendly deal, Fedde could be on the move before the season begins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What made Erick Fedde so appealing to the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlcards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stlcards<\/a> at the trade deadline is what means he could be on the move again if <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cardinals<\/a> want to trade now for future.<\/p>\n<p>Several teams believe the Cardinals are open to the move, and Fedde knows it&#8217;s possible: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l9wlSNp63D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/l9wlSNp63D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derrick Goold (@dgoold) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgoold\/status\/1893725601585901925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cardinals Reportedly Open to Trading Erick Fedde<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Fedde, whom the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/29\/dodgers-three-team-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">Cardinals acquired<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> from the Chicago White Sox in the trade that sent Tommy Edman and Michael Kopech to the Los Angeles Dodgers, could soon be on the move again. After pitching to a <\/span>3.72 ERA in 55 2\/3 innings<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> with the Cardinals, his time with the club could be in jeopardy as they look to <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/13\/young-pitchers-opportunity-cardinals\/\" target=\"_self\">develop their younger pitching<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> at the MLB level. Young arms Michael McGreevy and Andr\u00e9 Pallante could slot in if the team deals Fedde at some point this season. Other <\/span><a  style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/2024\/cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top prospects<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> like Tink Hence, Quinn Mathews, and Tekoah Roby could see time in the majors if the Cardinals look to get younger in their rotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals have also prioritized lowering their payroll this offseason by letting Paul Goldschmidt and Andrew Kittredge walk, shopping Nolan Arenado, and avoiding major league free-agent signings. With Fedde owed $7.5 million for one more year, they may look to move him and reallocate funds to help them compete in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Might Be Interested<\/h3>\n<p>Fedde, with a team-friendly contract and solid stats, could attract interest if the Cardinals shop him during spring training. The first major pitching injury of the spring occurred when the New York Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/02\/17\/frankie-montas-lat-strain-weeks\/\" target=\"_self\">shut down Frankie Montas<\/a> for 6\u20138 weeks with a high-grade lat strain. Although the team came out and said they&#8217;re not in the market for another arm, it&#8217;s hard to imagine they won&#8217;t consider a move for Fedde if he is available at the right price. As spring progresses, other pitching injuries could make Fedde a sought-after rental. The Cardinals might also trade him at the deadline, with contenders looking to add depth for a postseason run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Joe Puetz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly open to trading right-handed pitcher Erick Fedde. According to a report from Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, rival clubs believe the organization wants to reduce payroll and develop its younger pitching. After a strong year and having signed a team-friendly deal, Fedde could be on the move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5469,"featured_media":96209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1071,35],"tags":[6421,391,4913,4527,28546,28434,3899],"class_list":["post-96200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinals","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andre-pallante","tag-erick-fedde","tag-michael-mcgreevy","tag-mlb-trade-rumors","tag-quinn-mathews","tag-tink-hence","tag-tommy-edman"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96200"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96210,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96200\/revisions\/96210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}