Cardinals $64 Million Blockbuster 'Has Legs' As Spring Training Kicks Off

The Cardinals are trying to get a huge deal done...

Feb 26, 2021; Jupiter, Florida, USA; A general view of the St. Louis Cardinals logo on the stadium at Roger Dean Stadium during spring training workouts. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images | Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images

The St. Louis Cardinals have had a weird few months but Spring Training is here and we still could see a huge change in the near future.

Pitchers and catchers officially reported to Spring Training on Wednesday. Spring Training officially is here. The first full-squad workout will be held on Monday. Will Nolan Arenado still be a member of the organization by then?

That's unknown at this point, but it is clear that the Cardinals at least are still trying to get a deal done. He's been tied to the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Globe's Alex Speier reported that a potential deal "has legs" and talks are ongoing.

"As of Tuesday night, there wasn’t an agreement on the parameters of a trade," Speier said. "There are conversations about how much of the remaining $64 million on Arenado’s contract over the next three years ($74 million in salary, minus $10 million owed by the Rockies) would be covered by St. Louis in a deal whose primary appeal to the Cardinals would be salary relief, with modest prospect return.

"That said, those conversations remain alive. Early in the offseason, Arenado — who has the right to veto a trade, a power he exercised to quash a deal that would have sent him to Houston in mid-December — made clear to the Cardinals that he’d accept a trade to Boston."

Anything could happen at this moment but it does seem like if Arenado is going to get dealt that it will be to Boston.

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