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Loaded AL Contender Could Trade For Veteran Cardinals Pitcher

Erick Fedde or Sonny Gray will likely be traded this season.
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Apr 14, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray (54) celebrates with catcher Pedro Pages (43) after the sixth inning against the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
Apr 14, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray (54) celebrates with catcher Pedro Pages (43) after the sixth inning against the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

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The St. Louis Cardinals have a pair of starting pitchers they could look to trade this season. Sonny Gray and Erick Fedde both make sense as trade options for different reasons.

Fedde is on an expiring contract and has looked rather solid this season. With him likely to leave town at the end of the season, the Cardinals should extract any value they can get from him in a trade.

Gray is one of the more underrated pitchers in the league. He's consistently been a top arm in the league over the last few years, but his contract has a lot of money left on it.

One team that could look to bring in one of these pitchers is the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a massive contract extension this season and they're likely going to try to compete for as long as Guerrero is on the roster. This includes making a trade for one of these Cardinals starters. If Toronto wants a high potential, high risk addition, Gray is the guy to pursue. If the Blue Jays want a low risk, lower reward pitcher, Fedde is the guy.

Either way, Blue Jays pitcher Easton Lucas has been unplayable this season. He holds an ERA of 7.41 and a WHIP of 1.53 through four starts. Across 18 big-league appearances, the lefty has an 8.66 ERA.

Adding one of the two Cardinals pitchers would be a massive upgrade over Lucas to help push the Blue Jays in the right direction.

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ZACH PRESSNELL

Zach Pressnell has experience covering all major US sports at both the professional and collegiate levels. He’s produced content for FanSided, Blog Red Machine, The Game Haus, Bethany College Athletics and the Bethany College online newspaper, He graduated from Bethany College (WV) with a degree in Communications and Media Arts, specializing in Sports Journalism. Pressnell was also a four-year member of the baseball team where he earned himself All-PAC recognition as a pitcher (and a cool Tommy John surgery scar). Now, Pressnell specializes in NFL and MLB coverage for Sports Illustrated’s “On SI” network among others. For all business/marketing inquiries regarding "St. Louis Cardinals On SI," please reach out to Scott Neville: scott@wtfsports.org

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