Last night the St. Louis Cardinals began their sell-off by trading Closer Ryan Helsley to the New York Mets in exchange for 3 minor league players and Swingman lefty Steven Matz to the Boston Red Sox for minor league corner infielder Blaze Jordan. Phil Maton is certain to go as well today and there are rumors flying around about names like Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Brendan Donovan, Lars Nootbaar, and Alec Burleson.

The club would like to move on from Nolan Arenado with the intention of giving other young players more opportunities to get regular playing time and to move off as much salary as possible. The quartet of left-handed bats are drawing interest from multiple clubs around baseball, but the price tag is sky high, and one Cardinals source called a deal for any of those players “u

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