This morning Ken Rosenthal reported that the Cardinals are talking to the Diamondbacks about Goldschmidt but no traction at this time. He did mention that the Diamondbacks will be interested in the Cardinals young pitchers.
Rosenthal of The Athletic also tweets, the Astros and Cardinals “have had the most meaningful discussions” of any organizations in baseball. But that’s just relative to their peers, not an indication that either club is particularly likely (let alone close) to striking a deal for one of the game’s best and steadiest offensive performers. Of course, it’s also still entirely unclear just what the D-Backs will look to do with such a key player. An extension still does not appear to be out of the question, though there have been no hints that one is in the works. Even in a trade scenario, the team will have to decide whether to try to use Goldschmidt as a vehicle to shed salary (by attaching another contract) or recoup talent.
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