Heading into 2026, the St. Louis Cardinals will seemingly take an extra step again, as they did in 2025, after they completed fourth within the Nationwide League Central with a 78-84 document.
Seeking to shed wage, which may come within the type of buying and selling third baseman Nolan Arenado, who has $31 million remaining on his deal, the Cardinals have already shed wage by buying and selling right-hander Sonny Grey to the Boston Pink Sox.
Buying and selling Grey gave the Cardinals some payroll flexibility, but it surely additionally depleted their beginning rotation, which now lacks a veteran presence and is considerably inexperienced. To counter this development, the Cardinals and right-hander Dustin Might are finalizing a deal pending a bodily, in keeping with ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Might, who will enter his age-28 season, pitched for the primary time in two years in 2025 after lacking all of 2024 because of an arm harm and a torn esophagus. Splitting time between the reigning World Sequence Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Pink Sox, Might went 7-11 with a 4.96 ERA and struck out a profession excessive 123 batters in 132.1 innings (additionally a profession excessive).
