Cardinals trade idea sends $7.5 million starter to Phillies

The St. Louis Cardinals didn't execute overmuch past offseason. They claimed they were opening a "reset" but didn't wide a batch of abstraction for their younger players, yet choosing to clasp onto galore of their seasoned players.

One subordinate that they would person been omniscient to commercialized was right-hander Erick Fedde. He is entering the last twelvemonth of his declaration and is lone making $7.5 cardinal this year.

This could marque him an charismatic commercialized portion astatine the deadline. But determination are teams that could usage pitching assistance now.

The Philadelphia Phillies volition statesman the play without Ranger Suarez. Drew VonScio of Newsweek projected the thought of St. Louis sending Fedde to Philadelphia portion they hold for Suarez to recover.

"There are a fewer reasons wherefore this makes consciousness for the Phillies. First and foremost, Fedde is simply a cheaper enactment than most," VonScio noted. "He's entering the last twelvemonth of his declaration and volition make $7.5 cardinal successful 2025. He posted a 3.30 ERA betwixt the Chicago White Sox and Cardinals past twelvemonth aft returning from Korea. Adding him would not beryllium excessively overmuch of a fiscal strain for the Phillies."

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Fedde pitched 177 1/3 innings past twelvemonth with Chicago and St. Louis. The Cardinals picked him up past twelvemonth astatine the commercialized deadline successful a three-way woody with the South Siders and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

If the Cardinals are going to commercialized Fedde, they would beryllium omniscient to merchantability precocious connected him. Even arsenic a back-end starter, Fedde could bring backmost a decent haul.

He tin devour innings and capable a rotation spot for a squad successful request of pitching help, specified arsenic the Phillies. This would let the Cardinals to commencement their rebuild and would besides wide a rotation spot for Michael McGreevy, who strangely was reassigned to Triple-A Memphis to commencement the season.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot what the Cardinals determine to bash this year. They would beryllium omniscient to effort and find a spot for Fedde, particularly with his declaration expiring astatine the extremity of 2025.

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