The MLB trade deadline is Thursday. I figured I would start this column with one certain fact, because a lot of it is going to be hypothetical. Which players will stay put and which players will be on the move?

Colorado blanked the Cardinals, 6-0, on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field in the team’s first shutout since May 15, 2024, when the Rockies beat the Padres, 8-0, in San Diego. The 220-game drought was the longest of baseball’s modern era, supplanting a 199-game run without a shutout by the St. Louis Browns in 1939.

With the trade deadline less than a week away, will the St. Louis Cardinals trade a star on an expiring contract?

The Royals and Guardians split a doubleheader while the Cardinals couldn’t find much offense in a loss to the Padres on Saturday in MLB.

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The San Diego Padres dropped their fourth game in a row in a frustrating contest against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. Right-hander Nick Pivetta plucked Ca