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As Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline rapidly approaches, so does another opportunity for the Cardinals to choose a side. Are they riding this "runway" toward the future, or are they going to tighten the race for the National League's third wild card to a point that they stand pat or add on the edges of the roster?
The Cardinals' trends of risk aversion and playing it down the middle is about to be challenged.
And, at the same time, the trade deadline may invite more questions than they have answers.
In Part 1 of an extended conversation about the Cardinals at the trade deadline (Part 1) and the Cardinals nearing the Chaim Bloom takeover (Part 2), KMOX/104.1 FM's Kevin Wheeler joins Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ lead baseball writer Derrick Goold to discuss all the implications of moves the Cardinals could make, and why a "soft buy" or "slight sell" may be more of the same even if either is the right move for 2025.
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This episode ends with a provocative question about what have the Cardinals really learned about their next generation of contenders from the season.
In its 13th season as one of the first and most popular Cardinals-related podcasts, the Best Podcast in Baseball in sponsored by Closets by Design of Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ. BPIB is a production of the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ, , and Derrick Goold.
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