{"id":558353,"date":"2026-02-06T19:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/558353\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:41:21","slug":"blockbuster-cardinals-trade-idea-sends-star-pitcher-to-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/558353\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Cardinals Trade Idea Sends Star Pitcher to Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">The St. Louis Cardinals have made a lot of big trades over the last few months, but they might not be done yet. They traded Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox earlier this offseason before moving Nolan Arenado to the Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Most recently, they traded Brendan Donovan to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a haul of prospects. These four trades have bolstered the Cardinals&#8217; farm system in a huge way, but they have one more player to move: JoJo Romero.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Romero has been mixed in trade rumors for a few months, but nothing has materialized to this point. Still, a deal could come together before opening day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">If you like our content,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">ESPN&#8217;s David Schoenfield recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/mlb\/mlb-trade-proposals-that-could-shake-up-spring-training\/ar-AA1VOKKU?ocid=BingNewsVerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">put together a mock trade that would send Romero<\/a> to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for outfielder Davis Schneider.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals could finish offseason with a JoJo Romero trade<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/01kgsv7301p3fv1nz7jt.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romer\" title=\"St. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romer\" width=\"6000\" height=\"3375\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"76\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 10, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romero (59) throws against the Seattle Mariners during the ninth inning at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images | Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">&#8220;Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom is on the record as looking for a right-handed outfield bat, and with\u00a0Austin Hays\u00a0just signing with the White Sox, the free agent market is thin. Schneider can certainly jump on a left-hander &#8212; just ask\u00a0Blake Snell\u00a0&#8212; but he has a limited role with the Blue Jays,&#8221; Schoenfield wrote. &#8220;The Kazuma Okamoto signing pushes\u00a0Addison Barger\u00a0to right field, which in turn makes\u00a0George Springer\u00a0the full-time DH. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">&#8220;The Jays will want to give\u00a0Anthony Santander, entering the second year of his five-year, $92.5 million deal, a long run in left field after an injury-plagued 2025.\u00a0Nathan Lukes\u00a0is still there as well and\u00a0Myles Straw\u00a0is the defense\/speed backup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">Romero would fill the biggest hole on the Blue Jays roster. They struggled to lock games down when the bullpen came in last year. Adding Romero to the backend of the bullpen would help patch this hole in the biggest way possible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">Schneider could provide a big boost to the big-league squad from day one. He&#8217;s a very talented outfielder who would fill one of the big roster voids in St. Louis. Typically, the Cardinals will look for prospects in these trades, but if they can net Schneider, it could be worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">More MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/cardinals\/onsi\/st-louis-cardinals-news\/cardinals-24-year-old-catcher-has-bright-future-in-st-louis-zach3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardinals 24-Year-Old Catcher Has Bright Future in St. Louis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Cardinals have made a lot of big trades over the last few months, but they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,4,673,67,4311,4310],"class_list":{"0":"post-558353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cardinals","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-st-louis","12":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","13":"tag-stlouis","14":"tag-stlouiscardinals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116025393632434145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}