The St. Louis Cardinals are off to a hot start this season. After 34 games, they are 20-14 and sit just two games back of first place in the uber-competitive National League Central.
This comes after they traded away a slew of veterans last offseason and finally kicked off a much needed rebuild. However, the trades seem to have reduced the pressure for St. Louis and led to them playing much better baseball with younger players being given more opportunities.
The trade deadline will arrive on August 3 this year, and it remains to be seen what each team will do. The Cardinals don’t seem to have fully committed to selling, but based on president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom’s latest comments, they don’t seem to be planning on making any splashy additions.
“The game does not like when you yo yo from one approach to another. It doesn’t like when you try to cheat it, so we need to stick with that,” Bloom said. “Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean you should want to do it more if it is a little bit of a side road off of what you said you would do.
“We cannot take shortcuts in this. You want to have these tough decisions on either side. If you’re talking about moving on from someone like Brendan Donovan and that type of deal, well, it means you’ve got a player who’s really valuable to the rest of the industry that you can get some really good talent for.
“If you’re talking about maybe resisting the temptation to do something that’s going to get a lot of applause on Twitter in the moment, but that might not be in your long-term interest, well that means you have a cool opportunity in front of you.”
Chaim Bloom Staying True to Cardinals’ Approach
Ultimately, it would be a surprise for St. Louis to go out and acquire a big-name player and push the chips for 2026. Bloom appears to want to stick to the plan of focusing on the future, and that is ultimately the best decision for St. Louis.
They need to focus on their young core and bring back as much talent as possible for the future. Making a big splash would be taking a shortcut, as Bloom says, and it would be best for him and the Cardinals to stay the course and not deviate from their plan.
What This Means for Deadline Approach
Ultimately, this doesn’t fully confirm what path Bloom will take, but in all likelihood, the options are either selling or holding firm. A soft buy wouldn’t be the best approach because it wouldn’t move the needle enough towards competing for St. Louis, and they still need to stay true to their plan.
Fortunately, Bloom appears to be on the right track and still focused on what needs to be done for St. Louis. The best plan is to stay the course and make sure all the right pieces are in place for the future rather than taking shortcuts.
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