SS is turning out to be a real conundrum for the Cardinals. DeJong continues to regress with the bat each season as his salary increases each year. He is still owed two more years and two options. Sosa has done an admirable job filling in but do we really think he is an everyday player for a contending team? I mean he might be but I am not sold on that idea.
Meanwhile, there will be all several all star caliber SS free agents available but I think the Cardinals will be leery of that avenue also. Technically we could afford another $20M+ player but it would make our payroll extremely top heavy. According to Cot’s we have $88M tied up next year with Arenado, Goldy, Mikolas, Yadi, and DeJong. You can probably add another $10 for Waino. That would be $98M for six players. You still have to pay for the other 20 players and some of those are in arbitration. I don’t know if adding another big salary makes sense. It might be better to spread the money around a bit.