With all these spices, the St. Louis media certainly is salty about Los Angeles media reports of a possible trade involving Nolan Arenado.
Twitter loved a post from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Ben Frederickson discussing the Los Angeles media's fascination with trading to bring St. Louis Cardinals' All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado back to his home in Southern California.
Fredrickson has a pretty salty way of talking about the issue. Bringing up the sore subject of Los Angeles taking back the Rams NFL team from St. Louis in discussing the entitlement the LA media seems to have for the Dodgers getting Arenado.
Frederickson took it a step further with this description of the media's attempt to get Arenado for the Dodgers:
A media campaign that would make both "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" green with envy continues as a small army of anonymous sources who speak on behalf of the Dodgers do their best to connect dots between Nolan Arenado and his home-state heavyweight.
-Ben Frederickson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Cardinals: St. Louis media doubles down on Nolan Arenado report
Frederickson and Derrick Goold of the Post-Dispatch are understandably frustrated with the LA media's attempts to attract the Cardinals' superstar third baseman. Since the president of baseball operations, John Mozeliak announced that the Cardinals would trade some players to secure pitching for a run in 2024, the St. Louis media has made one very clear in their reporting.
The Cardinals would not be trading their talented superstars, Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt, to get pitching. So imagine the surprise the St. Louis media had with this tweet from Mark Feinsand of MLB.com:
At the All-Star break, Goold spoke with Arenado about the Cardinals' intentions to get more pitching and if he had any regrets about opting into remaining in St. Louis for the remainder of the contract. He was pleased to remain in The Lou.
He told Goold, "There's a reason I opted in. I definitely wouldn't have done that if I didn't feel that way. It's a business. I don't know how it goes. But there's a reason I opted for it. I do love St Louis. My family loves it. We want to turn it around."
Even Katie Woo of The Athletic (subscription) was quick to remind fans of previous statements about Arenado:
Seems pretty clear that he's happy and, like most fans, wants to see things turned around.
The Cardinals are 46-58. This is a record most fans of the Cardinals can not fathom. From all the unnecessary communication drama involving manager Oliver Marmol and Mozeliak to the persisting issues with the pitching staff and the defense of out-of-position players, it's been a doozy of a season.
While It would be great if any of these trade deadline moves could help them improve their situation this season or allow them to create some drama for the contenders, the season will likely continue along this terrible track.
The LA media coveting an Arenado trade is great for them, but he will remain in St. Louis. Arenado will continue to delight fans with his Platinum Glove defense and all-around great hitting at the plate. In St. Louis.