Cardinals: 5 players on trade block

Cardinals: 5 players on the trade block

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 06: Paul DeJong #11 of the St. Louis Cardinals completes the double-play throwing over the top of Thairo Estrada #39 of the San Francisco Giants to end the game in the bottom of the ninth inning at Oracle Park on May 06, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The Cardinals won the game 3-1. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – MARCH 10: Thomas Parsons #74 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch against the Washington Nationals in the eighth inning of a Grapefruit League spring training game at FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches on March 10, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

Thomas Parsons

Thomas has pitched 17.2 innings over 10 games for the AAA Memphis Redbirds. He has a 2-0 record with a 6.62 ERA. He has 13 strikeouts in that time frame. He’s given up eight walks, and 13 earned runs including six home runs.

After coasting through several levels of the Cardinals organization in 2019, he’s spent the last three in Memphis. It’s surprising Cardinals fans haven’t seen Parsons appear with St. Louis. It seems he could have helped during last season’s terrible time with pitching. He hasn’t been moved to the Cardinals’ 40-man roster and the 26-year-old is Rule 5 draft-eligible.

If the Cardinals are not going to use Parsons, it would be interesting to see the team attempt to move him, possibly in a package for a significant get. If that’s not possible, flipping him for depth or pitching needs could be good.

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