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Yankees Rumors: Some St. Louis Cardinals trade targets

With the Cardinals recent struggles, could they be a seller at the trade deadline? If matters don’t improve, expect them to restock for next season in the form of acquiring starting pitching. It’s an area the Cards are lacking, and no amount of Willson Contreras blame can change that.

With that in mind, Yanks Go Yard discussed some Cards trade targets this week, namely Tyler O’Neill, Dylan Carlson and Alec Burleson. Of those three, the most likely to be moved from a St. Louis perspective are Carlson and O’Neill. The Cards see Burleson as a key piece of their future, even should this season continue to spiral.

Of those two, the Yanks could see O’Neill as the preferable target because of his contract status. While the drama between O’Neill and manager Oli Marmol seems like a thing of the past at this juncture, there’s no way something like that is simply forgotten:

"“Maybe the Yankees prefer Carlson, but they’re more likely to acquire a pre-arb or arbitration-eligible player than they are to add someone who’s wrapping up a free agent contract. Keep your eyes firmly planted on the Cardinals these next few weeks, and hope O’Neill fights back from his balky back soon,” YGY’s Adam Weinrib wrote."

Just a year after trading Jordan Montgomery for Harrison Bader, the Yankees could go back to the well and acquire another oft-injured Cardinals outfielder. Hell, it worked out the first time.