Cardinals Reportedly Shopping Erick Fedd

The Cardinals are shopping right-hander , reports . The Cardinals are on the buy/sell bubble but Woo says they will pursue Fedde trades regardle s of which path they take. A couple of weeks ago, it was that the Cards feel is ready for a rotation role in the big leagues. However, he was blocked by the clubs other starters and that remains the case. St. Louis has had remarkable rotation healthy this year. Each of Fedde, , , and has made at least 18 start this year. McGreevy and have chipped in with a few spot starts, but it has e sentially been the same core five all year long. McGreevy was recalled today to make a spot start tonight in order to give Liberatore some extra rest. With the deadline now just over the horizon, theres logic to flipping Jay Bell Jersey someone to make room for McGreevy, a former first-round pick who is putting up good numbers this year. In 15 Triple-A starts, he has a 3.72 earned run average, 25.5% strikeout rate, 4.9% walk rate and 53.8% ground ball rate. As mentioned, the Cards appear to be on the border of buying or selling. They attempted to do a reset in the winter but found it difficult to trade their veteran players with no-trade clauses. They decided to mostly stand pat and have hovered in the race this year. They were swept by the Diamondbacks this weekend but are still just 3.5 games back of a playoff spot. If they believe McGreevy is ready for the show, they could flip a starter to add some young talent but still leave the rotation in a decent spot for a stretch run. Fedde is the most logical guy to move out. Both Gray and Mikolas have full no-trade clauses. When the club was trying to hit the reset button in the offseason, both expre sed a preference to stay, quickly squashing trade speculation. Pallante and Liberatore are each young and controllable for years to come. For a club looking to do a reset, it wouldnt make sense to move those guys out. Fedde, on the other hand, is 32 years old and an impending free agent. Hes not a part of the clubs long-term plans. The problem is that he has tanked a lot of his value this year. After a succe sful stint in Korea in 2023, he returned to North America with aplomb last year. Between the White Sox and the Cards, he to sed 177 1/3 innings with a 3.30 ERA, 21.2% strikeout rate, 7.2% walk rate and 42.1% ground ball rate. Here in 2025, everything has gone in the wrong direction. In 98 2/3 innings, he has a 4.83 ERA, 13.5% strikeout rate, 10.7% walk rate and 39.2% ground ball rate. Given those results, rival clubs wont be tripping over themselves to acquire Fedde. He might have some value as a live arm on an injury-depleted team, but only as a back-end filler type of role. No one will view him as a capable playoff starter right now. He is making a $7.5MM salary this year, which leaves le s than $3MM to be paid out. That would be a bargain if he were pitching to his 2024 levels but it doesnt look especially attractive now. If the Cards really want to move Fedde and open more starts for McGreevy, perhaps they would be willing to eat some of that money in order to secure a better return. Photo courtesy of Jeff Curry, Imagn Images Dale Berra Jersey