Cardinals have clear Dustin May, Ryne Stanek trade deadline plan

This season was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet, on July 29, they find themselves in the NL Wild Card race. The Cardinals are 2.5 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for the third and final Wild Card spot. Surprise performances up and down the roster have helped the Cardinals reach this point, but they won't be making major trades at next week's deadline. It may be the opposite. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, Will Sammon and Katie Woo wrote Wednesday that the Cardinals are open to trading two of their impending free agent pitchers. "When the St. Louis Cardinals signed Dustin May and Ryne Stanek over the offseason, they expected both veteran arms to help keep the team afloat in the first half," they wrote. "They also knew that with experienced starting and