The Cubs need a third baseman. The Cardinals might trade Arenado. A deal between rivals sounds insane — but this deadline is different.

The St. Louis Cardinals came into the season with the expectation that they were going to be big-time sellers at the trade deadline. Players like Nolan Arenado,

The St. Louis Cardinals, winners of nine straight, face the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

"But wouldn't it also make a lot of sense for Chaim Bloom — who was chief baseball officer when the Red Sox signed the extension with Devers, and in the process of succeeding John Mozeliak as the Cardinals' president of baseball operations — to do whatever it takes to get his man?" Miller says.

The 39-year-old Carpenter was a three-time All-Star while moving between second, third and first base. Carpenter hit .259 with 179 home runs and 659 RBIs in 1,511 games, the vast majority of them in St. Louis, which selected him in the 13th round of the 2009 amateur draft following a standout college career at TCU.

The St. Louis Cardinals are the hottest team in baseball right now.  There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about that fact. St. Louis earned its eighth straight win on