By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Dec. 8, 2015, 8:27 am CT, updated 9:10
The latest Cardinals-related news, reports, and rumors from Day 2 of the MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville as they roll in on Tuesday…
Cards interested in resigning Mark Reynolds? [9:10 am CT]: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Cardinals are among the teams expressing interest in Mark Reynolds, along with the Rockies, Giants, and Pirates. Reynolds hit .230 with 13 home runs and 48 RBIs in 140 games for the redbirds in 2015 while playing on a one-year, $2 million deal. With Stephen Piscotty, Matt Adams, and Brandon Moss expected to be in the mix at first base, it’s not clear how Reynolds would fit into the Cardinals’ plans next season.
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Cards still in on Leake [8:13 am CT]: CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman reports the Cardinals are still “in” on Mike Leake, along with the Diamondbacks. As previously reported, Heyman notes the Diamondbacks have the home-field edge, as Leake makes his offseason home in Arizona.
View previous updates and more info on Leake and his reported asking price here.
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Cards still after Heyward [8:05 am CT]: On the first official day of the MLB Winter Meetings Monday, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak talked to a group of St. Louis reporters in his suite at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, sharing that the team’s biggest offseason objective remains resigning Jason Heyward, MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch reports.
From Langosch’s article:
Mozeliak said he has had an “open dialogue” with Heyward’s representatives since free agency opened and will continue to discuss a long-term deal that would bring the 26-year-old back to St. Louis. Those overtures have included a face-to-face meeting with Heyward, as well as pitches from some of his teammates.
There is not necessarily the need to sell St. Louis to Heyward, who has said he thoroughly enjoyed his first season in a Cardinals uniform. The uncertainty is in how much interest he’s drawing from other clubs and whether Heyward sees it as beneficial to wait out the market for the chance that more suitors come knocking.
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