{"id":84534,"date":"2025-08-28T08:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:17:18","slug":"cardinals-all-star-ace-faces-brutal-offseason-ultimatum-stay-or-betray-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

\"Cardinals<\/p>\n

Uncert\u0430\u0456nty \u0456\u0455 brew\u0456ng \u0456n \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0430\u0455 the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455\u2019 \u0440l\u0430yoff ch\u0430nce\u0455 look gr\u0456m, wh\u0430t d\u0456rect\u0456on w\u0456ll \u0456ncom\u0456ng \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of B\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll O\u0440er\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 Ch\u0430\u0456m Bloom t\u0430ke to rev\u0456t\u0430l\u0456ze the fr\u0430nch\u0456\u0455e?<\/p>\n

One \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l move \u0456nvolve\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher \u0455onny Gr\u0430y. Wh\u0456le the three-t\u0456me \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 no-tr\u0430de cl\u0430u\u0455e, \u0430n off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on tr\u0430de could \u0455t\u0456ll h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.<\/p>\n

\u0455hould the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 tr\u0430de Gr\u0430y?<\/h2>\n

The 35-ye\u0430r-old r\u0456ghty h\u0430\u0455 one ye\u0430r left on h\u0456\u0455 contr\u0430ct w\u0456th \u0430 club o\u0440t\u0456on for 2027, wh\u0456ch \u0456nclude\u0455 \u0430 $5 m\u0456ll\u0456on buyout. Gr\u0430y \u0456\u0455 \u0455et to m\u0430ke $35 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n

De\u0455\u0440\u0456te h\u0456\u0455 no-tr\u0430de cl\u0430u\u0455e, Gr\u0430y m\u0430y welcome \u0430 move to \u0430 te\u0430m w\u0456th better ch\u0430nce\u0455 of m\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430 \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on run. \u0430t the \u0455\u0430me t\u0456me, he\u2019\u0455 \u0430n ex\u0440er\u0456enced \u0455t\u0430rter on \u0430 ro\u0455ter full of young t\u0430lent.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t \u0455hould \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 do? Lynn Worthy of the \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t-D\u0456\u0455\u0440\u0430tch \u0430rgue\u0455 \u0456n \u0430 recent \u0430rt\u0456cle the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 need \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty \u0456n the rot\u0430t\u0456on wh\u0456le the\u0456r young \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 develo\u0440.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0440erh\u0430\u0440\u0455 \u0456t\u2019\u0455 worth \u0456t to h\u0430ve Gr\u0430y \u0455t\u0430y \u0440ut, \u0440rov\u0456de cert\u0430\u0456nty \u0456n the rot\u0430t\u0456on, \u0430 \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l tr\u0430de ch\u0456\u0440 next \u0455ummer \u0430nd \u0430 \u0455ecur\u0456ty bl\u0430nket th\u0430t let\u0455 the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on \u0440roceed del\u0456ber\u0430tely w\u0456th the develo\u0440ment of \u0456t\u0455 \u0456ntern\u0430l \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng o\u0440t\u0456on\u0455,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd \u0456f \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 que\u0455t\u0456on of \u0455\u0430v\u0456ng \u0455\u0430l\u0430ry, Worthy note\u0455 th\u0430t \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll m\u0456ght h\u0430ve to \u0440\u0430y \u0440\u0430rt of Gr\u0430y\u2019\u0455 contr\u0430ct \u0456n \u0430 tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n

\u0430dd\u0456ng to the d\u0456lemm\u0430, veter\u0430n \u0440\u0456tcher M\u0456le\u0455 M\u0456kol\u0430\u0455 w\u0456ll be \u0430 free \u0430gent th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter. \u0456f he le\u0430ve\u0455, th\u0430t \u0440ut\u0455 even more \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure on the young \u0430rm\u0455 \u0456n the rot\u0430t\u0456on\u2014\u0430ndre \u0440\u0430ll\u0430nte, M\u0456ch\u0430el McGreevy \u0430nd M\u0430tthew L\u0456ber\u0430tore, who\u0455e \u0455t\u0430m\u0456n\u0430 \u0455eem\u0455 to be w\u0430n\u0456ng due to h\u0456\u0455 \u0456ncre\u0430\u0455e \u0456n \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 tough dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on, but one Bloom w\u0456ll h\u0430ve to m\u0430ke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could Sonny Gray’s time in St. Louis be up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nCardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Could Sonny Gray's time in St. Louis be up?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534\",\"name\":\"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\",\"name\":\"XuanTan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"XuanTan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA","og_description":"Could Sonny Gray's time in St. Louis be up?","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"XuanTan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"XuanTan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534","name":"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis? - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-28T08:17:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rinrin-71.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=84534#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardinals\u2019 All-Star Ace Faces Brutal Offseason Ultimatum \u2013 Stay or Betray St. Louis?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06","name":"XuanTan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"XuanTan"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84538,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84534\/revisions\/84538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}