Cardinals Bitter Rival Showed Interest In St. Louis Legend

The St. Louis Cardinals made some pretty big decisions this past offseason, including the choice to move on from Paul Goldschmidt

He spent six seasons in St. Louis and was named the 2022 National League Most Valuable Player. The 2024 season wasn't his year, though. He struggled in the first half but looked much more like himself in the second half. The Cardinals opted to move on from him in free agency and he landed a short-term deal with the New York Yankees.

Goldschmidt has been phenomenal to kick off the 2025 season and currently is slashing .364/.413/.465 with one homer, nine RBIs, seven doubles, and 12 runs scored in 26 games played. He's been great and it sounds like one of the Cardinals' biggest rivals had some interest in him this past offseason. USA Today Sports' Bob Nightengale reported that the Milwaukee Brewers "were planning to pounce" on Goldschmidt if Rhys Hoskins had opted to go to free agency.

"The Brewers were planning to pounce on free agent first baseman Paul Goldschmidt this winter if Rhys Hoskins opted out of his contract, believing he’d have a huge bounce-back season," Nightengale said. "Hoskins elected to stay, and Goldschmidt, after having the worst season of his 15-year contract, signed a one-year, $12.5 million contract with the Yankees. Goldschmidt has been everything the Yankees hoped for, and more, hitting .364 with an .877 OPS."

It was tough to see Goldschmidt go. If he had stayed in the division, that would have been even worse.