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again, on MLB.com, writer's roundtable on trade candidates.  Discussing Max to St L, they say it is one of the most obvious places (along with Toronto) and mention Gorman as the logical price.

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Feinsand:
Nolan Gorman would look good in Washington. And St. Louis seems to be set at third base for a while.

Morosi: Yes, Max for Gorman sounds like a great deal. And the Nats need to replenish their prospect base after going for it over the last decade, really. There's such an aversion in the game to giving up prospects, but the Cardinals have a strong rationale to trade Gorman. They clearly need pitching.

And Cardinals GM John Mozeliak can say, "I got our third baseman in an incredibly favorable deal last winter, so giving up Gorman is something we can do."

Not that Mo will say those words exactly. But he could!

Feinsand: Gorman is the one big prospect the Cardinals (No. 2 in their system, per MLB Pipeline) can afford to part with. I’m not saying they would deal him for a rental, but if the front office believes Scherzer makes them a legit contender, why not do it? The Cubs knew how good Gleyber was going to be, but Theo Epstein believed Chapman was the missing piece, so he made the deal. And then the Cubs won the World Series. Sometimes, you just need to go for it.

If Gorman had been in the Arenado deal, nobody would have flinched.
https://www.mlb.com/news/trevor-story-max-scherzer-trade-deadline-roundtable?partnerId=zh-20210608-419970-MLB-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20210608-419970-MLB-1-A&bt_ee=1pENloU3G9ki8WsigtO8Hm6n%2BpyarAF%2BKJ9SKiDCKkiYBsEbccV8jZobSQqw7tNm&bt_ts=1623163948066

Besides Toronto, Feinsand say another 4 or so teams would get into the bidding.