Hi everyone, welcome to the Monday Cardinals chat at STL Today dot com. Post-Dispatch writer Daniel Guerrero here. I hope the holiday season has treated everyone well. Quite the busy Sunday for the Cardinals, huh? In case you missed it: The Cardinals are adding to their pitching depth by trading Willson Contreras to the Red Sox. Oh, and some news on Cardinals broadcasts. The Contreras deal has yet to be made official, but it is expected to be announced at some point early today. With that being said, I apologize in advance if there is a lengthy pause in the chat once news pops up since I鈥檒l need to get on that to meet deadline on a story for Tuesday鈥檚 paper. Anyway, what do you want to talk about?
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