Reader Mailbag, Part 1: Lots of trade deadline talk, Joshua Báez's near-term future, the third base situation, and more

Readers have questions, writer has answers -- some of them possibly correct and coherent

As is typically the case, I’m breaking up my responses to your mailbag contributions into two posts. Post one starts … NOW!

Let’s begin with a trio of deadline-related questions.

Anthony writes:

Which Cardinals are likely to be traded at the deadline? Before the season, the list of likely trade candidates looked (to me) like May, Stanek, Romero, O’Brien, …