Even as the St. Louis Cardinals stand to post their third sub-.500 season in four years, and even as attendance and fan support plummets, and even as new management explicitly undertakes a rebuilding process that could take years, Willson Contreras reportedly wants to stick it out.
In other words, don’t expect Contreras to follow Sonny Gray out the door in the next Cardinals sell-off trade. He has a no-trade clause, it sounds like he still plans to wield it:
.@dgoold reports that Willson Contreras prefers to stay with the Cardinals, even if the team goes "into a mode that was less contender and more forward thinking." pic.twitter.com/3p6kPsBbiz
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) December 1, 2025I guess Willson Contreras really loves St. Louis. Or Missouri. Or The Arch. Or the food. Because it certainly isn’t the baseball.
Trading Willson Contreras Has a No-Trade Hurdle
Now 33 and a first baseman, Contreras has two guaranteed years left on his deal with the Cardinals, plus a club option in 2028. By and large, he’s done his job at the plate with the Cardinals (.261/.358/.459/129 wRC+), though he’s dealt with multiple injury issues, and no longer offers much defensive value (though he was perfectly playable at first base). Still, he’s not too pricey ($18 million, $18.5 million, and then a $5 million buyout on a $17.5 million option), so it’s really the no-trade clause that would hold things up.
Maybe it wouldn’t matter if Willson Contreras would be open to a trade. Maybe there aren’t too many buyers out there that would pay a significant premium to acquire a soon-to-be 34-year-old first base convert. I am sure the Cardinals wouldn’t hate moving literally any salary, though, and as we saw with the Gray trade, sometimes the return can surprise you even when the market is limited. Also, it’s one thing to express an interest in staying, but it’s another thing when that trade actually gets presented to you. Maybe Contreras would change his mind.
If not this offseason, perhaps Contreras will reconsider in July if and when the Cardinals are in last place in the NL Central. He just seems like too competitive of a guy to sit back and enjoy a lot of losing baseball.
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