Had you come to me a year ago and told me to consider the possibility of the St. Louis Cardinals trading Albert Pujols, I probably would have introduced your face to the back of my hand.
These days, the notion of the Cards trading away the game's best player is still pretty outlandish. But given the relative stand still in the negotiations to extend Pujols' contract, you have to say that it's no longer an impossibility.
After all, Pujols rejected the club's most recent contract extension offer, and it's more or less a foregone conclusion that a deal is not going to be struck by the mutual deadline of Wednesday at noon.
If they can't, Pujols officially goes into the season as a free agent-to-be. If it becomes apparent that the Cards are simply not going to be able to sign Pujols after the season, maybe, just maybe, they will consider trading him.
If so, here are 10 trades that could make sense for the Cardinals.
Note: I'm banking on the idea that nobody would trade for Pujols just so they can have him as a rental, so I approached these trades under the notion that each team would look to retain him after the 2011 season.
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