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Cardinals Could Consider Reunion With Slugger Recently Made Available

St. Louis could take a shot on a former top prospect

Scott Neville

Cardinals Could Consider Reunion With Slugger Recently Made Available
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The St. Louis Cardinals remaining games are nothing more than an audition for the 2024 season with some hope that their young core will use this time to further develop their respective games. 

If the Cardinals want to open the auditions to an external search, they could look at a slugger who recently became available and could provide serious pop off of the bench.

First baseman/designated hitter Luke Voit opted out of his contract with the New York Mets on Thursday after showing off his power swing with Triple-A Syracuse.

The 32-year-old hit .264 with 20 extra-base hits including 14 home runs, 35 RBIs and a 1.058 OPS in 37 games for the Syracuse Mets before opting out. 

If the veteran cannot find a contender's bench to join, it would make some sense for the Cardinals to find out if this is a hot stretch or a new version of the hulking slugger. 

Voit was drafted by the Cardinals in the 22nd round at pick No. 665 of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft and worked his way through the system to make his debut in 2017.

In the following season, St. Louis shipped off Voit in a notable trade for left-handed reliever Chasen Shreve and right-handed reliever Giovanny Gallegos.

A return to Busch Stadium is far from imminent but could be in the cards.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the St. Louis Cardinals for FanNation's "Inside The Cardinals" on Sports Illustrated. Before starting "Inside The Cardinals", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox."  After a few months as the top Major League Baseball site in the program, Neville sought expansion and pitched "Inside The Cardinals," one of the newest additions to FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group. The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Cardinals" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu