Cardinals' Chaim Bloom Clears Air on Brendan Donovan Buzz

"When it comes to the market, it has been interesting the way this offseason has gone where you have kind of seen this more recent flurry. And a little bit of a late flurry where it's usually not around Winter Warm-Up that some of the biggest offseason signings and the week to follow, big trades happen. Every offseason has a little bit of a different pace. This one has had a period of high activity and then periods where it feels like you're sitting around waiting. Look, as much as we want to keep our ears open, we also want to make sure that we're doing right by the organization. In this case, if we were to contemplate something with [Brendan Donovan], obviously we'd place a pretty high price tag, given all of those things that I said about the player he is and how much he means to us.

"Certainly not something where we're necessarily looking to do it. Again, just us being responsible and doing our jobs, especially given where we are and all of those goals that we have over the long haul. All that said, as we get closer to Spring Training, you don't want to let this drag out one way or another. We don't want uncertainty or a lack of clarity hanging over our camp. ... Not something that we are proactively looking to do, just us being responsive to interest in our players as we would with anybody."

Bloom was open and candid about the All-Star. From his comments, it sounds like the team isn't actively looking to move Donovan, but if the right offer comes in, they will consider a move. But it certainly sounds like less of a guarantee than some national reports would make it sound.