​The Cardinals announced to the baseball world that they
were in rebuilding mode last winter when they traded Nolan Arenado, Sonny Gray,
Willson Contreras and Brendan Donovan for a host of Minor League prospects.Then, they backed up those actions by doing more of the
same at the MLB Trade Deadline by shipping veteran pitchers Dustin May and JoJo
Romero to the Brewers and outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the Dbacks for four
prospects.With it being a month since the Aug. 3 Trade Deadline deals
between the Cards and Brewers and Cards and Dbacks, let’s take a look at how
the former St. Louis players have fared and how the two transactions have
worked out so far.Brewers receive right-handed starter Dustin May
and left-handed reliever JoJo Romero. May, who was 5-7 with a 4.38
ERA in 21 starts with the Cardinals, has mostly struggled with the Brewers and
was recently hit with some tough luck. May is 1-2 with a 6.41 ERA over five
starts with Milwaukee. He was hit hard by the Mariners (seven hits, seven
earned runs in two innings pitched) and Rangers (six hits, four earned runs in
4 1/3 innings pitched) and literally hit hard in a one-pitch start against the
Mets. New York’s AJ Ewing drilled a 106-mph liner on the game’s first pitch, and
it hit off May’s right shoulder blade. He left that game after just one pitch
and luckily escaped with just a bruise.Dustin May’s start tonight lasted only one pitch. pic.twitter.com/1lF1MhFi6H— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) August 26, 2026Romero, 29, missed his final three weeks with the Cardinals
after needing an emergency appendectomy over the break for the MLB All-Star
Game. After going on a rehab assignment with the High-A Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers, Romero was activated on Sept. 1. In two games, Romero has yet to give
up a run while registering one hold out of the Milwaukee bullpen.  Cardinals receive Class-A outfielder Alexander
Frias and Double-A outfielder Josiah Ragsdale. Minor
League talent evaluators were somewhat shocked that the Cardinals could pry
away the 6-foot-2 Frias, who was immediately installed as the No. 4 prospect in
the Cardinals’ Minor League system. The 18-year-old Frias, who was signed to a
$350,000 international free-agent deal out of the Dominican Republic in January
of 2025, has played 22 games with Class-A Palm Beach thus far. He’s smashed
four doubles, a triple and two home runs to build a .749 OPS. He’s also flashed
by dynamic speed by swiping six bases.As for Ragsdale, 22, he has continued his stellar season with
Double-A Springfield. In 23 games with the Cards, he has four doubles, a
triple, five homers and 13 RBI. He’s also stolen five bases in five tries. In
four Minor League stops in 2026, Ragsdale – the No. 11-ranked prospect in the
Cards’ system – has racked up 25 doubles, 24 homers and 36 stolen bases while hitting
.308 with a 1.001 OPS.Diamondbacks receive outfielder Lars Nootbaar. The 28-year-old
outfielder, who was a fan favorite in St. Louis for his infectious sm