St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera throws a ball back to the mound during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros Friday, Feb. 28,

According to league sources, the Astros circled back with the Cardinals after Alex Bregman signed with the Red Sox.

Arenado, 33, is now “considering a potential deal to Houston” after the team improved its roster over the last couple of months, per MLB.com. In the deal that got killed in December, the Cardinals were set to send $15-20 million to the Astros for Arenado, who is owed $74 million over the next three years.

Jose Altuve made his left field debut in the Grapefruit League, marking the start of his transition from second base.

It doesn't get much worse than the grade handed to them by USA Today MLB insider Bob Nightengale, who rated all 30 teams' respective offseasons along with colleague Gabe Lacques. Here's what Nightengale wrote about his decision to hand the Cardinals an 'F-' mark.

Joseph Sullivan, grandson of former Auburn quarterback and Heisman winner Pat Sullivan, crushed the Houston Astros' first home run of spring training on Sunday.

After 25-year-old third baseman Mark Vientos posted 135 OPS+ in his second full MLB season for New York, the Mets never made much sense for Arenado. This became even more unlikely when New York re-signed slugging first baseman Pete Alonso, removing the possibility of Vientos sliding to first and opening up third for Arenado.