There’s really no doubt that Josh Donaldson is going to be traded prior to midnight on Friday. He’s cleared trade waivers and can now be dealt anywhere. 

So… yeah. There aren’t really any surprises here at all. I thought there might have been a chance that somebody claimed him to block another team from acquiring him, but, after David Daniel Murphy was able to go to the top team in the National League a few weeks back, it isn’t all too surprising that nobody pulled that trick.

The most interesting tidbit today is Bob Nightendale reporting that Cleveland and St. Louis are the two most likely suitors for Donaldson.

The Cardinals aren’t a surprise as they’d been in on JD for months dating back to last off-season, but the Cleveland addition is an interesting one. He would be a nice upgrade on Cleveland’s roster as they have some holes in their lineup, but this is particularly funny because of the absolute shit-storm that would result from Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins handing the former MVP to their old club.

All we can do now is wait and hope that the return isn’t terrible.