In the spirit of recent contract extensions around Major League Baseball for up-and-coming players like Kristian Campbell and Jackson Merrill, Brenden Schaeffer discusses his top five contract extension candidates from the St. Louis Cardinals who the team should consider trying to sign on long-term deals.

The key with many of these players is their high floors, which makes them relatively safe bets when it comes to offering early extensions.

Will the Cardinals do it? Perhaps not, for several reasons that we discuss. But it wouldn't hurt to ask these five players whether they are interested in locking into a new deal!

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