Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado made the three-hour, cross-state drive to play in an exhibition game Wednesday against the Yankees, among the teams that may be open to acquiring him in a trade.

The interesting part is that the trip from the Cardinals' spring training site, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., to the Yankees' site is roughly three hours, quite the commute for a player of Arenado's stature at this early juncture in the spring.

Yankees' Paul Goldschmidt breaks silence on Nolan Arenado trade rumors, discussing their friendship and Arenado’s future with the Cardinals.

In addition to fielding groundballs and fielding questions about the trade talk that surrounded his winter, when Nolan Arenado arrived in Cardinals camp and held court with