Will the St. Louis Cardinals make one more impactful move before pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a couple of weeks?
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak set out this offseason to add three new starting pitchers and two high-leverage arms.
The signings of Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson filled the voids in the rotation. From there, Mozelaik traded for right-handed reliever Andrew Kittredge and, pending a physical, landed Keynan Middleton late Thursday night to presumably round out the bullpen.
However, could there be one more move on the way ? St. Louis reportedly had interest in a polarizing hurler before signing Middleton.
“They also expressed interest this offseason in right-hander Ryan Brasier, a former (Boston) Red Sox reliever who had a breakout second half with the (Los Angeles) Dodgers in 2023,” the St. Louis Dispatch’s Derrick Goold reported Friday.
Brasier is coming off an extremely unusual season but his stock might be as high as it’s ever been.