The St. Louis Cardinals did next to nothing to address their pitching problems during the Winter Meetings. Outside of selecting Matt Pushard in the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday, the Cardinals did more subtracting than adding when they dealt Sonny Gray and lost an additional four arms in both portions of the Rule 5.
To help address the rotation vacancy, the Cardinals will be slotting reliever Kyle Leahy into the starting rotation. The move comes after Leahy put up a stellar season, covering 88 innings over 62 games with a 3.07 ERA and an average 22% strikeout rate.