bST. LOUIS • An area the Cardinals must address this winter is the left side of their bullpen, and in public comments made all offseason executives have not been hiding that.
There are many free-agent lefthanders available, ranging from closer-types Zach Britton and Andrew Miller to specialist-types like Tony Sipp, Tim Collins, or Justin Wilson. The Cardinals could use the ninth inning as a carrot to dangle to a free agent, like say Britton, because the Cardinals do not have a closer incumbent returning to the role for the 2019 season. When asked about that possibility -- that "strategy" -- John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations, said it wasn't something he planned but eventually explore.