The St. Louis Cardinals underwhelmed at the trade deadline, their only trade being Jedd Gyorko to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tony Cingrani and minor league pitcher Jeffry Abreu. Cingrani, who will miss the season because of an injury and will be a free agent afterward, may never pitch for the team. But if he does, all eyes will be on him to see how Mozeliak’s latest relief acquisition fares.
Since Mozeliak took over as general manager in 2007 and later as president of baseball operations, he has made eight trades for relief pitchers who had major league experience before coming to the Cardinals.