3 blueprints for the St. Louis Cardinals’ offseason

Conclusion

While fans cross their fingers for bigger name moves when baseball operations resume, you should rest easy this holiday season knowing their club is positioned to win now, and in the future, regardless of how this offseason plays out. Keep the big names on your Christmas list, but remember to ask for stocking stuffers in the development of the young core that has broke out of the last two seasons, and be hopeful and excited about the potential of long awaited prospects who are on the brink of big league action.

Fans tend to give John Mozeliak a lot of criticism these days, but chances are that the Cardinals walk into Jupiter, Fla. this coming spring as the NL Central favorites, in the conversation for the World Series, and a loaded future looking ahead to future seasons to come.   ‘