The St. Louis Cardinals have been active during the MLB offseason. With the additions of Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn, and Kyle Gibson, the Cardinals have made it a priority to add pitching. It was a major problem for them during the 2023 season and with the talent that they have on the offensive side, pitching was the one concern heading into the offseason.
Gregg Palermo of Spectrum News reported what John Mozeliak had to say about the Cardinals looking for players that can help them win.
“We were very aggressive in the free agent market which was strategic. We did not think we were going to be able to acquire what we were looking for via trade, at least where we didn’t feel like we were going to give up something that we were comfortable with, and so now that we do have some starting pitching we are going to be looking at things for our bullpen and be open-minded because there could be something that we haven’t thought about.”
With those additions being in the rotation, expect St. Louis also to add arms in the bullpen.
According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Patch-Dispatch, the Cardinals are interested in former Houston Astros reliever Phil Maton.
"The Cardinals have expressed some interest in right-hander Phil Maton, who spent recent seasons as a steady presence in Houston’s playoff-bound bullpen. Maton, 30, grew up in Chatham, Illinois. In his past 200 games he’s pitched 198 1/3 innings with 232 strikeouts and a 3.86 ERA."
Maton has above-average stuff out of the bullpen and would be a great addition to the Cardinals bullpen.
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