As the St. Louis Cardinals continue their offseason and try to rebuild for the future, Chaim Bloom has a clear plan in place that fans have been able to get behind thus far. Fans were frustrated with John Mozeliak for years, seeing that the Cardinals had fallen behind the times in a lot of areas.
The St. Louis Cardinals clearly aren’t messing around this offseason in Chaim Bloom’s first winter leading the organization. St. Louis has publicly spoken about trading veterans away and has already done so by flipping Sonny Gray in a deal with the Boston Sox for Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke.
The St. Louis Cardinals didn’t make any moves at the Winter Meetings, but that doesn't mean that they weren’t busy. Chaim Bloom was simply laying the groundwork for the rest of the offseason.
If you were hoping the St. Louis Cardinals were going to come away from the winter meetings with massive returns from veteran-filled trades, you likely came away disappointed.
Patience is a virtue or so I’m told. All I can say is that it better be as many of the St. Louis Cardinal faithful have watched the MLB Winter Meetings come and go with barely a whisper of anything meaningful getting done.
The stars were out in full force during the 2025 World Series. From Max Scherzer in Toronto to Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, and of course, Shohei Ohtani, in Los Angeles, there was no shortage of the game's best under the brightest lights.
The St. Louis Cardinals aren't just trying to trade veterans off the roster this offseason. Also, the organization is looking to add pitching. St. Louis already has already added one big league-ready starter this offseason in the trade with the Boston Red Sox that brought Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke over.
The St. Louis Cardinals have arguably one of the most intriguing trade candidates in baseball in Brendan Donovan. The rumors have been out there for weeks around Donovan and have only picked up steam at the winter meetings.
The St. Louis Cardinals enter the Winter Meetings with a lot on their plate. Chaim Bloom is going to be very busy making deals as the Cardinals rebuild rather than contend in 2026.
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The St. Louis Cardinals are entering the Winter Meetings with a lot on their plate. Chaim Bloom is going to have a lot of moves to make. While they’ll be trading a few veterans, they also may sign some free agents.
The St. Louis Cardinals are doing things a bit differently this offseason. For the first time in decades, they have entered a rebuild and will be focusing on the future rather than the present.
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The St. Louis Cardinals have some important work to do in the coming days. The Winter Meetings are set to begin on Sunday, and the Chaim Bloom will have some deals to make.
The St. Louis Cardinals are under new leadership as the 2025-26 offseason progresses. After having John Mozeliak at the helm of baseball operations since 2008, the Cards turned things over to Chaim Bloom.
The St. Louis Cardinals have already gotten going on what should be a very important offseason in the Gateway to the West. Last week, they sent right-hander Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for pitchers Brandon Clarke and Richard Fitts.
The St. Louis Cardinals once again find themselves in a state of limbo. They’re three years removed from the postseason and still don’t seem any stronger of a contender than they’ve been in recent seasons.
The Cardinals and manager Oli Marmol have opened early extension conversations, writes Derrick Goold of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It seems likely that some kind of multi-year agreement will be reached this offseason.
It hasn’t taken long for Chaim Bloom to show that things are going to be different this offseason for the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis said publicly last offseason that it wanted to trade some of its veterans away, namely Nolan Arenado.
The St. Louis Cardinals' rebuild is well and truly underway with Chaim Bloom calling the shots. On Tuesday, Bloom made his first signature move since taking over the president of baseball operations chair from John Mozeliak.
There have been two things abundantly clear about the St. Louis Cardinals this offseason: the organization is active in the trade market and is also looking to add pitching.
The hot stove officially is on around Major League Baseball. The first big signing happened already with Josh Naylor re-upping with the Seattle Mariners.
The St. Louis Cardinals had another disappointing year in 2025, going 78-84 and missing the postseason for the third straight year. Now, under Chaim Bloom,
With Chaim Bloom now officially at the helm of the Cardinals’ baseball operations department, the rebuilding phase that the team has been expected to undergo since it was announced that Bloom would take over for John Mozeliak this offseason now looks likely to begin in earnest.
Chaim Bloom's track record of developing players and Oli Marmol's experience with the current crop of young Cardinals players could be a solid blend for St. Louis as they look to the future.