The first thing asked as John Mozeliak, Cardinals president of baseball operations, resumed Saturday his traditional fan forum had to do with a concern he shares about the future, but the present is already applying pressure for an answer.
A fan wanted to know about the Cardinals’ plans for the 2024 rotation with only starting pitcher under contract beyond this season. Mozeliak repeated the topic for all to hear.
And then he took a sharp exhale.
“So, what do we do?” he said.
That is the multimillion-dollar question.
An offseason that began with Mozeliak’s pledge that payroll would rise saw the Cardinals make one significant free-agent move.