LAS VEGAS • While the Cardinals, ever pragmatic, have certainly tried to build a roster with options in the outfield and insurance should one of their highest-paid players not emerge from the crater of 2018, they don’t want Dexter Fowler to worry about any of the messiness, any of those alternatives that might locker nearby.
The Cardinals completed the first day of business at the winter meetings in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Monday like almost every other team in baseball — still chasing their wants, weighing their needs, and trying to figure out a shorter route to their hotel rooms.