ST. LOUIS • Wherever the following question and research takes us — deep into the past, traipsing toward the ninth inning, and sweeping through the wilderness of free agents — the answer is going to be Addison Reed. That seems obvious.
I’ll try to make the journey interesting.
With Winter Warm-Up on the horizon and the free-agent market still cold to the touch, the Cardinals near spring training with plenty of options for their bullpen and late-inning needs, but not as much certainty as this winter could have provided. The Cardinals have added Marcell Ozuna for the lineup, Miles Mikolas for the rotation, and Luke Gregerson for the bullpen, and still one of their stated goals of the winter remains vacant: closer.