The St. Louis Cardinals deserve credit for addressing a glaring team need this offseason.
The Cardinals added both starting pitching and bullpen help to bring depth to their major league pitching roster.
The Cardinals will feature a totally revamped starting rotation in 2024.
In separate free-agent transactions, St. Louis signed right-handers Sonny Gray, Kyle Gibson, and Lance Lynn to bolster and remake their rotation.
The bullpen was addressed with the trade for right-hander Nick Robertson from the Boston Red Sox, and Rule-5 selection Ryan Fernandez, off the Red Sox organizational roster.
Several quality pitchers are gone from the 2023 Cardinals team that finished the season with a record of 71-91, which placed them last n the National League Central Division.
The Cardinals lost right-handed starter Jack Flaherty, who signed a one-year, free-agent contract with the Detroit Tigers.
Veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright has retired.
Lefty Jordan Montgomery made 21 starts for the Cardinals last year, but he was traded to the Texas Rangers in July. Montgomery is now a highly coveted free-agent.
Right-hander Dakota Hudson made 12 Cardinals starts, and appeared in 18 of their games in the 2023 season. He, too, is a free-agent.
Those departures left huge holes in the Cardinals starting rotation.
Credit the Cardinals front office with striking quickly to repair a very thin starting staff. The Cardinals moved decisively to replace their departed starters.