Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak -- a veteran team-builder who has regularly used the offseason to add difference-making talents such as Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray to try and chase a championship -- oddly saw this winter slow to a crawl.

I will say, one unexpected part of Winter Warm-Up was just how confident the Cardinals players are. Of course, what else are they going to say? But it was telling to hear the expl