Plotting Or Plodding? Cardinals Were Spectators At Active Winter Meetings

During an active Winter Meetings which saw the three most prominent free agents sign contracts totaling in excess of $800 million, the Cardinals remained the calm center of the baseball storm.

Belleville News Democrat

As Winter Picks Up Pace With Scott Boras' Bonanza, Cardinals Still See A Payoff For The 'Patience'; Having A Ball; Minor Moves

Whether it was a rumored appearance at the downtown San Diego barbecue joint featured in “Top Gun,” a spotting in the wild of the lobby bar at the Winter Meetings hotel, appointments in front office suites around baseball, or standing before a backdrop branded with the Boras Corp. logo, superagent Scott Boras seemed to be everywhere this week.

Post-Dispatch

Focus Shifts For Cardinals After Winter Meetings: Biggest Remaining Needs, Rule 5 Draft, Rob Kaminsky Returns, & GM's Bottom Line

Cardinals officials left the Winter Meetings on Thursday without any changes to their roster, but more information was gathered in their pursuit of offense and rotation help.
St. Louis Official Site

The iPhone video taken of the broadcast of a game came from a scout the Cardinals had in Panama, and the 20-year-old pitcher they saw on the recording of a TV was intriguing enough for the Cardinals to take a low-risk move Thursday at the conclusion of the Winter Meetings.
Birdland

2019 Rule 5 Draft: Cardinals Select Jordan Brink, Enrique Saldana, & Jacob Bosiokovic, Lose Brian O'Keefe & Dariel Gomez; Trevor Megill Picked Up By Cubs

Every Thursday morning at the Winter Meetings, team executives stream into a ballroom, rollerbags in hand, with the Rule 5 Draft the last stop before the Meetings conclude and the baseball world heads home.

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