The St. Louis Cardinals are finally seeing some of the few benefits of being completely inactive on the offseason market. After only signing reliever Phil Maton to the major league roster in the offseason, the Cardinals were betting on their young relievers replicating their success from previous seasons. A dangerous game to play with the bullpen.

John Mozeliak announced there would be a “transition” of sorts and that made fans expect at least some roster turnover outside of Paul Goldschmidt and Andrew Kittredge, but we were left with much of the same underwhelming rosters from the previous two seasons. Despite what appeared to be a clear way of thinking, Mozeliak refused to deal any of Ryan Helsley, Steven Matz, or Erick Fedde when their value was the highest and now, none of those three

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