The Cardinals did not bring in any players from outside the organization over the winter to add to their active roster. They replaced Paul Goldschmidt by moving Willson Contreras to first base and Ivan Herrera to catcher. Note that Herrera gets on base at a very good clip, something Goldschmidt did not do last year, so this could be a nice positive for the team.

I suspect that bringing in no one from outside the organization is quite rare. There is talk of a Nolan Arenado trade. We’ll see if that happens before the start of the regular season.