The St.  Louis Cardinals might finish up making one of the most significant sprinkles in baseball this offseason. St.  Louis had a dreadful 2023 period, to state the least, and has actually because stated its objective of transforming its beginning rotation.  This will be done by adding at least three beginning pitchers in cost-free agency or via trade.  One gamer that Jackson Merrill Shorts reportedly has asked around regarding signing up with the Cardinals in totally free firm apparently is San Diego Padres star Blake Snell, according to the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold. "His 11. 7 strikeout price is the greatest of any free-agent starter offered as of Sunday night," Goold said.  "This previous season he went 14-9 with a league-best 2. 25 age for the Padres, and in 180 innings he allowed only 115 hits.  His league-high 99 strolls were watered down by the reality his 234 strikeouts were still even more than his hits and strolls allowed combined. "As totally free firm neared, Snell privately asked what it's like to be a Cardinal, what it's like to call St.  Louis a baseball home.  His next contract will offer him the security and longevity he did not have going from a World Series group in Tampa fl Bay to a group that fell brief of its aspirations in San Diego. "St.  Louis relatively has been connected to every big-name hurler readily available already.  Snell would be a strong pick-up if the club can obtain a bargain done.  The lefty is the front-runner to win the National League Cy Young Honor and immediately would book as St.  Louis' No.  1 starter.  He led the league with a 2. 25 age in 2023 and is just 30 years old.  The Cardinals need to make a  Padres Shorts splash and it seems like Snell at the very least has some passion in a collaboration.