Cardinals Seen As 'Possible Fit' For Ex-Red Sox, Dodgers Hurler After Surprising Season

St. Louis could still use another boost in the bullpen

There are a surprising amount of intriguing free agents remaining. 

The free-agent market has been excruciatingly slow this offseason. There still are plenty of options out there at pretty much every spot and one team that could still use some help is the St. Louis Cardinals.

St. Louis' bullpen is the club's biggest area of need and the club has been linked to numerous hurlers this offseason. The Cardinals even are viewed as one of the "possible fits" for former Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers hurler Ryan Brasier, according to Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer. 

"At the time the Red Sox designated Ryan Brasier for assignment last May, he had made 20 appearances and been absolutely torched for a 7.29 ERA," Rymer said. "Well, then he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers and posted a 0.70 ERA in 39 appearances after June 21. No reliever who pitched as many as 38 innings after then did better...

"Possible Fits: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles. Landing Spot Prediction: Dodgers. These clubs are all interested in Brasier, according to (Jon Heyman) and Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Dodgers make the most sense. They know what it takes for him to succeed, and the bullpen is the one area of their roster that has yet to get an upgrade this winter."

This isn't the first time St. Louis has been mentioned as a possible fit for Brasier and likely won't be the last. He is a steady veteran who showed in the second half of the 2023 campaign that he still has something left in the tank.

He likely wouldn't cost much and could certainly be an option for St. Louis.

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