It is already late-January and the St. Louis Cardinals worryingly remain in limbo. Fans still do not know if the team is ready to embark on a full rebuild or if it intends to enter 2025 with its expensive veteran core intact.

The St. Louis Cardinals are running out of options as they look to trade superstar third baseman Nolan Arenado to a team to which he's willing to be moved. Aren

St. Louis Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. provided some clarity on Nolan Arenado's ongoing trade-request drama.

Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak -- a veteran team-builder who has regularly used the offseason to add difference-making talents such as Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray to try and chase a championship -- oddly saw this winter slow to a crawl.

Will the St. Louis Cardinals find a way to offload star third baseman Nolan Arenado's contract before Spring Training gets here? He has three years left on his

Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. spoke with reporters on Monday afternoon to conclude the organization’s Winter Warm-Up weekend. Unsurprisingly, he touched on the team’s biggest offseason storyline: the Nolan Arenado trade discussions.

John Mozeliak says trading Nolan Arenado remains “Priority 1, 2 and 3” but acknowledges the team remains in a holding pattern due to the FA market. He would like to add to the bullpen/maybe a RH-bat, but won’t before they have clarity on Arenado’s future.

“John Mozeliak says trading Nolan Arenado remains ‘Priority 1, 2 and 3' but acknowledges the team remains in a holding pattern due to the FA market. He would like to add to the bullpen/maybe a RH-bat, but won’t before they have clarity on Arenado’s future,” Katie Woo of The Athletic wrote on X, formerly Twitter.