Cardinals’ offseason work may be finished

ST. LOUIS — With the ink now dry on Dexter Fowler’s contract and it no longer necessary to speculate how the Cardinals will address an outfield void, attention has quickly veered to what’s next. Or, perhaps more accurately, is anything next at all?

General manager John Mozeliak was transparent in his priorities leading into the Hot Stove season. He intended to build a more athletic, defensively minded club and he needed an outfielder to complete that transformation. The realization that St. Louis was losing Zach Duke for most, if not all, of the 2017 season also thrust the Cardinals into the relief market.

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The team addressed the latter with the November signing of Brett Cecil, and then it lured Fowler to complete the outfield. Along the way, Mozeliak has added roster depth, most notably with the Minor League signings of Eric Fryer and Jordan Schafer.

So has the activity of the past week all but placed the bow tie on the Cardinals’ offseason work?

“I think it’s a fair question in terms of what is left …

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