“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.

In parts of four seasons with St. Louis, Arenado has a slash line of .271/.328/.470/.797, with 125 doubles, six triples, 106 home runs, and 372 RBIs in 2,288 plate appearances.

Historically when we get to this time in the calendar, we usually have accomplished a lot in our offseason,” Mozeliak said Saturday in his opening statement during the Cardinals’ annual Winter Warm-Up weekend.