John Mozeliak and the St. Louis Cardinals are working behind the scenes to make something happen while Nolan Arenado holds them hostage.

John Mozeliak, Cardinals president of baseball operations, speaks with the media on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at Busch Stadium during the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up. (Video by , Post-Dispatch)

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.

“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.

This is not the offseason the St. Louis Cardinals envisioned, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak acknowledged Saturday at Busch Stadium, speaking from the podium on the first day of the team’s annual Winter Warm-Up.

The St. Louis Cardinals' top priority is finding a trade partner for superstar third baseman Nolan Arenado but doing so has been challenging. After Arenado endu

Mozeliak thought he had a trade made in December sending Arenado to the Astros, but the third baseman blocked the deal.

St. Louis Cardinals star Nolan Arenado was expected to be traded this winter. John Mozeliak made that perfectly clear at the MLB Winter Meetings, and even had a deal in place to send Arenado to ...

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak reaffirmed his desire to trade Nolan Arenado this offseason, calling it the number one priority on Saturday.

St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak continues to make it known that he wants third baseman Nolan Arenado off his team. Over the weekend, he labeled the prospect of trading the veteran All-Star during the latter portions of MLB’s offseason as “priority one,

John Mozeliak spoke to media members for nearly half an hour Saturday during the Cardinals' annual Winter Warm-Up event, addressing the team's offseason and future in depth.