November Monthly Reader Mailbag/Open Thread

The Hot Stove is heating up, and the St. Louis Cardinals have already been plenty active as the calendar prepares to flip to December. Sonny Gray has already been traded to Boston, and more deals are on the horizon as the new President of Baseball Operations, Chaim Bloom, continues to re-imagine this roster and replenish the talent in the farm system en route to re-establishing the Cardinals as the preeminent force of the NL Central.

Will the Cardinals use the savings from the Gray trade plus other deals to pursue veteran talent on the free agent market? What will the offense look like when spring training rolls around? Just how far is Chaim going to tear this thing down? Questions abound, and we look forward to answering yours on the November edition of the reader mailbag to close out the month of November and the Winter Meetings set to begin in less than 2 weeks!