For the last four months, with only minor interruptions, the chorus of voices representing the St. Louis Cardinals sang out a song of desire – they required three starting pitchers, and that would be their goal for the winter.

As of this past Monday, that goal has been accomplished.

And yet it’s not quite time to kick up feet and declare their mission accomplished.

That was their posture last winter, following their acquisition of Willson Contreras.

The opening days of the 2022 Winter Meetings in San Diego seemed to solidify the Cardinals out of the trade market for catchers, and once that was clear, all that remained was time before they found a deal with Contreras.

Having achieved that goal and little to nothing else, those steering the franchise then managed to careen directly into a ditch.

Recent experience is a harsh teacher, and with this year’s meetings on tap for next week in Nashville, the Cardinals remain active.

These are the areas in which you’re likely to see the Cardinals make moves in the days to come.

Nearly any list of the worst blown calls in sports history includes Don Denkinger’s safe call in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.

Depending on which side of the state of Missouri you call home, that safe call on Jorge Orta’s infield chopper helped the Royals win the game and the World Series, or the Cardinals self-destructed after human error.

Hall of Famer George Brett lives in Kansas, but he made it clear in a MLB Network documentary that fans in St. Louis make too much of Don Denkinger’s missed call.

The MLB Network shared a clip of Brett talking about the blown call, and he addressed Cardinals fans.

“The people in St. Louis to this day still think it was Game 7, because they think they lost the World Series on that call,” Brett said.

“They still drop the pop up that inning. They still have a passed ball.

And they still blame that on Denkinger.”