However, Katie Woo of The Athletic predicts that the Cardinals will "hold on to Ryan Helsley," the team's top trade chip, at the trade deadline.

With relative stability on the pitching staff, Mozeliak's deadline focus on the buy side may be on an offense that ranks fifth in the National League with 4.58 runs scored per game. Within that respectable showing, however, is a team that ranks 10th in the NL with an 88 wRC+ against left-handed pitching.