According to a report from Jon Morosi of MLB Network, the St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly 'open for business' this offseason on the trade front.

He made the comments from the general manager's meetings in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning. 

"I believe the Cardinals are open for business when in terms of potentially moving some of their more veteran players. Nolan Arenado, I think the time has arrived for them to move on from Nolan, and vise versa. Brendan Donovan, there's a lot of interest in him, Alec Burleson. On the pitching side, Sonny Gray..."

This is consistent with everything we've thought and heard about the Cardinals for months. They are looking to shed salary, acquire prospects and get younger at the major league level. Trading some of these veteran pieces is the way to do it. Hopefully, if they pull the right levers, they can expedite their rebuild and be back in contention soon.

They have missed the playoffs in each of the last three seasons and have had a losing record in each of the last two.

New president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom has executed this kind of situation before, taking over the Red Sox in the 2020 season. While not always popular, Bloom made decisions that have generally paid off for Boston, though he was fired before he had the chance to see the vision come to fruition. The Red Sox made the playoffs this past season with many key pieces that were brought in by him or developed under him.

He drafted the likes of Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell, who are all pieces that the Red Sox will be relying on moving forward. He also was disciplined in who he traded away, holding onto the likes of Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Brayan Bello.

He acquired two-time Gold Glover Wilyer Abreu in a trade with the Houston Astros as well. Even useful backup infielder David Hamilton came from a Bloom deal.

Of course, there were some misses in Boston as well, as he traded Andrew Benintendi for a subpar return of Franchy Cordero and Josh Wincowski. He also signed Masataka Yoshida to a five-year deal that the Red Sox likely can't wait to get out of at this point.

If the Cardinals are going to their pieces as expected, they will likely do so around the winter meetings, which begin Dec. 7 in Orlando, FLa.