Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak addressed St. Louis plan for Japanese superstar Roki Sasaki and his answer sounds about as defeated as possible before making any contact.

Nothing’s been written in stone yet, and we both remain optimistic that both parties will end up happy somehow.”

We have every intention of fielding a good baseball team,” Mozeliak said. “It’s going to have a different profile, but we still have a lot of belief that some of our younger players will take that next step forward.