Cardinals' Weaver packs on pounds  —  Leave it to a skinny — but hey, not as skinny as he once was — starting pitcher to make gaining weight sound so hard and food in general sound so ... blah.  —  “I sat down with a nutritionist,” Luke Weaver said after one big sigh.  —  “It was like a 5,000-calorie (per day) deal.

ST. LOUIS  • When the Cardinals traded Magnerius Sierra, some worried about losing the weapon that he was - this throwback speedster, as if he was draped in an 80s baby blue V-neck Cards uniform.  —  But there is another base stealer on the horizon, one who could make a Sierra-like splash on the Cards at some point in 2018.

ST. LOUIS  • As Cardinals players make their trip through the media room at Winter Warm-Up, they are almost always asked about their goals for the upcoming season.  —  Their responses tend to get overlooked, because all too often they are the same ones cited every by every player, every year.

Bader eager to learn from Ozuna after being mentioned in trade rumors  —  Outfield prospect Harrison Bader noticed his name mentioned in trade talks often this offseason as the Cardinals chased after National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton and then eventually acquired slugger Marcell Ozuna last month.

Fantasy reaction to Gerrit Cole's trade to the Astros  —  The long-rumored trade of Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros was consummated Saturday night and while it's nice for the defending champions to secure another solid starter and they didn't give …