Long before the temperatures dropped, baseball's hot stove season went cold. What gives? St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold and StlToday.com columnist Ben Frederickson plunge into the stagnant market and discuss what the Cardinals can -- and should -- do about the ninth inning and their search for a closer. In-house candidates are discussed. Market factors are explored. And a question is presented: Why is a team with more resources than any other positioned now to start spring training without the certainty that it can afford and this market still offers? Welcome to 2018.