Cardinals' Trevor Rosenthal: May get audition as starting pitcher

General manager John Mozeliak said the Cardinals may give Rosenthal a look as a starting pitcher in 2017, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Analysis:

It might be full circle for Rosenthal, who came up through St. Louis' system as a starting pitcher but eventually became a standout reliever and, in 2014 and 2015, a lockdown closer. The fact he's started before could help in such a transition, but the obvious concern is how his velocity and pitch selection will play out. There is a smidge of an opportunity for Rosenthal to gain a rotation spot outright; the club holds an option on injury-prone Jaime Garcia, and Lance Lynn may need more time in his delayed recovery from Tommy John surgery.