St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said he was “pleasantly surprised” by where ticket sales currently stand, as the club “typically sells 70% to 80% of its tickets before opening day,” according to Lynn Worthy of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. DeWitt III on Monday said the Cardinals are “actually pretty happy so far with our ticket sales.” He added, “Right out of the gate, we started a little slow. Then [President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak] made those pitching moves. I think that really bolstered interest in the team. When you look at sort of where we are right now, it sets us up for -- I think -- achieving our goal of 3 million tickets sold.” Meanwhile, Cardinals principal owner & CEO Bill DeWitt Jr. “isn’t taking last season’s failures on the field as a catalyst to enact sweeping change for a ballclub” coming off a last-place finish and a 71-91 record -- the club’s worst since 1990. Mozeliak has “stated intentions of stepping back from his everyday role by the end of 2025,” but as far as a succession plan, DeWitt Jr. spoke as though he “didn’t view it as a certainty that Mozeliak will step away after his current contract expires following the 2025 season.” DeWitt Jr.: “Mo has said that that’s a potential timeline for him. The sequence of Chaim Bloom coming on , I wouldn’t say necessarily was part of that” ( ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1/16 ).
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