The St. Louis Cardinals are going to have some tough decisions to make this winter.

Cardinals' manager Oliver Marmol turned Friday's fifth inning over to struggling reliver George Soriano even though he's had major problems against right-handed hitters this season. Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer off Soriano lifted the Cubs to a 3-0 win over the Cards at Wrigley Field.

Alec Burleson (a fifth homer of the road trip) and JJ Wetherholt (home run, single and three RBI) helped provide the Cardinals two leads on Sunday, but the bullpen came apart again in the Cardinals' 5-4 loss to the Twins.

Cardinals' reliever George Soriano has allowed just one run and four hits over his last six outings. He smothered the Dodgers over 1 1/3 innings on Friday and struck out Shohei Ohtani looking in a big spot.

Lance Lynn had some words of encouragement for George Soriano in a recent podcast appearance

The Cardinals acquired George Soriano in a trade in return for Andre Granillo

The Washington Nationals add a pitcher in exchange for one who was DFA'd last week

The waiver wire carousel continued for the Washington Nationals are claiming another pitcher and designating another for assignment on Thursday

The Atlanta Braves suffered a loss on Friday.