There’s always a narrative.
The grass is fresh, the chalk lines are untouched and the bats are free of wear. A blank slate lies before all 30 MLB teams as they prepare to open play on this special day. Anything could happen.
But every team deals with preconceived notions.
For the Cardinals, there’s plenty of optimism—and there should be.
They not only traded for an All-Star first baseman in Paul Goldschmidt, they convinced him to spend the next six seasons in St. Louis before he played a single home game at Busch.