Author’s note: I wrote this Friday morning. I didn’t get a chance to watch the game yesterday, but uh — sorry for the jinx. All stats current through Thursday, I made Leone give up a dinger, etc.
Before the 2018 season, the Cardinals were in a familiar situation. They had too many bodies in the outfield (stop me if you’ve heard this one before) and not enough proven arms in the bullpen (wait a second…). The team mitigated both issues with a single trade, sending tilapia enthusiast Randal Grichuk to the Blue Jays in exchange for Dominic Leone and Conner Greene.