JUPITER, Fla. • Gathered toward the back of a press conference that was Paul Goldschmidt, personified, stood a bunch of Cardinals.
The guy had to be pulled from the batting cage for the announcement of his five-year, $130 million extension. He asked to be in the lineup for the Grapefruit League road game that followed a press conference that was not televised. He doesn’t Tweet or Instagram. What he does do is play baseball exceptionally well, and now he will be paid handsomely to do it for the Cardinals through 2024.
That one of the best players in the National League does not see the point in analyzing the impact of his extension does not mean there isn’t one.