Those who tuned in to the Cardinals’ end-of-season address Tuesday heard another staunch defense of publicly questioned hitting coach Jeff Albert.

The Cardinals nixed any notion of moving away from their first-year hitting coach before the Nationals finished sweeping them out of the NLCS.

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What was new and interesting was just how much faith Albert’s bosses seem poised to put on display.

The Cardinals believe they have hired a hitting guru who will take their lineup into the future and beyond.

Tuesday’s comments from chairman Bill DeWitt Jr., president of baseball operations John Mozeliak and general manager Michael Girsch told fans to curb expectations of a significant bump in player payroll and to expect a 2020 roster that more or less resembles the one from 2019.