Jedd Gyorko's latest home run, a towering blast that punished the first cutter he saw from Brewers reliever David Goforth, did more than double the Cardinals' three-run lead in the eighth inning of Tuesday 10-3 win.
The no-doubt knockout shot to the center of Miller Park served as yet another reminder.
The Cardinals' first move of winter meetings looks a lot more significant on June 1 than it did nearly six months ago.
A trade between the Redbirds and the San Diego Padres that didn't much move the needle during Jason Heyward Watch has, to this point, been as rewarding as Heyward's season in Chicago has been frustrating.