I want to start this piece with a stat. The St. Louis Cardinals had 15 players take 200+ plate appearances last year. If you don’t know whether or not that’s a lot. It is. The last time the Cardinals had that many players take 200+ plate appearances was...never...maybe? Actually, I don’t know because it’s been forever if it has happened before.
2022 was actually the first time that happened in the 21st century for the Redbirds and I stopped looking after that because, well, you get the point. It’s a rare occurrence.
In fact, do you know how many other teams had 15 or more players take 200+ plate appearances last year?