This is my second offseason post, if you ignore the Hall of Fame interlude, and it’s the second post to focus on catching. If you’re wondering what I think the most important aspect of the offseason is, this should tell you something. That doesn’t mean they need to devote the most resources or the most money to improving at catcher, just that it’s easily the biggest hole and biggest team need by far.
Last year, the Cardinals were the 27th best team by fWAR, which sounds bad enough, but the fact that they were as high as 27th is somewhat notable, considering they were well below replacement level as a unit.