“They came out and we had a conversation, and it wasn’t an easy conversation,” Fowler said Sunday after the Cardinals clinched the National League Central, ski goggles propped on his forehead and ready in case of a sudden champagne downpour. “But we got some things off our chests. Both sides. Any time these guys have confidence in me, that’s enough. That’s worth the world. And that rest was history.”
Coming out of his World Series championship turn with the Cubs in 2016, Fowler signed with the Cardinals to be their leadoff hitter and center fielder. Through twists, turns, a fractured foot, struggles atop the order, and finally a .