Harrison Bader was demoted to AAA Memphis after the Cardinals played the Astros on July 28. His last hit in the majors was on July 17. His average had dropped to .191. His strikeout rate was up to 28.1%. He was getting on base 30.9% of the time. All this amounted to a wRC+ of 71 — 100 is average. The young centerfielder just appeared to have hit a wall, so the Cardinals sent him down to work some things out.
Work things out, he did. In sixteen games Bader hit for .317 average with seven homers. He only failed to get a hit in three of those sixteen games.