Now that St. Louis' 2018 season is over, let's look at the bare-handed, home-run hammering carpenter on the Cards. Matt Carpenter finished with 36 home runs, and that's second in the National League to Nolan Arenado (37), entering Monday. Incredibly though, six different people could win the NL home run title – since all these guys are in Game 163s on Monday: Arenado (37), Christian Yelich (36), Trevor Story (36), Jesus Aguilar (35), Max Muncy (34) and Javier Baez (34).
“This particular season had a lot of good things and a lot of not-so-good things, a lot of ups-and-downs.