It's the Cardinals' version of “chicken or the egg” (or perhaps “Grichuk or the AAA?” … Meh, I can do better).
OK, so -- did the freedom to play everyday lead to Randal Grichuk's success, upon returning from Class-AAA?
Or did his time regrouping at Class-AAA lead to his success upon returning?
The believed narrative is the former, though some at Busch will say the latter had a lot to do with it.
Regardless, Randal salvaged his season.
The outfielder spent the first 10 days of August in Memphis. Upon his Aug. 11 return to St.