Luke Weaver, Alex Reyes and Jack Flaherty walk into a bar …
Well, before 2014, none of them could.
And only in October 2016 could all of them.
Yes, the Cardinals’ starting pitching is young, which means they come from a new generation of baseball. Like, when we were kids, we had batting tees; they had sophisticated pitch-tracking devices, video analysis, wearable devices and access to advanced stats and personal pitching coaches, the way kids have private driver’s ed instructors.
When they leave their high schools or colleges, they enter the Cardinals system that has complemented their modern development.