Welcome to Hot Take Theater- a new recurring column I’m hoping to run once a month or so. The premise of this series is that I’ll take a piping hot take that I’ve heard Cardinals fans have and attempt to defend it using statistics. I’ll be finding whatever stats I can to support the chosen point, however controversial it is. The whole article is going to be written in favor of that point, with the exception of the conclusion section, where I’ll grade my own argument and state to what extent I believe it.