It was announced earlier today that Jonathan Broxton was acquired by the St. Louis Cardinals. While not initially sounding too appealing, you have to remember who the Cardinals are. It was said back when they acquired Cishek, the Cardinals know how to develop relievers.
You can send it back to 2011, the acquisition of Octavio Dotel. Dotel was a known veteran but fans didn’t know how to react due to his common inconsistency. Well the Cardinals definitely changed that.
Dotel finished the season with the Cardinals going 3-3 with a 3.28 ERA and a 0.