JUPITER, Fla. • With gizmos players wore on the field and gadgets they could take home, the Cardinals spent last spring gathering data about tailoring training to what goes on inside a player. Yet one of the most significant changes so far this year came when they looked outside the organization.
For the first time in more than two decades, the Cardinals hired a pitching coach who had not previously been with their organization. And on Wednesday, as pitchers and catchers held their first official workout of 2018, Mike Maddux’s fingerprints were clear on the schedule.