The front office added a pitcher on Opening Day for the second year in a row. Before you start throwing things, just know this isn’t round two of the Greg Holland-dumpster-fire experiment. Rather, the Cardinals claimed 23-year old right hander Merandy Gonzalez off waivers from the Giants. To clear space, Brett Cecil was moved to the 60-Day IL.
An interesting move to be sure, but not a groundbreaker by any means. On the surface, it seems we’ve just added a young tweener prospect with a spotty minor league track record.