If you blinked, you probably missed a small move the Cardinals made earlier this week. On Monday, they picked up Ryan Meisinger off waivers from the Orioles. Like most players of Meisinger’s ilk, you probably had to pull up his Fangraphs of Baseball-Reference page just to figure out who he is and how he has performed. Doing so shows that he’s indicative of a growing trend in the type of lower profile relief pitchers the Cardinals have acquired.
To show you what I mean, I’ve collected two separate lists. The first list is every minor league pitching season, from A ball on up to AAA, since 2013.