The St. Louis Cardinals have had a logjam in the outfield for about half of the past decade. Ever since Stephen Piscotty and Randal Grichuk came up, there has been a steady stream of solid minor league outfielders coming up.
Acquiring Marcell Ozuna for two years took up left field and Dexter Fowler’s five-year deal has done the same for right/center field. However, with Ozuna likely gone in free agency and Harrison Bader struggling offensively in 2019, there’s room for the young players to come up into bigger roles.
Josh Magee wrote on three specific internal options to fill just left field in 2020 here but given the athleticism of most of the young players, manager Mike Shildt really has a lot of flexibility with where to play everyone.