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St. Louis Cardinals: Backup- Harrison Bader or Tommy Pham?

The St. Louis Cardinals signing of Dexter Fowler suggests that the 2017 outfield is set: Randal Grichuk, Fowler, and Stephen Piscotty. This leaves a question for spring training– who will serve as the backup?

Yesterday I penned a piece examining Harrison Bader and comparing him to Oscar Taveras. I promised that I would pen a piece today examining Bader to Tommy Pham. So here it is.

Let me do a little recap of yesterday’s piece for you here. In short, I love Harrison Bader but question whether it would be better for him to serve in 2017 in Memphis first to get additional everyday play and then climb to the majors when most needed (e.