Are recent up-and-comers showing, despite the best quote of the century from Jason Heyward, that the young guns of the St. Louis Cardinals have turned things around for the club? Players such as Jeremy Hazelbaker, and Aledmys Diaz, and even Stephen Piscotty are showing great at-bats.
All of that aside, or rather taking all of that into account, do the stats of the first seven games of the season present a smarter starting lineup than Mike Matheny puts on the field nightly?
Having asked that question, and sometimes being less than an advocate for Matheny, I should denote here that- of late- I am more a fan of Matheny than I have been in the past.