Trevor Rosenthal is the anchor of the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen. There are no doubts about that.
The closer notched 48 saves last season with a stellar 2.10 ERA and a 2.42 FIP. He also struck out 83 batters in 68.2 innings pitched. Rosenthal’s 48 saves also planted him in the Cardinals’ record books passing Jason Isringhausen and his 47-save season in 2004. Isringhausen was 31 years old when he set that Cardinals record. Rosenthal beat it at 25 years old and only his second season closing for St. Louis. In fact, Rosenthal is already 5th on the Cardinals all-time saves list, and with another 40-plus save season he has a chance to move ahead of Todd Worrell for sole possession of third place all time.