The Dexter Fowler signing marked only the second time that a player has moved from the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals; I had read this numerous times on Twitter after the Fowler news. The only other time this occurred was in 2005 when the Cardinals signed former-Cub Mark Grudzielanek.
After reading this trivia tidbit over and over again, I finally found myself wanting to know more. Sp let’s take a moment to revisit the first Cubs-to-Cardinals defection.
Mark Grudzielanek, one of the most difficult names to type, was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1991 draft by the Montreal Expos.