Dexter Fowler‘s 2018 struggles have been chronicled many times. The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder was more-or-less ruled out as ever being a possible contributor again for the team by many fans after last year.
Fowler was also the topic of a lot of frustration with the front office when the team neglected to pursue Bryce Harper very hard in the offseason and instead doubled down on their $82.5M investment.
How wrong we all were.
Fowler’s 2018 included a sub-.200 batting average and -1.4 bWAR and whether it was due to the manager or the mental struggles that brought down Fowler, he needed another chance with Mike Shildt and a fresh season.