The St. Louis Cardinals have placed too much stress and pressure on their starting pitching thanks to absent offense too frequently this season. Who are we kidding? This problem has been an epidemic for a few seasons.
If we stick with this line of thinking, we must look back and recognize that the hot-cold offense of the St. Louis Cardinals seemingly started back when Mike Matheny and John Mabry took over. To be fair, though, the St. Louis Cardinals experienced hitting problems a few seasons back as well.
Coaching the hitting of professionals who should be successful 30 percent of the time is not an easy task, but simply not helping is something altogether different.