The St. Louis Cardinals and Jhonny Peralta have had an extremely succesful relationship up until last year. With Peralta’s first season as a Cardinal, he posted a 5.3 fWAR and was among the best shortstops in the entire major leagues.
The Cardinals originally signed Peralta to a 4 year – $53 million contract after Peralta was recently suspended for PED use. After Peralta’s first season in St. Louis though, his contract looked to be more than worth it. But as time has gone by, fans and management now know that Peralta hasn’t aged or progressed as well as we had all hoped.