The winter wait has come and gone. Yoenis Cespedes won’t be a St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder folks, so let’s think about what the Birds have and not what may still lurk on the menu. In order to generate more offense, the Cardinals may have to shift their player with the top OPS(Matt Carpenter) out of the leadoff spot.
That’s not an easy task and only works in a vacuum styled conversation. In reality, the reasons to not move Matt Carpenter from the leadoff are simple. He’s very good in that spot.
In 1,457 at bats over the past three seasons, Carpenter has a slash line of .