There hasn’t been a single player that garnered more unrest with the St. Louis Cardinals’ fanbase in the last three years than Dexter Fowler. Since signing his current five-year, $82.5M deal in the offseason after leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series in 108 years, he has been loved, hated, and about everything in between.
There are plenty of worthwhile debates about whether or not the Cardinals should’ve given this contract to an outfielder on the wrong side of 30, but after the 2016 season, the Cardinals needed someone to play center field.