“With what they’re paying them, the St. Louis Cardinals have no choice but to play Dexter Fowler and Matt Carpenter this coming season.”
Chances are you’ve heard this, or something like it, already. But it’s a loser’s logic, and we can only hope that Mike Shildt doesn’t take a Sparky Anderson-like approach to the 34-year-olds who are due to make $16.5 million (Fowler) and $18.5 million (Carpenter) in 2020.
A Hall of Fame manager, Anderson had his quirks. One of those was looking at paychecks rather than performance late in his Tigers managing stint.