My stomach dropped just moments ago when I read the news of Jhonny Peralta‘s impending absence for a good part of the St. Louis Cardinals season. 2-3 months spells his absence into June and my best guess is that we won’t see him resurface until after the all-star break. Great. Just great. So what happens now in light of losing this stabilizing force? Let’s look at the options.
Before diving into the options, let’s look at what we are losing so we can compare. Peralta’s offensive slash line is .268/.331/.426 in his career of thirteen seasons.