The St. Louis Cardinals are in a pretty good spot, other than the acquisition of a closer by trade or free agency, which is anticipated and well analyzed by StL Today Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold. Certainly another corner bat would help, especially of the Manny Machado or Josh Donaldson ilk, but we don’t know if that will occur.
The everyday lineup seems set for now, with Yadier Molina, Jedd Gyorko, Paul DeJong, Kolten Wong, Matt Carpenter, Marcell Ozuna, Tommy Pham and Dexter Fowler. This is a reasonably potent lineup and one that, along with a well regarded rotation, can produce effective results.