Back in early August, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that they had fired assistant hitting coach Mark Budaska and promoted Memphis hitting coach Jobel Jiminez to the Major League hitting staff.
Throughout the season, the Cardinals have starved of offense despite having big names in the lineup like Marcell Ozuna, Matt Carpenter, and Paul Goldschmidt. Even with the top-notch lineup on paper, the Cardinals were still in the bottom three in most offensive categories, including batting average, runs produced, and OPS.
Manager Mike Shildt tried to do many things to increase productivity on offense.