Let’s face it; there really is something to the idea of Cardinal Devil Magic. No, I’m not saying the Cardinals’ organisation collectively sold their souls to Satan at some point in the past and are able to spin late-round draftees into a constant churn of average-ish players due to the continued blood sacrifices happening in the catacombs deep beneath Clark Street. Now, I’m also not saying that wouldn’t be metal as hell, and probably make me extremely happy; I’m just saying that’s probably not what’s going on here.
However, what I am saying is that the Cardinal organisation has a knack, for whatever reason, for finding contributions from unlikely sources in terms of their minor league pipeline.