The Cardinals, as a whole and especially compared with most of baseball, were not particularly hurt by the shortened season. With the possible exception of Yadier Molina, just about everybody remotely important is going to be on the team in 2021. And I have a better chance breaking my hand while typing this post than Molina does of not being on the Cardinals next year.
But one particular area of the Cardinals that I do think was harmed by the shortened season is the outfield. The outfield was and is full of question marks, and they’re the good kind of question marks, but they’re also the kind of question marks that are only solved by seeing what the players have.