Everybody knows that a good team needs depth, especially when it comes to pitching. The underlying questions are: how much depth is necessary, and how important is this depth to a team’s overall success?
The Cardinals have long been heralded as a team that has great in-house pitching depth. Seemingly whenever a starter goes down, there is a man who steps up and performs admirably. Players such as Luke Weaver, Austin Gomber, and Daniel Ponce de Leon have demonstrated this in recent years. When players come up from Triple-A and give strong performances out of the rotation, this helps soothe the sting of injuries.