In comments from the St. Louis Cardinals‘ players at Winter Warm-Up, it is easy to see that these players are ready to get to work at defending their Central Division title. The Cardinals will enter the season as the underdog and to say the players are embracing that role is an understatement.
They know that everyone is picking the Cubs to win the division and are jumping on their bandwagon. They heard the comments from Jason Heyward talking about how the core was “aging” and that the Cubs just have this exciting young core ready to burst in and take MLB by surprise.