Keith Hernandez is the strongest of seven 2020 candidates for the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame, which you can vote for here. His 34.4 Wins Above Replacement as a Cardinal is the highest of the group, followed by Steve Carlton (20.9), John Tudor (19.9), Tom Herr (19.1), Matt Morris (18.7), Edgar Rentería (16.7) and Lee Smith (4.4).
But is Hernandez truly the best ex-Cardinal the Red Ribbon committee of Cardinals baseball experts could unearth? Is he even the most deserving ex-first-baseman? And what about the others? Lee Smith?