PT TOMORROW: NL Central - Looking for an offensive spark in STL

St. Louis Cardinals

Across its last nine games (through Sunday), St. Louis has gone 3-6. In that span, they have averaged two runs per game and were shut out on four occasions. The lineup is under significant scrutiny as a result, and many (at least vocal) fans are imploring President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak to be aggressive in upgrading the club to take advantage of the prolific seasons of Paul Goldschmidt (1B, STL) and Nolan Arenado (3B, STL) while also giving a proper sendoff to Albert Pujols (1B, STL) and Yadier Molina (C, STL).

Of the position groups, the team specifically lags behind at shortstop (24th in wOBA), outfield (19th in wOBA), and catcher (last in wOBA). The clearest path to an upgrade appears to be at...

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