The most encouraging development for the St. Louis Cardinals is seeing the organization making real progress in replenishing their supply of pitching prospects. That bodes well for the future.
The Cardinals inability to produce effective starting pitchers down on their farm was a calamity that sabotaged their chances of winning.
And their scarcity of good, internally developed starters was a substantial reason for their downfall.
It wasn’t always like this.
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