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There has been no more evergreen myth than "The Cardinals Logjam in the Outfield"
For twenty five years we've been hearing about how we have too many good OFers to find playing time for them. And our OF has ALWAYS sucked in that period. The only time it hasn't was when they signed a veteran on his last legs like Berkman or Beltran, or when Ludwick came completely out of left field.
FFS, the STL Media tried to make it seems like a massive problem that we had to find ABs for Jon Jay and Pete Bourjos. That's the 'logjam' you'll hear from the BFIB.
We don't have three starting caliber OFers. Nootbaar is probably a credible starter. O'Neill has nothing but a hole in the hole in his swing. Carlson sucks and should be a platoon bat against lefties only. Walker can't play outfield, nor can Burleson or Yepez.
The minors don't have shit - our 2nd best OF prospect was Moises Gomez who the Rays simply let walks. And remember - if the Rays give up on a guy, he isn't good.
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the 10 worst outfield situations in baseball and it's a tradition as old as time to pretend like they just have tooooo muuuuuch talent out there.
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