Chaim Bloom may have been exactly what the doctor ordered to fix the St. Louis Cardinals' broken draft-and-develop model. After Day 1 of the MLB draft saw the Cardinals draft fireballers Liam Doyle and Tanner Franklin and power hitters Ryan Mitchell and Jack Gurevitch, there is no doubt that the Cardinals' draft philosophy has undergone a seismic shift under the incoming president of baseball operations.
Cardinals fans will love what Bloom brings to the table in his drafts.
Over the past several seasons, the Cardinals valued polished college pitchers at the top of the draft, those who were likely to fit in the rotation but serve as back-end starters.