Shildt doesn’t just see the outline of what could become baseball’s best bullpen. He’s connecting the dots.
Epcot was right down the street. A more thrilling attraction could be developing in the bullpen earmarked for St. Louis. Find a better way to finish games than a relief corps that could present the following arms in any sequence: lefthanded fire extinguisher Andrew Miller, human missile launcher Jordan Hicks and healthy, holding-nothing-back Reyes.
Put Carlos Martinez in the same bullpen when he’s healthy, along with the runner-up in the race to replace Martinez in the Cardinals’ rotation, whether that’s reliable John Gant or groundball wizard Dakota Hudson.