The season will be 60 games, rather than 162, and 21-year-old Dylan Carlson did hit .313 as one of the most impressive Cardinals in Florida spring training this year. But president of baseball operations John Mozeliak had made a point then of saying that he wanted to see what young outfielders Tyler O’Neill, Lane Thomas and Harrison Bader could do before potentially moving Carlson, the Cardinals’ top prospect, into a regular outfield spot.
In a coronavirus-infected time where nothing seems sure and the normal isn’t normal any more, Mozeliak is taking the same approach as summer camp officially will begin at Busch Stadium on Friday.