For the first time since 2015, there is a confidence around St. Louis that doesn’t seem forced — the Cards could win the Central Division. We see how the Goldschmidt acquisition affected the Cards’ catcher. Let’s look around the horn at how the new first baseman affects the rest of the infield.
Second base: When Kolten Wong heard of the trade, the first thing he told president of baseball operations John Mozeliak was: “It’s going to be tough for these guys to sneak a ball past us on the right side.”
The advance stats show that Wong was a premier second baseman in all of baseball last season.