Over the past 20 or so years, the Cardinals have been one of the most successful organizations in baseball. A large reason for that, especially recently, is their skill (or luck) at drafting and developing players. What if they needed to build a team from scratch though? Keep the Cardinals’ organization intact, but remove the players. They have a good foundation, but need to field a baseball team in two years through drafts, free agency, and an expansion draft. How would they do?
This is just a roundabout way of connecting the Cardinals to a topic I want to write about that is completely not about the Cardinals.