What happens when a team reaches a point that is has to rebuild completely? For the St. Louis Cardinals, this is not just unusual territory, but a complete unknown.
There have been periods of reloading or going in different directions. There has been nothing quite like this. To restructure the entire organization from bottom to top with a different philosophy, training methods, and scouting priorities while at the same time unloading every veteran player you can, all in pursuit of building a championship team in a few years, is something the Cardinals have never done. But the Cardinals have never been in this position.