Viva El Birdos · Nov 7, 2019
Is Harrison Bader Broken?
Photo by Will Newton/Getty ImagesIn July of 2018, the Cardinals traded away the highly productive, if somewhat volatile, Tommy Pham to clear space for a young centerfielder whose dynamic play was forcing his way into the Cardinals’ future plans. While it’s difficult to justify the Pham trade, it was easy to see what the Cardinals envisioned with Harrison Bader: a young prospect with an elite glove in centerfield, power, speed, and even some of that uniform-dirtying scrappiness that Cardinals fans seem to love. Oh yeah, he also had long blond hair, a winning smile, and was capable of highlight reel catches every time a ball found the OF.