Matheny is a skeptic about switch

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny (right) talks with third base coach Mike Schildt during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, June 23, 2017, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.comCardinals manager Mike Matheny had been adamant about never having a position player bat ninth in a National League game because he had been that player.

But, with the new-look top two of Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler, the home run leaders on the club, would it make sense to have a position player bat ninth ahead of them, as happened in interleague play in Baltimore, so those two would have more opportunity to drive in runs after…