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Matthew Liberatore: John Mozeliak’s Adam Wainwright

Gather round, everybody, gather round. Scooch in a little closer, now. This is digital land, no virus here to worry about, so everybody bring it in closer. It’s storytime with your old friend the baron, and we’re going back to the semi-magical year of 2007. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate; we’re going back even further to begin with, 2003 to be exact, but 2007 is when the story really starts to pick up steam.

The 2003 Cardinals were...pretty good. Pretty good might not be going quite far enough, actually; the 2003 Cardinals had an absolutely astounding offense, outpacing even the legendary MV3 ‘04 club in terms of scoring runs.