Minor league free agency is often disregarded. Major league signings provide all of the excitement and are the ones who have the most impact on winning at the major league level. Still, minor league signings are important. Minor league free agency represents an opportunity to build organizational depth or take a chance on a once-well-regarded but underperforming prospect. The St. Louis Cardinals clearly spent last year with a focus on the former as they signed a large group of minor league arms during the season and focused on upper-level depth in the offseason.
We’ll start out review with players signed in the 2020/2021 offseason.