The St. Louis Cardinals took a giant leap of faith when they signed veteran third baseman Jhonny Peralta back in 2013 after his fabled affair with PEDs. This was a departure from the surgically-clean Cardinals of the past (said with tongue firmly pressed in cheek; read: Mark McGwire). And yet, the Cardinals took the risk and received some good years from their then-short stop.
Let’s take a little walk down memory lane for some kinder Peralta days. When Jhonny joined the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013, he was leaving the Tigers with a slash line of .