Have you fully recovered from perhaps the St. Louis Cardinals‘ four most important games of the season? I personally do not blame you if you have not.
Let me be clear and say this year’s Cardinals team has a tremendous bullpen. One that, as we sit here today, is ranked 7th in all of MLB with 4.8 WAR. It is a definite improvement from last year’s bullpen.
In the bottom of the 9th on Thursday, Carlos Martinez walked Nicholas Castellanos, who led off the inning. You most likely have heard about the dreaded lead-off walk, or perhaps how lead-off walks always score.