There is a good chance that the vast majority of St. Louis Cardinals fans didn’t see the year that Adam Wainwright has put together in 2019. The 38-year-old starter was brought in on a $2M deal that can earn him a lot more than that.
Wainwright was a fringe starter at the start of the season and expectations were very low after the last three seasons were filled with injury and below-average performance when he has been pitching (averaged an 86 ERA+ from 2016-2018). The start of the season itself wasn’t even that great after his first start of the year was a four-inning dud against the Pirates.