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St. Louis Cardinals: The team isn’t prepared for the looming DH

A recent announcement that the designated hitter could arrive as early as 2021 could have National League teams scrambling to acquire another big bat, and the St. Louis Cardinals shouldn’t wait around. With the trade of Jose Martinez to the Tampa Bay Rays, the team’s best bet for a DH is gone, and there aren’t any great suitors on the team who could replace him.

The ideal DH is usually an older player with power who is an inferior fielder to most others on the team. Martinez would have fit this perfectly, and the Cardinals would have been one of the best teams in the National League at taking advantage of the extra batting spot.