The St. Louis Cardinals, under interim manager Mike Schildt, are feigning interest in a defense-first approach to the second half of the season. In addition, the team is inexplicably giving lackluster underachiever Dexter Fowler all of the starts in right field.
These approaches do not match up, and the victim of the hypocrisy that has become the new Cardinal Way is the team’s most consistent (and arguably best) hitter in Jose Martinez.
A quick search of St. Louis Cardinals media coverage contains speculation and sound bites indicating that Jose Martinez is becoming a weapon off the bench and that he is trade bait for an American League team.