I am going to say a controversial statement that also feels difficult to argue is false. The Cardinals minor league pitching depth right now is the greatest it’s ever been, at least since the Cardinals owned 70% of the minor league teams because Branch Rickey created the farm system. The major league pitching is not the greatest it’s ever been, obviously. But the pure amount of starting pitching prospects in the Cardinals’ system is staggering and far exceeding anything I can remember.
And while my life, compared to the history of the Cardinals, is short, I feel like the nature of starting pitching is so wildly different than how it used to be that I feel the only relevant information I do need to make such a statement is having followed the Cardinals for the past 20 years.