The St. Louis Cardinals' moribund pitching has rightfully earned the brunt of fans' criticism, but there's reason to lambast another facet of the team's decline.
St. Louis Cardinals fans all know the story of the hapless front office falling far behind the times with pitching development, trusting that their pitch-to-contact approach would still hold water in the modern game. When the topic is broached of what has gone wrong for the Cardinals over the past few seasons, that will generally place near the top of the list.