It seems like the cardinals often have prospects breaking out late out of nowhere and then produce well for 3-4 years to disappear then. Alan Craig is certainly such a guy, Matt carpenter might be one too, this year it is maybe hazelbaker.
How are the cards doing that? They seem to do a good job teaching obscure prospects late in their minor league careers and get an unlikely kind of production.
This is especially true on the hitting side, they rarely have a really good prospect dominating AA ball at age 21 and then kill it in the majors but they often have those older guys suddenly breaking out. I think that is a big part of their success getting that unlikely cheap production although for non cards fans it makes the team a little "boring" (26 year old rookies are not as exiting as a 19 year old manny machado or Carlos correa).
How are the cards doing that? They seem to do a good job teaching obscure prospects late in their minor league careers and get an unlikely kind of production.
This is especially true on the hitting side, they rarely have a really good prospect dominating AA ball at age 21 and then kill it in the majors but they often have those older guys suddenly breaking out. I think that is a big part of their success getting that unlikely cheap production although for non cards fans it makes the team a little "boring" (26 year old rookies are not as exiting as a 19 year old manny machado or Carlos correa).
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