2021 Remarkable! Season Preview — St. Louis Cardinals

by | Feb 15, 2021 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. The Cardinals acquired future Hall of Famer Nolan Arenado… Is it enough for them to grab the NL Central title?

 

2020 Record: 30-28 (2nd in NL Central)

 

Cardinals Hitters

 

Tommy Edman

  • Tommy Edman had an OPS of just .720 (48 PA’s) when ahead in the count in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Tommy Edman had an OPS of just .555 (135 PA’s) with bases empty in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Tommy Edman made 92% of possible forehand plays in the 2020 season– 3rd best in MLB
  • Tommy Edman made 6 non-routine plays out of 11 chances (55%) in the 2020 season — tied for best in MLB

 

Paul DeJong 

  • Paul DeJong is slugging just .127 (26 total bases in 205 ABs) on pitches out of the zone since the start of the 2019 season — 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Paul DeJong has put 51% of balls in play (276/546) to the left side of the field since the start of the 2019 season — 13th highest among 127 in MLB
  • Paul DeJong has 15 home runs in innings 7-9 since the start of the 2019 season– tied for 13th most 500 in MLB
  • Paul DeJong is batting .460 (29-for-63) on the first pitch of at-bats since the start of the 2019 season — 8th best in MLB

 

Nolan Arenado

  • Nolan Arenado has pulled 42 home runs since 2019 — tied for most in MLB
  • Nolan Arenado has made 39 non-routine plays since 2019 — most in MLB

  • Nolan Arenado has an OPS of .910 (863 PA’s) since 2019 — 14th best among 127 in MLB
  • Nolan Arenado is batting .300 (231-for-770) since 2019 — 13th best among 127 in MLB

 

Paul Goldschmidt

  • Paul Goldschmidt is batting just .194 (31-for-160) on pitches 95 mph or greater since the start of the 2019 season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Paul Goldschmidt is batting .290 (56-for-193) on breaking pitches against RHP since the start of the 2019 season — 8th best in MLB
  • Paul Goldschmidt has an OBP of .382 (573 PA’s) against starting pitchers since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 12th best among 127 in MLB
  • Paul Goldschmidt has an OPS of .977 (164 PA’s) against LHP since the start of the 2019 season — 14th best among 127 in MLB

 

Dylan Carlson

  • Dylan Carlson batted just .115 (3-for-26) on changeups in the 2020 season — tied for 8th lowest in MLB
  • 3% of Dylan Carlson’s plate appearances lasted only one pitch (4/119 PA’s) in the 2020 season — tied for 2nd lowest in MLB 

 

Tyler O’Neill

  • Tyler O’Neill slugged just .133 (10 total bases in 75 ABs) on outside pitches in the 2020 season — lowest in MLB 
  • Tyler O’Neill had 55 quality ABs out of 157 total (35% QAB rate) in the 2020 season — tied for 14th lowest in MLB

 

Yadier Molina

  • Yadier Molina batted .340 against right-handed relievers in the 2020 season — 13th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .252
  • Yadier Molina has an OPS of 1.128 against pitchers who have thrown at least 80 pitches in a game since the start of 2018 — 4th best in MLB among hitters with at least 571 total PA’s; League Avg:.776
  • Yadier Molina has missed on just 15% of swings with two-strikes since the start of 2018 — 12th best in MLB among hitters with at least 571 total PA’s; League Avg: 24%
  • Yadier Molina has 34 strikeouts in 355 PA’s on inside pitches since the start of 2018 — 4th best in MLB among hitters with at least 571 total PA’s; League Avg: 21%

 

Harrison Bader

  • Harrison Bader is batting just .158 (18-for-114) on sliders since the start of the 2019 season — 5th lowest in MLB 
  • Harrison Bader has 4 outfield assists at home since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 5th most in MLB
  • 61 of Harrison Bader’s 122 strikeouts (50%) against RHP have come on breaking balls since the start of the 2019 season– tied for 11th highest in MLB

 

Bench

 

Matt Carpenter

  • Matt Carpenter is batting just .217 (98-for-452) against RHP since the start of the 2019 season — 6th lowest in MLB
  • Matt Carpenter is batting just .122 (14-for-115) on changeups since the start of the 2019 season– lowest in MLB
  • Matt Carpenter has an OPS of just .652 (390 PA’s) against starting pitchers since the start of the 2019 season — 2nd lowest in MLB
  • Matt Carpenter has chased just 21% of pitches out of the zone (57/265) on sliders since the start of the 2019 season — 14th lowest in MLB 

 

Andrew Knizner

 

Edmundo Sosa

 

Justin Williams

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Jack Flaherty

  • Jack Flaherty has allowed an OPS of just .359 (265 PA’s) versus the bottom of the order since the start of the 2019 season — 2nd best in MLB

  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .070 (18/258) against Jack Flaherty on sliders since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 2nd best in MLB
  • Right-handed batters are hitting just .186 (77-for-414) against Jack Flaherty since the start of the 2019 season — 3rd best in MLB 
  • Jack Flaherty has allowed a slugging percentage of just .341 (291 Total Bases / 853 ABs) since the start of the 2019 season — 7th best in MLB 
  • Jack Flaherty has thrown fastballs 58% of the time (2,247/3,898) since the start of the 2019 season — 5th highest among qualified SPs in MLB
  • Jack Flaherty has allowed an OPS of just .607 (942 PA’s) since the start of the 2019 season — 8th best in MLB 
  • Opponents are hitting just .197 (168-for-853) against Jack Flaherty since the start of the 2019 season — 6th best in MLB
  • Jack Flaherty has an ERA of 3.12 (236.2 IP) since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 14th best in MLB

 

Kwang Hyun Kim

  • Kwang Hyun Kim had an ERA of 1.62 (39.0 IP) in the 2020 season — best in MLB 

  • Kwang Hyun Kim threw his slider 47% of the time (86/185) with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 10th highest in MLB 
  • Kwang Hyun Kim allowed a BABIP of .217 in the 2020 season — tied for 10th best in MLB
  • Kwang Hyun Kim allowed a slugging percentage of just .303 (20 Total Bases / 66 ABs) on fastballs in the 2020 season — tied for 13th best in MLB 
  • Opponents batted just .156 (5-for-32) against Kwang Hyun Kim with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — tied for 11th best in MLB 
  • Kwang Hyun Kim allowed an OBP of just .260 (154 PA’s) in the 2020 season — tied for 15th best in MLB 

 

Carlos Martinez

  • Opponents have a line drive rate of just 17% (20/119) against Carlos Martinez on fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 7th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Carlos Martinez has allowed a slugging percentage of just .236 (17 Total Bases / 72 ABs) on sliders since the start of the 2019 season — 12th best among among 106 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 21% (22/106) against Carlos Martinez on elevated fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — 8th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Carlos Martinez has allowed an OBP of .356 (219 PA’s) versus hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order since the start of the 2019 season — 8th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Adam Wainwright

  • Adam Wainwright allowed a slugging percentage of just.195 with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — 2nd best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .392
  • Opponents batted just .106 against Adam Wainwright with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 4th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .156
  • Opponents batted just .200 against Adam Wainwright’s fastball in the 2020 season — 5th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .265
  • Adam Wainwright has an ERA of 2.77 at home since the start of the 2019 season — 15th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 3.99

 

Miles Mikolas

  • Miles Mikolas has allowed a slugging percentage of just .510 (49 Total Bases / 96 ABs) when behind in the count since the start of the 2019 season — 13th best in MLB
  • Miles Mikolas has thrown breaking pitches 45% of the time (1,289/2,867) since the start of the 2019 season — 12th highest in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .291 (52-for-179) against Miles Mikolas on sliders since the start of the 2019 season — 10th highest in MLB
  • Miles Mikolas has induced opposing hitters to ground into 23 double plays in 134 opportunities (17%) since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 4th best in MLB 
  • Hitters have chased 211 of Miles Mikolas’ 674 fastballs out of the zone (31%) since the start of the 2019 season — 4th highest in MLB
  • Right-handed hitters have a chase rate of 36% (267/732) against Miles Mikolas since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 4th highest in MLB 

 

Dakota Hudson

  • Right-handed hitters have a groundball rate of 65% (204/315) against Dakota Hudson since the start of the 2019 season — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Dakota Hudson has walked 101 of 908 batters (11%) since the start of the 2019 season — 4th highest in MLB
  • Dakota Hudson has allowed an OPS of just .601 (584 PA’s) versus hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order since the start of the 2019 season — 14th best in MLB
  • Dakota Hudson has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 54% (351/647) of opposing batters since the start of the 2019 season — 5th lowest in MLB

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Alex Reyes

  • Opponents batted just .087 (2-for-23) against Alex Reyes’ inside fastball in the 2020 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Alex Reyes walked 14 of 86 batters (16%) in the 2020 season — 13th highest among among 232 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .036 (1/28) against breaking balls from Alex Reyes in the 2020 season — tied for 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents had a miss rate of 40% (23/57) against Alex Reyes with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Andrew Miller

  • Andrew Miller has thrown breaking pitches 61% of the time (719/1,177) since the start of the 2019 season — 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hitters batting in the top of the order have hit just .177 against Andrew Miller since the start of the 2019 season — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Andrew Miller has allowed a slugging percentage of just .287 (27 Total Bases / 94 ABs) versus the heart of the order since the start of the 2019 season — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Giovanny Gallegos

  • Opponents are hitting just .110 (16-for-145) against Giovanny Gallegos’ non-fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — T-2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB

  • Giovanny Gallegos has allowed an OBP of just .178 (225 PA’s) with two-strikes since the start of the 2019 season — 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a chase percentage of 36% (246/688) against Giovanny Gallegos since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Giovanny Gallegos has allowed a slugging percentage of just .308 (96 Total Bases / 312 ABs) since the start of the 2019 season — 15th best among among 182 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 63% (143/227) against Giovanny Gallegos on low breaking pitches since the start of the 2019 season– 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .170 (53-for-312) against Giovanny Gallegos since the start of the 2019 season — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Jordan Hicks

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 63% (179/283) against Jordan Hicks since the start of 2018 — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .022 (2/92) against Jordan Hicks on sliders since the start of 2018 — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .109 (10-for-92) against Jordan Hicks on sliders since the start of 2018 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jordan Hicks has thrown 1,021 fastballs at 100+ MPH since the start of 2018 — most among pitchers in MLB

 

Ryan Helsley

 

John Gant

  • John Gant allowed a slugging percentage of just.185 in the 2020 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .376
  • John Gant has induced opposing hitters to ground into 13 double plays in 70 opportunities19% since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 10%
  • Opponents are hitting just.234 against John Gant on pitches in the strike zone since the start of 2018 — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .275
  • John Gant has allowed an OPS of just.544 against right-handed batters since the start of the 2019 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .714

 

Tyler Webb

 

Daniel Ponce de Leon

 

 

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