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  Titles: Top Cardinals Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC Lost to SD  
  2021 - WC Lost to LA Pitchers:  
  2022 - Won Division; WC Lost to Philly Adam Wainwright (4.14) -    32  
    Miles Mikolas (4.27) -  17  
  Ballpark: Giovanny Gallegos (2.26) -    14  
  Busch Stadium III Ryan Helsley (3.55) -  13  
    Jack Flaherty (169) -   11  
  Team Name: Alex Reyes (0.53)  -  10  
  Cardinals Dakota Hudson (1.55) -   10  
    Kwang Hyun Kim (1.92) -   8  
  Owners:  Andre Pallante (1.62) -  4  
  Southwest Bank Consortium - William DeWitt Principal Owner Jordan Montgomery (2.9) -  4  
    Steven Matz (1.37) -  4  
  General Managers:    
  Mike Mozeliak (President) Catchers:  
  Mike Girsch Wilson Contreras (1.34) -  10  
    Yadier Molina (2.23) -    9  
  Managers: Andrew Knizner (1.3) - 4  
  Mike Shildt (2020-2021)    
  Oliver Marmol (2022-2023) First Basemen:  
    Paul Goldschmidt (19.21) -  35  
  Hall of Famers: Albert Pujols (2.17) -  7  
  None    
    Second Basemen:  
  Rookie of the Year:  Brendan Donovan (6.11) -  10  
  None Nolan Gorman (3.2) -  9  
       
  MVP ShortStop:  
  2022 - Paul Goldschmidt Tommy Edman (3.04) -   29  
    Paul DeJong (2.27) -  4  
  No Hitters:    
  None Third Base:  
    Nolan Arenado (14.25) -  25  
  Cy Young: Matt Carpenter (-0.09) -    2  
  None  
    Outfield:  
  Notable Events: Tyler O'Neill (8.24) -    17  
    Harrison Bader (5.99) -    16  
  2020 - The Cardinals are, by far, the most successful major league team of Dylan Carlson (5.65) -    14  
  the twenty first century. Thru 2022, they have had only one losing season in Lars Nootbaar (6.1) - 10  
  the twenty three years. The run also includes eleven Division Championships  Jordan Walker (-0.1) - 3  
  and seven second places.      
    Notable Events:  
  2020 - The Redbirds finish second in 2020 at 30-28.  
  The pitching was real good and is what kept St. Louis afloat. They gave 2024 - Retool Time.   
  up almost one run a game less than the league average. It was the offense that The Cards were 71-91 and there is no reason to think this team is going to get  
  was the culprit as the Cards scored more than half a run less than the  any better anytime soon. Just the opposite. It's been an amazing run for St. Louis  
  league average. St. Louis had lost stud OF Marcell Ozuna to free agency in the with fourteen ninety plus win seasons in the first twenty two full years of this  
  off season and their offense never recovered. century. But, it's over.  
       
  □  William O. DeWitt Jr. has owned the club since 1995. He's been remarkably Offense:  
  astute in hiring brilliant management teams. DeWitt is willing to spend where  The Cards were 29 runs less than the league average offensively last year.  
  needed, but what has really made Cardinal management superb during  It will be worse in '24. Their three big sticks are declining. Goldschmidt is 36,  
  DeWitt's tenure is that they have been the most successful franchise in Arenado is aging poorly at 33 and Contreras is pushing it for a catcher at 32.  
  baseball while still being frugal most of the time.The 2019 post season, however, There are no young stars.  
  DeWitt could have loosened the purse strings a bit more and kept free agent Nolan Gorman, Jordan Walker and Lars Nootbar are good players. Maybe,  
  Marcell Ozuna because he was missed tremendously when he was gone. in the near future, Walker will develop into a star. Same with SS Masyn Winn.  
  DeWitt has recently made headlines complaining about the difficulty of making     
  a profit as a major league baseball team owner in these times. This kind of Pitching:  
  talk can't be very heartening to Cardinals fans moving forward. The Cards gave up 81 runs more than the league average. No bueno.  
    The fire sale of Jordan Montgomery and Jack Flaherty at the trade deadline  
  □   John Mozeliak has been running the baseball side of the operation since last year told you all you needed to know. Rebuild.  
  2007. He had a tough act to follow in Walt Jocketty, but the Cardinals didn't Wainwright, who was great for so long, is cooked.  
  miss a beat. Mozeliak stepped up to President of Baseball Operations in Mikolas and Matz are good middle of rotation guys, but they're at the top of  
  2017 with Mike Girsch moving into the GM slot.   this one. The bullpen won't be a relief this year.  
       
  □   Mike Schildt who had been the field manager since 2018 was replaced by     
  Oliver Marmol in 2022.    
       
  2021 - The Cards finish a solid second with a 90-72 mark.    
       
  2022 - St. Louis wins the Division at 93-69 but loses in the Wild Card round    
  for the third year in a row.     
       
  2023 - The Cards plummet twenty two games in the standings and dip    
  below .500 for the first time in sixteen years (2007).    
  Age crept in and signalled time for a re-tool.    
  Albert Pujols, 42, retired and Paul Goldschmidt, 35, declined significantly    
  on the offensive side. Adam Wainright, 41, and Miles Mikolas, 34,     
  showed their age on the mound.    
       
  2023 -  The offense declines 97 runs against the league average from '22    
  The lions share of that decline is due to the retirement of Albert Pujols    
  who had a nice '22 at 24-68.270 but that production wasn't replaced.    
  Paul Goldschmidt, 35, seriously started showing his age as he went    
  from 35-115.317 to 25-80-268. The acquisition of catcher Wilson Contreras    
  offset the decline a bit. He replaced retired star Yadier Molina.