Paul Goldschmidt has been a premier first base option in
Andrew Miller has been a quality bullpen arm in Cleveland the last few seasons and St Louis made a great add getting him in the offseason. Miller isn’t all what he used to be but still is an above average lefty out of the bullpen. At the moment Miller is slated to be the closer, but you have to imagine Jordan Hicks gets in on the mix as well. If Miller comes up against a heavy right-handed ninth inning, Hicks might be asked to get the job done. This isn’t unusual for some teams now, and Miller had this scenario a few times while in Cleveland. Hicks is a flame throwing right-hander, and will balance out Miller very nicely in the bullpen.
Because the Cardinals do not have a Cy Young candidate name their rotation may not stand out to many, but they have deep rotation with above average names. Carlos Martinez has been the ace of the staff, but there are some young names on the rise in St. Louis. Jack Flaherty is a very talented young arm, and expected to take another step forwards in his career. He is projected for over 200 strikeouts, and his strikeout stuff last season lived up to the hype. Miles Mikolas came over from the Asian leagues where he found an insane amount of control which helped his overall game. He is going to eat a lot of innings, and find himself around a low three ERA. Mikolas really is the gel of this rotation in our opinion because of his ability to remain consistent and healthy. John Gant and Adam Wainwright are the backend guys, and of course Wainwright is not the guy he once was, so some depth in the middle of the year wouldn’t be a bad way to look at things.