Taking Shallow-Playing Oscar Taveras Deep

On the last day of February, in a seemingly meaningless Spring Training game against the Marlins, most if not all eyes were on the Cardinals' Oscar Taveras, and not just when the bat was in his hands. Taveras, a 20-year-old phenom ranked as baseball's No. 3 overall prospect, has that menacing but measured swing, while his ability in the outfield is also superlative though not nearly as innate. On Feb. 28, he was being watched from St. Louis' dugout by the man he might soon replace in center, Jon Jay, and the man who would make that decision, Mike Matheny. He had their full attention.

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