Saturday, August 1, 2015

New Relievers Boost Bullpen

As the Cardinals neared baseball’s trade deadline and waded through the humidity of speculation that annually fogs up July, they talked openly and privately about needing a way to propel the offense and protect a couple young starters. If they had both strength and depth anywhere it was out in the bullpen, where a rotating cast of relievers had the league’s best ERA, six pitchers with at least one save, promising young understudies, and two veterans eventually on the mend.

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