the biggest change in the cardinal offense since pujols went down is the lack of walks. they drew nary a one last night and have taken just 16 walks since albert left the lineup 7 games ago --- and 8 of those walks came in the first game of his absence. obviously albert himself accounts for some of the shortfall --- he leads the team in walks with 52, so we’d expect the team’s walks total to drop a little bit when he’s not playing. but that hardly tells the whole story. pujols and his .475 obp are gone, and the rest of the hitters are compounding the problem by expanding their strike zones.
Viva El Birdos
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