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Ep. 803: Enough, Already. Cardinals Must Shift Lineup Amid Nootbaar's Severe Struggles
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the latest loss for the St. Louis Cardinals, their sixth in a row as the lineup has fallen to a wimper on a nightly basis lately.
Lars Nootbaar is 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts in his last five games. There's no chance he can remain the Cards' leadoff hitter.
But let's recognize that the Cardinals have bigger issues than that -- this is not a slump that rests on one man's shoulders. The problem is, everything that is going wrong is happening at the same time.
Plus, it's not a year where the front office is expected to have urgency in fixing any of it.
We break all…
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