Commentary: Why Cardinals fans shouldn't sleep on Alec Burleson
ST. LOUIS — All this talk about Juan Soto and how losing Dylan Carlson in the deal could destroy the crops in the St. Louis farm system for years t...
ST. LOUIS — All this talk about Juan Soto and how losing Dylan Carlson in the deal could destroy the crops in the St. Louis farm system for years to come, and fans are forgetting about somebody: Alec Burleson. The 23-year-old Memphis Redbirds outfielder is absolutely annihilating opponent pitchers this season, collecting a .932 OPS (.800 is very good) and adding 18 home runs and 17 doubles in 337 at-bats. He has 112 hits in this 337 at-bats as well, which is very impressive. A hit machine who plays both corner outfield spots would be a commodity, if every other soul in Cardinal Nation wasn't clamoring to get Soto and keep Carlson while doing it.