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Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals return to Chase Field for the first time since late September 2019. The 27-22 St. Louis Cardinals are clinging to a
1⁄
2 game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. They broke a 3 game losing streak yesterday, defeating the White Sox 4-0.
The timing is not great for Mike Hazen, Torey Lovullo, and the Diamondbacks organization. The contrast between a successful Goldy on a 1st place team and a Diamondbacks organization that has spiraled into despair could not be more stark.
So how has Paul been doing ? Year to date he’s batting .255/.310/.404, .714 OPS, 101 wRC+. So right around league average. But he’s been much better recently. After a very poor month of April, he’s rebounded May.