Help shape these rankings by voting on this list of The Best St. Louis Cardinals Of 2023
After an incredibly uproarious and celebrated 2022 MLB season, the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals have retooled their roster, and are back and better than ever, ready to show the baseball world exactly why they got next. The Cardinals have slowly but surely been improving their teams every year, beautifully mixing homegrown talent with some of the league's best free agents, and over the last 5 years, the St. Louis Cardinals roster has been home to MVP candidates, breakout superstars, and legends on their last legs. With the Cardinals 2023 roster, they are looking to combine all the elements that have worked so well for them in the past and perfect it in a glorious postseason run.
With two of the three MVP finalists in Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, homegrown fan favorites in Tommy Edman, Ryan Helsley, and Adam Wainwright, plus newly acquired stud offensive player Willson Contreras, Cards fans have a plethora of talent to choose from with one of the deepest rosters in all of baseball. After three seasons in a row of National League Wild Card exits, the Cardinals players are looking to take the league by the horns, and show the world that consistency is key, and winning is indeed coming.
Career Highlights: 7× All-Star (2015–2019, 2021, 2022) 10× Gold Glove Award (2013–2022) 6× Platinum Glove Award (2017–2022) 5× Silver Slugger Award (2015–2018, 2022) All MLB Second-Team (2022) 3× Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2015–2017) 3× NL home run leader (2015, 2016, 2018) 2× NL RBI leader (2015, 2016) 5× Fielding Bible Award (2015–2017, 2020, 2022) 2× Hit for the cycle (2017, 2022)
Cardinals Tenure: 3 years (Traded from Colorado Rockies to Cardinals)
