Dylan Carlson, Jordan Walker, Nolan Gorman, on and on it goes. The St. Louis Cardinals actually did the smart thing and the right thing by sending Gorman down to Triple A Memphis on Wednesday.
But they waited too long -- much too long -- before intervening. Gorman's hitting only got worse over time, and he fell deeper into an extreme slump that lasted for more than two months.
What were they waiting for? And why were the Cardinals so quick to book Walker to Memphis and so slow to stop the fight with Gorman?
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