St. Louis Cardinals: It is Paul Goldschmidt’s time to get hot

The St. Louis Cardinals offense has been, in one word, inconsistent. The reason behind it would be inconsistencies in the heart of the lineup. However, to every fall there is a rise, and the time is coming when you take a look at statistics.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ heart of the lineup consisting of Tommy Edman, Dylan Carlson, Paul Goldschmidt. There has been a lot of good weeks between the players, however, there are still a lot of concerns revolving around the cold start of Paul Goldschmidt.

At the end of April, he was hitting .214/.257/.340 with three home runs, 14 runs batted in, 28 strikeouts, and six walks. I decided to look into his career splits knowing that he starts a lot of seasons cold.

If you look at the monthly splits for Paul Goldschmidt it’s only a matter of time before he starts hitting. When the Cardinals traded for Goldschmidt they knew the caliber player they were getting, and that player is still there, it just takes time.

March/April:

41 home runs, 143 runs batted in, 239 strikeouts, 134 walks and a slash line of .275/.378/.481

May:

46 home runs, 137 runs batted in, 227 strikeouts, 125 walks and a slash line of .294/.386/.528

June:

48 home runs, 154 runs batted in, 188 strikeouts, 130 walks and a slash line of .310/.415/.568

July:

39 home runs, 137 runs batted in, 198 strikeouts, 124 walks and a slash line of .310/.404/.544

August:

47 home runs, 149 runs batted in, 216 strikeouts, 141 walks and a slash line of .290/.391/.522

September:

34 home runs, 130 runs batted in, 241 strikeouts, 128 walks and a slash line of .272/.366/.473

With the information above you can see the gradual leading into May, and get even better in June and July. Looking so far this season there has been a ton of improvement from the star first baseman since April, and there is a good chance of him improving even more.

If you were to dig into what he has been doing through May so far you will see he is hitting .317/.377.,524 with three home runs, 10 runs batted in, 15 strikeouts, and six walks. He’s heating up just as we should expect.

With Goldschmidt taking a very big jump offensively thus far into May, he is going to be looking to take advantage of the green in the outfield. Goldschmidt started off very cold this season, but the rise of Goldschmidt is here and it’s only going to get better. Get ready St. Louis Cardinals fans, Goldschmidt is just getting started.

With Nolan Arenado already hot and both Tommy Edman and Dylan Carlson still productive, a career-normal Goldschmidt makes the offense much more dangerous.