On Thursday night time, Paul Goldschmidt took dwelling the Nationwide League MVP Award, changing into the primary St. Louis Cardinals participant to win the award since Albert Pujols gained it again in 2009.
Goldschmidt loved a season during which he hit for a .317 common with 35 dwelling runs and 115 RBI, even coming to inside vary of the Triple Crown.
Whereas that was to not be, Goldschmidt nonetheless had an entertaining season and had all of Cardinal Nation excited each time he got here to the plate.
On Twitter, ESPN posted a cool photograph of Goldschmidt being congratulated by Pujols after a house run.
However photoshopped into Pujols’ hand was a torch to characterize the altering of the guard in St. Louis.
From one @Cardinals legend to the subsequent Cardinals MVP. Goldschmidt can formally take the MVP torch 👏 pic.twitter.com/B6Dq1yUQ3H
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 17, 2022
Passing The Torch
Pujols in fact retired on the finish of the 2022 season, placing collectively a strong marketing campaign of his personal, reaching the 700-home run mark.
And so, now he passes the torch right down to the subsequent Cardinals MVP.
Pujols was as soon as the franchise’s star first baseman, profitable three NL MVP Awards and incomes 10 All-Star alternatives previous to leaving for the Los Angeles Angels.
The 42-year-old returned to St. Louis for his ultimate season and supplied a spark that the Playing cards lineup desperately wanted.
However his presence actually helped Goldschmidt alongside the way in which.
Now, with Pujols and Yadier Molina each retired, the torch is within the arms of Goldschmidt as a brand new period of Cardinals baseball begins.
Followers at Busch Stadium will definitely have some enjoyable subsequent yr chanting “MVP” each time Goldschmidt involves the plate.
