The Cardinals signed 6'6" LHP Brian Tallet today. This may just look like an after story on mlbtraderumors.com, but it made me think about something. The Cardinals pitching staff is unusually tall. Freakishly tall in fact.
Looking at the entire 40-man roster pitching staff, there are six pitchers who are 6'4" or taller, including four who are 6'6" or 6'7". Adam Wainwright(6'7") and Chris Carpenter(6'6") are the tallest pitchers on the team, and start at the front end of the rotation. Brian Tallet was signed most likely to be a middle relief guy. The Cardinals also have another pitcher who stands 6'6" by the name of Bryan Augenstein.
The tallest pitcher in MLB is Jon Rauch, who stands officially at 6'11". The tallest pitcher in all of professional baseball at any level is Loek van Mil, who stands at a whopping 7'1". Despite not having either of these players, I would venture a guess to say the Cardinals have the tallest staff in baseball combined. Who knows, maybe they can sign Rauch, he is currently a free agent.
After adding all of their heights up as decimal values and dividing by the 19 pitchers on the 40-man roster, you get 6.2500, or an average height of 6'3". I can't think of any other team in MLB who boasts four pitchers over the height of 6'6". They may just be the tallest staff in all of baseball. Maybe after the games next season, they can go play a game of croquet with the Arch.
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