{"id":115765,"date":"2026-03-17T01:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=115765"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:51:10","slug":"cardinals-nolan-gorman-potential-career-rebirth-third-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/03\/17\/cardinals-nolan-gorman-potential-career-rebirth-third-base\/","title":{"rendered":"A Career Rebirth Could Be In Store for Cardinals Infielder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2021, Nolan Arenado<\/a> has been the St. Louis Cardinals’ everyday third baseman. With the recent trade<\/a> of Arenado to the Arizona Diamondbacks this offseason, that puts a new face at the position. Nolan Gorman<\/a> is set to be the new everyday third baseman for the Cardinals. \u00a0Gorman is not a stranger to the third base position. Coming up through the minor leagues, third base was his primary position. It wasn’t until the Cardinals traded for Arenado back in 2021 that the organization decided to switch Gorman to second. With the switch back to third, it may provide him a sense of comfort. With the combination of a sense of comfort and decent spring training stats, a career rebirth could be in the works for Gorman.<\/p>\n

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Aug 17, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals second base Nolan Gorman (16) at bat against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Vizer-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nolan Gorman Has an Opportunity to Revamp His Cardinals Career<\/h2>\n

Sense of Comfort<\/h2>\n

As stated before, Gorman is no stranger to the hot corner. He played 190 games in the minor leagues at the third base position. During that span, he had a .914 fielding percentage in over 1,500 innings played. Gorman collected 160 putouts, 341 assists, and 47 errors on 548 total chances. At the major league level, Gorman has played 74 games at third for the Cardinals. In that time, he has a .955 fielding percentage with 33 putouts, 114 assists, and seven errors on 154 total chances.<\/p>\n

With Gorman only playing third for the Cardinals for a small portion of the time, the hitting splits between second and third base are difficult to compare. He has a larger sample size at second base, and his hitting stats read as follows:<\/p>\n

2nd Base (276 Games)<\/h3>\n