Moss is an X-factor, of course, with his home run pedigree but his 2015 season of just-misses, while he recovered from a hip injury. They put Brandon in the corner. He’ll play left field or right, or possibly first base. In the clubhouse Tuesday, the lumberjack lookalike was asked about the Cards’ power. Keep in mind that last year’s club hit 60 homers at home (12th out of 15 in the National League), but 77 homers on the road (seventh out of 15).

“I would say, there are teams, a lot of teams that hit more (home runs),” Moss said. “Those teams don’t play at Busch for 81 games. That’s a big ballpark, a very big ballpark — it’s very underrated for how big it plays. That’s just one of the things we have to deal with as a club that plays there. That’s why our club is so built on pitching and things we do differently — we have a lot of balance in this lineup, a lot of balance to our team. I saw it last year, a lot of balls hit really well, including myself, that didn’t go. And you know, you just have to take that with a grain of salt and continue your approach. You’ll have places you go — Cincinnati, Milwaukee, even Chicago — and the ball flies and you’ll get your homers. But at home, it’s a little bit different.