Who's the #2 Redbird?

• Point #1: I think it's pretty clear who, given complete health, the best player on each team is. Albert Pujols (duh) and Josh Hamilton -- in fact, in the past couple of years, both have staked various claims on best player in baseball status. (And Albert may well still be That Guy.)
• Point #2: Pitching has been discussed earlier on this very site, and given the exceptions of of the Cardinals having the better #1 starter (Carpenter) and the Rangers having the better closer (Feliz, though holy crap, Motte can make a guy re-think that!), the staffs are pretty damn well evenly matched.
• Point #3: So here's the interesting question: who ....

For the Rangers, you can make an argument for Nelson Cruz or even Elvis Andrus, and in a bar fight, Mike Nappli. But it's probably, bottom-line, Iam Kinsler, and he'd be the best player in several MLB lineups.

Now, the Cardinals' second-best player is ... Lance Berkman? Matt Holliday? David Freese? Rafael Furcal? Yadier Molina? My rapid-fire reaction to each is: too old, too brittle, too young, (wait ... he's 28?) and in the last two cases uh, no.

This is not to downplay what is an excellent Cardinal lineup, anchored by the B'est of BSBs in baseball. But there's just nobody shining forth as filling the "And co-starring ..." role like there is in Texas. The difference, to me, seems to be that for the Rangers, you have to choose the guy from among several viable options, while for St. Louis, you're reaching from the outset.

What say, noble Bauxites? What Cardinal is Phat Albert's second-billed supporting actor?