It's about time to kick off one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Five years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We're just gonna go with what we know. We'll begin our previews with the reigning World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals and move right along through the National League Central.
World Series Champs
After improbable run
Through the postseason
All good things must end
So goodbye Albert Pujols
You god damn traitor
Adam Wainwright's back
St. Louis fans missed him lots
He's adorable
Jaime Garcia
Jake Westbrook and Kyle Lohse
Oh yeah, and Lance Lynn
Change in management
So long Tony La Russa
Go save the kittens
Shirtless Schumaker
Mmmm... shirtless Chris Carpenter
Shirtless Nick Punto?
Fat Elvis has an
Emotional affair with
The Houston Astros
Yadi Molina
Is our favorite Molina
He bats .300
How could we forget
Matt Holliday and John Jay
Beltran out there too
Can the Cards repeat?
Depends on who you ask but
Not a chance in hell
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February 03, 2012
ST. LOUIS - Confident that this will be the year he reaches the big leagues, Cardinals prospect Shelby Miller took time on the recent Cardinals Caravan to ask David Freese and Jaime Garcia an important question.
When I do get to the big leagues, what do I wear? Miller recalled. Because I dont want to look like a fool when I go in there, like wearing flip flops and all the big league...
Via i70baseball
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February 05, 2012
The St. Louis Cardinals technically have a full pitching staff that includes five starting pitchers with a combined eight World Series championship rings, but they still might trade one of them for a pitcher who has no rings.
Rumors continue to swirl that the Cardinals will add Roy Oswalt to the rotation before the season begins. Oswalt, 34, has said he wants to remain a starting...
Via The Flagrant Fan
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February 03, 2012
Yesterday in this space, this author wrote that Roy Oswalt had earned the right to limit his market choices and to stick to his price in negotiations as a free agent. The piece was a counterpoint to another writer who stated that Oswalt "had too big a head" and can move along from the St. Louis Cardinals' feeding trough. The point was also made that Oswalt is well worth...
Via i70baseball
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February 03, 2012
Much like last season, the St. Louis Cardinals will enter spring training with a little bit of uncertainty, but for the most part the team should feel comfortable and confident. The Cardinals are, after all, the World Series champions. They currently have seven viable options for the starting rotation (if you include Kyle McClellan and Marc Rzepczynski) and could still land Roy Oswalt...
Via The Cardinal Nation blog
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February 04, 2012
Appalachian League champions on the diamond the past two seasons, the Johnson City Cardinals’ home field conditions are not up to those high standards. Shrinking city budgets meant needed repairs have piled up over the last decade. The club’s owner and parent, the St. Louis Cardinals, has given the facility “continued poor marks,” reports the Johnson City Press.
Johnson City...
Via Buzz On Broad
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February 04, 2012
According to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports, the Red Sox, Reds, and Phillies all remain in the running for Roy Oswalt. Oswalt is scrambling to find a new home with only two weeks before the start of spring workouts.
Oswalt's top choices are the Rangers and the Cardinals, but both have financial limitations.
Oswalt had a positive experience in Philadelphia, where he went 16-11...
Why didn't the Giants re-sign Carlos Beltran? The question continues to be asked.
Via North Side Notch
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February 03, 2012
Kevin Goldstein from Baseball Prospectus tweeted today that the Pirates signed left-handed reliever Brian Tallet. Tallet’s deal is a minor league contract and does not yet include an invite to spring training (Major League camp).
After hearing that an invite to camp doesn’t go along with this signing, I think it is safe to say that Tallet will be starting off the year...
Via Ted's Army
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February 05, 2012
Every morning we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump...
...Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports that the Red Sox, Reds and Phillies are among the teams who have remained in contact with the veteran right-hander. While Red Sox general manager Ben...
The St. Louis Cardinals will make five of the first 58 selections in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft.
Via We Should Be GM's
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February 05, 2012
Roy Oswalt remains unemployed. Many teams would love his services, but don't have the money and/or roster space to sign him. Roy2 wants to pitch for the Rangers or Cardinals due to those teams' proximity to his Mississippi home, but Texas and St. Louis aren't biting at the 1 year $8-10M price tag Oswalt is commanding. The Red Sox, Reds, and Phillies have also been keeping...
Via Raise the Jolly Roger!
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February 03, 2012
The Bucs signed veteran lefty Brian Tallet today. The 34 year-old has suffered through injuries and a couple of poor seasons recently, so I would assume that it’s a minor league deal.
Tallet has been reasonably effective against lefties, so he’ll probably join Daniel Moskos and Doug Slaten in the group that will be fighting for a second lefty bullpen slot behind Tony...
Via i70baseball
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February 04, 2012
After Edwin Jackson inked a new deal with the Washington Nationals, the St. Louis Cardinals now sit pretty with five of the first 60 picks in this year’s amateur draft. With that many selections so early, the Cards should be in good position to fortify organizational needs.
Every MLB team shows time and again that the ultimate weapon to wield is depth. It doesn’t even matter...
Via STLtoday.com
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February 05, 2012
The Giants are the NFL's 2011 St. Louis Cardinals: a rather
ordinary team, prematurely counted out, only to launch a magical
comeback.
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