Oh my, how time does fly. It is that time of year again! Pitchers and catchers have reported, and now teams have started playing spring training games. If one is particularly caught in the moment, one might be worried that the Cardinals are 0-2 so far in spring training play.
But since that’s only two games, and spring training results have little to no correlation to regular season results, I’m not too worried as a fan. Things to be worried about have been shown in early projections: a possibly scary combination of aging veterans and high-BABIP younger stars can make some within the baseball community shudder. But still, I’m not especially worried.
That said, things will no longer be easy for the Cardinals. The NL Central is a leaner, meaner place now that the lowly Houston Astros have moved over to the American League West. That is actually a kind of cool thing, but that team won’t be around as whipping boy anymore. The next-worst, Cubs, should be tougher this year (albeit, they ...
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PLAYERS:
Mike Matheny,
Chris Carpenter,
Adam Wainwright,
Jake Westbrook,
Shelby Miller,
Jaime Garcia,
Joe Kelly,
Trevor Rosenthal,
Bill James,
Matt Carpenter,
Skip Schumaker,
Ozzie Smith,
Edgar Renteria,
Rafael Furcal,
Pete Kozma,
Ronny Cedeno,
Ryan Jackson,
Cesar Izturis,
Allen Craig,
David Freese,
Yadier Molina,
Matt Holliday,
Carlos Beltran,
Jon Jay
TEAMS: Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds
TEAMS: Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds
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