One of the underrated aspects of the St. Louis Cardinals improbable post-season run was the acquisition and performance of starting pitcher Edwin Jackson.
Jackson came over to the Cardinals in the Colby Rasmus trade. The same trade that also brought over Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepcynski. Dotel and Rzepcynski got most of the headlines as their post-season performances were absolutely vital in the Cardinals claiming their 11th World Series Championship in franchise history, But Edwin Jackson was not bad either, especially in September during the Cardinals final post-season push.
Jackson is now a free agent, in search of a place to pitch next season and it is unlikely the Cardinals will be able to bring him back. With the return of Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals rotation is pretty much set.
Chris Carpenter, Jamie Garcia, Kyle Lohse, and Jake Westbrook fill out the rest of the staff as guys like Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, and even high prized prospect Shelby Miller would seem ...
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