2008 St Louis Cardinals: A lot to hate but still some to Love

Look I am an eternal optimist, but, the outlook for my hometown team The St. Louis Cardinals is less than exhilarating. Their pitching staff looks very broken down at the moment...

by Drew Higgins (Scribe)

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March 26, 2008

MLB, NL Central, St Louis Cardinals

Look I am an eternal optimist, but, the outlook for my hometown team The St. Louis Cardinals is less than exhilarating.  Their pitching staff looks very broken down at the moment.  

There are question marks all over the field like: How will the middle infield perform? Which Troy Glas will show up to play? How healthy is Pujols' elbow? How will Ankiel adjust throughout the season to pitching? When will Colby Rasmus be brought up?

But despite all this negativity, there still are some rays of hope for this team. When Colby does get called up, it will immediately reenergize the fan base. If he does well, then he could be crowned a saint.  Even if Pujols' elbow is still hurting him, he hasn't shown that much this spring, and that’s great news for our most dangerous hitter. 

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Yadier Molina has a new contract and is always a force behind home plate.  But lately he has been a force at the dish as well as behind it. Adam Wainwright also has a new contract and looks poised for another double digit win season.  The 26 year-old right hander will be relied upon heavily this season—especially with most of our starting staff on the shelf until mid April at least.  And last but not least, most of our bullpen is coming back, and relief pitching was one of our biggest strengths from last season.

I predict the Cardinals will finish with a record between .500 and 10 games below.

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comments (6) write a comment »

  1. reply to comment by Anonymous
    7 months ago

    Drew, get someone to help you with your spelling!

  2. reply to comment by Anonymous
    7 months ago

    Drew,

    Are you in grade school????

  3. reply to comment by Anonymous
    7 months ago

    There ia a tool called Spellcheck. Try it sometime. Geez!!!!!!!!

  4. reply to comment by Drew
    7 months ago

    yes i relized that after i posted it sorry and i have fixed it

  5. reply to comment by Steve
    7 months ago

    Pujols has had a fantastic spring. If he can somehow keep putting up his typical numbers, I will be in absolute awe of him.

  6. reply to comment by Gabe
    7 months ago

    i will say good article, except i dont think rasmus will go up unless
    A) someone is injured
    B) September call-ups come

    Reason for this is that ankiel is doing amazing, Barton is a pleasant suprise, Ludwig, i think, is a LaRussa fav, and Schumacher is the only good leadoff hitter we have, and duncan wont be going down either

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