Comments on: Diving into the depths: St. Louis Cardinals

By: DenverinStL

DenverinStL — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:30:18 +0000

No one is contending with the Cardinals this year. Unless Pujols goes down, St. Louis has the NL Central wrapped up already. Sorry, Brewers, Chubs, and Reds.

By: ThatsSoTaguchi

ThatsSoTaguchi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:06:43 +0000

Yeah that worked out real well for those teams that have not improved last year.

By: spiro

spiro — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:03:08 +0000

This is not a good looking team. Very pedestrian lineup after Pujols and Holliday, extremely weak bench, mediocre bullpen and the rotation is very shallow after Carp and Wainwright. The Brewers and maybe the Reds and Cubs should both be able to contend with the Cards as currently constructed.

By: cardstatman

cardstatman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:17:37 +0000

With Lugo/Gotay/Greene and even Craig behind Freese, I doubt they add a 3B.
#1 need is starting pitching depth. Carp, Penny, and Garcia are all high risk and all backups are unproven.
A backup CF who can hit LHP would be also be a wise move. Not a platoon but Rasmus has not hit lefties yet.
They are very vulnerable to injuries to Pujols, Holliday, Carpenter, Wainwright, Franklin, Molina or Rasmus. Most of them have backups below replacement level. Each would be a huge dropoff.
A healthy season should mean a repeat as NL Central champs. Not a lot of of margin for absorbing injuries, though.

By: lessick

lessick — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:39:23 +0000

It’s stunning how little MLB experience is on this team’s bench.