*** Official St Louis Cardinals to the 2006 World Series Thread ***

[Jim Kuhn]

I am kind of worried about a fall off for the Card's. They lose Reggie Sanders, Larry Walker, Mark Grudz, Matt Morris as well many of their top relievers. Rolen and Edmonds have been hurting and Pujols seems to play through alot of nagging injuries.

Junior Spivey has totally sucked at second base and Larry Bigbie, the starting left fielder, will begin the season on the DL. The top pitching prospect, Reyes, was hit hard and sent back down to AAA this week.

On the bright side Ponson has looked very impressive this spring. Rolen is playing this year and hopefully his shoulder will hold out. Albert and Carp are studs! Hopefully there is money to sign some vets at the trading deadline!

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
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[Your Mom]

go cubs

[Shoe]

The Brewers are taking the division this year.

[IlliniLou]

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go cubs

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I absolutely hate the Cardinals .... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[The4Aces]

cardinals will win the division by 7+ games

[StlCardsBlues]

I think the Cards are going to be allright this year. I think that Edmonds will have a bounce back year and hopefully Rolen will stay healthier than he has the last couple of years. I think the rotation could be dominant as I see Ponson really stepping it up and Mulder should have a more consistant season, this being his 2nd year in the NL. Carpenter will compete for the Cy Young again, Suppan is always solid, and Marquis has looked pretty good this Spring.

I do think they might pick up a 2nd baseman sometime this summer, but the Cards seem to be able to turn anybody into a good 2nd baseman the last few years, so Spivey might just work out after all. I also think the Encarnacion and Taguchi or whomever ends up in left will be able to replace Walker and Sanders fine, especially since Walker was hurt so much down the stretch.

My main concern is the bullpin. Izzy always scares me a little bit and they lost a lot of guys in front of him. Hopefully some of the young guns really step it up in key situations late in the game.

I still look for a NL Central Championship, but the playoffs could be dicey with the bullpin. Here's hoping they can pull it off though.

B.

[cokehead]

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go cubs

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[MicroBob]

I cheer for the Reds...who will likely suck again this year.


What is this doing in this forum?

[crosse91]

go cards!