2002 World Series Champions

Monday, March 30, 2009

Projected Line Up- Spring Training Addition

This year, spring training is an exciting place. There are new players mixing with some fan favorites from years past. This is a season of change, an opportunity for management to turn the ship and go down a different path. Best place to see the change, is right here in the starting lineup. We will try and project the starting line up for the 2011 Cardinals. While there are some positions that are still up for grabs coming out of spring training, we believe the following to be an accurate projection.


  1. Carlos Trajano CF
  2. Dallas Parrish 2B
  3. Jacque Lee C
  4. Ricardo Lopez 1B
  5. Anthony Mayne RF
  6. David Hyun 3B
  7. Chris Thomas SS
  8. Pitchers Spot
  9. Francis Nelson LF
Projected Rotation:

Continuing with the "season of change" theme, next we look at the additions and subtractions of the past off season.

Additions: Carlos Trajano, Russ Taylor, David Hyun and Jimmie Guzman.

Subtractions: Jonathan Campbell, Howie Lincoln, Donald Perez, Miguel Prieto, Roland Silva, Hideo Takada and Bruce Wells


Monday, March 16, 2009

2011- The Season of Change

Team officials will look back at this year and will hopefully say that this was the season that turned the fortunes of the franchise around.  While this years team won't be feared much on the field, maybe the moves off the field will be more frightening.  There are rumors this off season that the team will be shopping some of it's veteran players in an attempt to bring in new and younger talent.  Some of the names being mentioned are Shawn Knott, Donald Perez, Max Hererra, Tony Melo and Yannick Woodson.  

Some people within the Cardinals club house feel that this is happening too soon.  That the players feel that they might be one or two players short of making the playoffs, being in a weak division.  This reporter feels that now is the time to clean out the cupboard and bring in new players and start the rebuild process now.  

I guess for now we will just have to sit and wait.  One good thing, the Cardinals have a terrific group of fans and they expect a quality product on the field, but if they have to endure another 100+ loss season, it might be time to look for another GM.