Pretty crushing blow to a roster that had some chance to contend with the questionably allocated duct tape applied this offseason. Obviously anything can happen and solid players can arise from nowhere this time of year. However, the odds of success decrease quite a bit when perhaps the 2nd best player on your roster is out for the season. Replaced with Batista or Snell or others brought in to cover the shittyness of Lohse who is now the 4th starter?
Might be the melancholy of the past two weeks being a Cards fan but I am seeing a 75-80 win team with Pujols either leaving or signing a brutally expensive contract.
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