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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Holliday signs. The Deal is Done. $120 Million over 7 years.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=stl
Signed or controlled for the next 2 years
Shumaker 2B
Rasmus CF
Pujols 1B
Holliday LF
Ludwick RF
Molina C
Freese 3B
Ryan SS
And 2 CY Young caliber starting pitchers
Carp and Wainwright P
We get Lohse or Garcia to step up and be a reliable 3rd starter in the playoffs we can win a World Series with this line up. |
Absolutley we can win with that lineup. The "closer" roll still has many
question marks for me. Some one posted about Franklyns 15 minutes are up.
I tend to agree with that. He's not going to over power any ML batter when his slider isn't hitting his intended location. All the teams have the "book" on him now.
I would not have cried about losing Holiday, but I'm sure one happy camper that he's back in uniform with the Cardinals. Pujols now knows the Cardinals front office is dead serious on winning. Albert will be on a mission
BRCs lineup is nasty but we can't have Rasmus go into a sophmore slump.
I have no doubt that Schumacher and Ryan will be better at the plate.
Having Schumacher and Ryan togeather up the middle will be a plus.
Going into last season we didn't know what to expect up the middle at
SS or 2B. Now that problem has been put behind us what looks like for several seasons.
With Wainwright and (healthy) Carpenter as our 1 and 2, the Cardinals
should be a MAJOR force in the NL for several years to come.
Injuries are always the equalizer !
With all this snow and artic temps out and about everywhere, I'm longing for the BIRDS on the BAT to get cranked up.
Nice thread BRC
