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St. Louis Cardinals: Offseason Personnel Plan

Posted: 18th October 2009 by Joel Koch in MLB
The St. Louis Cardinals enter the offseason in a frustrated, yet excited state. They were just swept out of the playoffs. Matt Holliday, Mark DeRosa, Joel Pineiro, Rick Ankiel, and John Smoltz enter free agency. Tony La Russa and the entire coaching staff are free agents. But, the Cardinals did make the playoffs for the first time since 2006, and have a great base of young talent brewing. Decisions, decisions. What should the Cardinals ...

Laying Out the St. Louis Cardinals Offseason

Posted: 15th October 2009 by Joel Koch in MLB
The St. Louis Cardinals are facing a pivotal offseason. Albert Pujols has two years left on his contract and has stated again that he wants to wait and see the commitment. The Cardinals traded a lot of depth to win now and lost. Those pieces are free agents. The Cardinals have $56 million committed to eight players (and Julio Lugo for free). So how will they spend that? The Cardinals will have two ...