Where to start? Well, first, let's everyone take a nice, deep breath. It is extremely unlikely, although possible I suppose, that the Cardinals will only win 70 games and finish last. Last year, they finished right about .500. They have lost three of their veteran core players (Eckstein, Edmonds, and Rolen), but all three were hurt last year, and none of them played really up to par when they were in the lineup, and none of them pitches. The team has replaced Rolen with Troy Glaus, which should involve little loss from last year's playing level, and they have a good plan to replace Edmonds. Shortstop and leadoff man aren't really covered yet, but David Eckstein wasn't all that great at either job last year. So no, I don't see any disasters here.
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/looking_forward/discussion/looking_forward_to_2008_st_louis_cardinals/
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