With Jake Westbrook, Cardinals Choose To Upgrade Rotation, Not Second Base

In inking yeoman righty Jake Westbrook to a two-year, $17.5-million deal (including option buyout) yesterday, the Cardinals, made it clear that they preferred to solidify their rotation over upgrading at second base. For on the same day, the Marlins shipped payday-seeking second baseman Dan Uggla — likely to make around $12 million in 2010 — to the Braves for the mere price of a utility infielder and a future LOOGy.

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