St. Louis Cardinals Prospects

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The St. Louis Cardinals farm prospects are in great shape, ranked #8. Some of these kids are the future of the Cardinals and some will probably be traded off, hopefully most of the top ranked players will have a very good future ahead of them. I am anxious to see the much hyped Colby Rasmus get a shot at playing, and we'll probably see him in Spring Training, along with some of the others on the list. I'm also anxious to see Brett Wallace and his batting skills get some playing time, along with Jess Todd on the mound. A couple of guy's that could potentially be a big part of this years bullpen, and possibly our closers, are Chris Perez, who's been clocked at 99 mph, and Jason Motte, the catcher turned pitcher with the fireballing strikeout pitch.

Although not a rookie, one player that I'm really anxious to see come back this year will be Josh Kinney. He did a good job in the 2006 World Series, I just hope he has fully recovered from his Tommy John surgery.

I think the future looks very bright for the Cards, I'm anxious for baseball season!

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Alright, I'm probably talking to myself, but I have to follow up this topic with a situation at 3rd base for the cardinals. It concerns prospects. The sudden and unexpected surgery on Troy Glaus' shoulder has changed the infield at 3rd base for at least 5 weeks into the season and possibly more. Losing him at 3rd is a big loss for the Cards, but at least it will be at the beginning of the season, and fortunately the Cards have a lot of depth there. Granted the depth is largely inexperienced, however it should give a couple of our prized prospects a chance to show what they can do. While not an ideal situation, it should be fun to keep an eye on how this turns out. My 1st vote goes with David Freeze, with Brett Wallace being a close second. Hopefully both will excel, and possibly give the Cards some trade bait for a more needed spot, perhaps a top tier starting pitcher.

From the STLToday.com web site, about David Freese; "The Cardinals coveted him when they traded Edmonds to San Diego last winter; they agreed to pay $1 million more of Jimmy Baseball’s salary so they could get Freese instead of another, lesser prospect being dangled by the Padres. And Freese, the hometowner, responded to his move to the Cardinals organization by making the jump from high Class A to Class AAA and batting .306 with 26 homers and 91 RBIs for Memphis. He made only 10 errors at 3B and impressed the Cardinals with his defense." And about Brett Wallace from STLToday.com; "Brett Wallace, the Cardinals’ No. 1 draft pick in the 2008 MLB draft. Many evaluators touted Wallace as perhaps the best pure hitter available in the draft. And Walrus didn’t disappoint. He started out at Class A Quad Cities, then was quickly moved to AA Springfield. And in 202 ABs over those two levels, he stroked a .337 batting average with a .429 OBP and .530 slugging percentage." A couple others could fill in, namely Brian Barden or Joe Mather, but I hope to see either Freese or Wallace get their chance.

Just think, spring training starts in about 3 weeks......

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They should make Jay McGwire chief of scouting operations...

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tippet, I noticed the Cards and Mets will be playing a spring training game this coming Friday the 27th @ 1:05. If you have access to SportsNet New York (SNY) it will be televised.