Odds And Ends: Cardinals, Astros
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
A protein-laden set of links for Saturday breakfast:
Matthew Leach, Cardinals beat writer for MLB.com takes a look at the Red Birds upcoming offseason and what they're expected to do (and in the case of Kyle Lohse, already did): Before going to arbitration, the Cardinals have a little more than $67 million committed to nine players. One of those, Adam Kennedy, is likely to be traded, and there's also the $1.5 million buyout on Mulder's 2009 option. Leach estimates that after all the contract and arbitration items are settled, the Cards will have around $25MM to look for a middle infielder, a middle reliever, and ...
Ed Wade Begins Posturing For Ben Sheets - Astros Hot Stove Starts To Heat Up
The Crawfish Boxes —
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The rest of this post will serve as me simply synthesizing two of my previous posts, but again, I'm light on the critical thinking capacity.
Not related to anything else in this post, but something ...

