AUTHOR: erich job TITLE: 2010 Cardinals projecter roster,with projected stats,and projected record DATE: 3:55:00 PM ----- BODY:

Hey again,since I was unable to blog yesterday,I have a bonus for you today. Lineup 2B-Skip Schumaker [L]: .301 Batting Average, 3 home runs,41 RBIs, 2 stolen bases, .363 OBP SS-Brendan Ryan [R]: .279 Batting Average, 0 home runs, 20 RBIs , 10 stolen bases, .340 OBP LF-Matt Holliday [R]: .318 Batting Average, 30 home runs, 99 RBIs, 13 stolen bases, .404 OBP, .565 SLG,OPS .969 1B-Albert Pujols [R]: .334 Batting Average, 39 homer runs, 125 RBIs, 7 stolen bases, .428 OBP,.616 SLG, 1.044 OPS RF-Ryan Ludwick [R]: .267 Batting Average, 30 home runs, 105 RBIs, 2 stolen bases, .326 OBP, .469 SLG, .795 OPS 3B-David Freese [R]: .280 Batting Average, 15 home runs, 70 RBIs, 0 stolen bases, .313 OBP, .484 SLG, .797 OPS C-Yadier Molina [R]: .260 Batting Average, 6 home runs, 44 RBIs, 0 stolen bases, .327 OBP, CF-Colby Rasmus [L]: .251 Batting Average, 16 home runs, 70 RBIs, 0 stolen bases, .545 OBP Bench SS-Tyler Greene [R]: ['09 stats] .222 Batting Average, 2 home runs 7 RBIs, .270 OBP Julio Lugo 2B/SS [R]: .271 Batting Average, 3 home runs, 21 RBIs, .336 OBP C-Jason LaRue [R]: .232 Batting Average, 4 home runs, 16 RBIs, .316 OBP Rotation Adam Wainwright [R]: 18-5, 3.17 ERA, 34 starts, 3 complete games, 257 innings pitched, 224 strikeouts, 72 walks Chris Carpenter [R]: 10-6, 3.88 ERA, 28 starts, 0 complete games,165.2 innings pitched, 122 strikeouts, 33 walks Kyle Lohse [R]: 9-10, 4.81 ERA, 3o starts, 0 complete games, 183.1 innings pitched, 120 strikeouts, 50 walks Brad Penny [R]: 10-8, 3.96 ERA, 32 starts,0 complete games, 191 innings pitched, 114 strikeouts, 53 walks Mitchell Boggs [R]: ['09 stats] 2-3, 4.29 ERA, 16 games, [9 starts] 0 complete games, 58 innings pitched, 46 strikeouts,33 walks Blake Hawksworth [R]: ['09 stats] 4-0, 2.03 ERA, 30 games, 40 innings pitched, 20 strikeouts,15 walks Bullpen closer- Ryan Franklin [R]: 5-4, 40 saves/46 opps, 2.84 ERA, 68 games, 73 innings pitched, 47 strikeouts, 22 walks lefty set-up- Trever Miller: 1-1, 0 saves/0 opps, 3.57 ERA, 69 games, 48 inning pitched, 45 strikeouts, 20 walks lefty set-up- Dennys Reyes: 2-3, 0 saves/0 opps, 3.11 ERA, 47 games, 53 innings pitched, 47 strikeouts, 29 walks righty set-up-Jason Motte: 2-2, 3 saves/3 opps, 3.10 ERA, 69 games, 56.2 innings pitched, 70 strikeouts, 23 walks mid-relief- Kyle McClellan[R] : 3-5, 3 saves/3 opps, 3.73 ERA, 67 games, 71 innings pitched, 55 strikeouts, 30 walks Mid-relief-Josh Kinney [R]: 1-0, 0 saves/0 opps, 4.56 ERA, 45 games, 47.1 innings pitched, 38 strikeouts, 20 walks Whoops I left out the Cardinals projected 2010 record. The Cardinals should win the NL Central once again,with a record of 91-71.

----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Franchise835 DATE:2/17/2010 02:32:00 PM Pujols will be third guaranteed, Carpenter out of respect if healthy will be opening day starter...also i would more than expect Rasmus batting 2nd not 8th..you won't see Colby 8th or 9th really ever....if LaRussa goes back to lineup w/ pitcher 8th you will see Ryan 9th or vise versa based on lefty/right matchup with Schumaker/Julio Lugo ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: erich job DATE:2/17/2010 05:41:00 PM I appreciate your input,but if you look at Rasmus's hitting numbers,compared to Ryan's numbers,Ryan's numbers are way better. I understand that Rasmus was a rookie,and he had the injury bug,but I don't see him hitting at the top of the order this year. Will he in 2011? Probably yes. I also forgot that Larussa puts pitchers in the 8 spot. ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Franchise835 DATE:2/19/2010 03:22:00 PM LaRussa likes a guy with good OBP in the 9 spot to act as a second leadoff man....much of the time last year Ryan was batting 9th, with Rasmus in the 2/7/6 hole. Why do you have Holliday 3rd??! that never happened at all Pujols hasnt batted anywhere outside of the 3 hole im pretty sure in 7 to 8 years now, outside of pinch hitting. More than likely you'll see Yadi as a 6 or 7, LaRussa loves his ability to hit the ball to opposite field. He even started in the cleanup hole at least 4 times last year.

I think a much more accurate lineup is

against Righties

1. Schumaker
2. Rasmus
3. Pujols
4. Holliday
5. Ludwick
6. Molina
7. Freese
8. Pitcher
9. Ryan/Lugo

against lefties
1. Lugo
2. Ryan
3. Pujols
4. Holliday
5. Ludwick
6. Rasmus
7. Molina
8. Freese
9. Pitcher

you will see a lot of different lineups cuz LaRussa likes switching up the lefties and righties so Rasmus may be in the 5 or 2 hole a lot. He always has said that no matter what the strength of the starting pitcher he likes to give them different looks so they dont get comfortable seeing 3 or 4 righties in a row ----- --------