I think garcia is a lock for the rotation unless he sucks.  I could also see them moving him at somepoint.  That would be my advise.  Also i think craig is going to get most his playing time in rf.  Idk why this board (fors, tk) shy away from that idea.  They have never worried about craigs outfield time.  They have played berkman and beltran out there in recent years.  I believe craig was shagging flys in the ws.  The fo and MM believe he can play the position. 

I look for the team to do nothing more.  I think they will go into the season like this and address any concerns with a mid season trade.  That gives a chance for some guys like motte and garcia to prove they are healthy.  I also think mo is reluctant to deal from a surpluse untill he knows he has a surpluse.  Softmore years can be rough and the injury bug has bit the cardinals early the last 2 years. 

I also think they the cardinals can use peralta as insurance against wong by moving him to third and carp back to second.  That puts kozma back at short but as tk said, mm seems to trust him.

"Also i think craig is going to get most his playing time in rf. Idk why this board (fors, tk) shy away from that idea."

My issue isn't whether he can play RF--I think he's more than capable of being at worst an average outfielder.  My issue is whether he can stay healthy playing the outfield on an everyday basis given that he missed time during the last 2 seasons with separate knee and foot injuries. 

I'd rather have a healthy Allan Craig for 160 games at 1B than an oft-injured Allan Craig playing 100 games in RF.  That's my only concern.

artie_fufkin wrote:

They're apparently going to let Nathan Axford Forrest walk and try to sign him at a cheaper salary. He made $5 million last year and one website projects he would be awarded $5.7 million in arbitration. I imagine his return depends upon how much the Cardinals offer and how much he likes playing in St. Louis.
I think we all liked what we saw after he came to St. Louis, and there's always interest in a guy who can throw a 97 mph fastball, but obviously there's no way the Cardinals are going to pay that much for a setup guy with an unreliable breaking pitch and a brittle psyche.

 

Yeah he is pretty over paid at that price when ur looking at all the replacement u could have for him play for less then a million.  Id like to see him back tho.  Motte 7.5 million contract is looking bad as well.

APIAD wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

"Also i think craig is going to get most his playing time in rf. Idk why this board (fors, tk) shy away from that idea."

My issue isn't whether he can play RF--I think he's more than capable of being at worst an average outfielder.  My issue is whether he can stay healthy playing the outfield on an everyday basis given that he missed time during the last 2 seasons with separate knee and foot injuries. 

I'd rather have a healthy Allan Craig for 160 games at 1B than an oft-injured Allan Craig playing 100 games in RF.  That's my only concern.

I understand the arguement. I dont really diagree but i think the club does. I dont think they have jay and bourjos both starting. I hate that idea as well.
 

I agree AP.  I never thought the organization had concerns about playing Craig in the outfield.  Those concerns were always mine,