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Not long until pitchers and catchers report. Twenty days or so. Baseball season is almost here! Right now though, we talk about what the Cardinals need to do to get ready for the start of spring.

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The Cardinals didn’t have many needs as the season ended although they probably could use one more veteran starting pitcher to go with RHPs Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Kyle Lohse

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–Although RHP John Smoltz had shown interest in returning to St

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Trying to flesh out their rotation, the Cardinals, without much money to spend after re-signing left fielder Matt Holliday, signed former Cubs and Orioles left-hander Rich Hill to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to spring training

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ZiPS projections for the 2010 season have been out a few days, now, so you probably already have a rough understanding of the lineup, but sometimes these things look clearest when laid out in a more familiar format. Here, then, is the lineup, as I understand it.

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As useful as these pitchers may be, they are the guys the Cardinals are trying to avoid playing. They are… the Memphis rotation.

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Checking out the threat of Pirates. Verdict: not much of one.

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Cardinals out of the mix for Edmonds

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