Big Mac Land

A look at the trades made in 2009, and whether the team is better or worse off as a result.

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Adam Wainwright gained two strikeouts per nine innings as a 27 year-old and it made him a Cy Young candidate. Is it normal? Is it sustainable?

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LaRussa Looking Beyond the Cardinals?

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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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The Cardinals went much further than almost anyone expected this spring but then not nearly as far as almost everyone expected once they got to October.

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–RHP John Smoltz, who struck out five men in a row in the final playoff game, is mulling whether to return

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