The New Cardinals

Since late June the Cardinals have added Mark DeRosa from the Indians for Chris Perez and Jess Todd, gotten Julio Lugo from the Red Sox for Chris Duncan, and their newest aquisition Matt Holliday and $1.5 million from the A's for Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortensen, and Shane Peterson. I think these are good moves but I was really looking forward to seeing Brett Wallace appear as one of the rising stars for the Cardinals. The down side is that DeRosa's and Holliday's contracts are up at the end of the season but the Cardinals have intentions of signing them back. Just imagine if they had Troy Glaus healthy, Khalil Greene filling his potential, and Todd Wellemeyer playing like he did last year, we would be unstoppable! They're coming off a dissappointing series against the Phillies being outscored 8-21 in the last 2 games. Thankfully they're going back home to face the Dodgers in 4 game series with Chris Carpenter (8-3) vs. Randy Wolf (5-4) starting Monday on ESPN. Go Cards!!