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2009 Cardinals Player Grades

Our initial goal was to have this series done by say…Turkey Day or so but in my mind President’s Day makes a lot more sense. And here’s why — the Cardinals had no clue how the last three months were going to play out and the results to me were still going to be skewed [...]

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Hey, remember this series? Let’s see if we can knock out a few more positions before pitchers and catchers report, eh?
By games played at the position of first base:

G
GS
1B ▾

Albert Pujols
160
158
159

Yadier Molina
140
136
6

Chris Duncan
87
71
6

David Freese
17
5
3

Mark DeRosa
68
61
3

Jason LaRue
51
26
2

Troy Glaus
14
5
2

Matt Pagnozzi
6
0
1

Tyler Greene
48
29
1

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/2/2010.

Albert Pujols
I, much like other (all more esteemed) folks writing around [...]

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Today’s post took much longer than I planned for two reasons. The first is related to the Cardinals but the second, is well, not even close. For those that know me, my love for movies is nearly on par with that of a certain St. Louis sports team. We are going to keep this rolling [...]

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As Josh mentioned yesterday, we are embarking upon a month-long (or so) series of report cards for the 2009 Cardinals, and he kicked it off with his grades at the catcher position yesterday.
Now it’s my turn.
Yadier Molina
Yadi has long been well regarded in big league circles as an outstanding defensive catcher, one of the best. [...]

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How fitting is it that nearly all candidates to take home the top pitcher of the year award have the Molina boys to thank in some way. CC has Jose and last year’s winner, Tim Linecum, plays catch with Bengie. While it is easy to put Carp and Wainer on a pedestal, enough isn’t said [...]

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