Scrub Weeks Recap

The Cards just finished up five series against five of the worst teams in the league: KC, Pitt, Washington (I know they are in first, but that is a fluke), Colorado, and Houston.

The Cards won four series, lost none, and tied against the Rockies. Overall they went 10-5. They could have easily taken another game in Colorado to make it 5-0 and 11-4, but those are pretty good numbers anyway. While the winning percentage grew a few points the division lead shrunk a little bit. The injured Cubs are winning the way you would expect the healthy Cubs to win. Clearly, this whole time it has been Wood and Prior holding them back. So now the Cubs are only 5.5 games back in the division. The division is shaping up the way it is supposed to be Cardinals, Cubs, everyone else.

Now we head into interleague play which should be exciting. The best three teams of the last year were clearly the Cards, Yankees and Red Sox. We should see some good baseball. Luckily, the Cards do not have to play the super hot Orioles. As far as Cards/Cubs goes the interleague scheduling is a big help for the Cardinals. This year both teams play the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays, but while the Cubs play the White Sox twice, the Cards play the Royals and the Devil Rays.

Other good news is that Rolen is on the road to recovery. The announcers today said that he was doing baseball activities and could possibly be back sometime in the next road trip. That would put him about 5 weeks into the original 4-6 weeks estimate. Mabry, Seabol and Nunez have done a good job filling in for him, but getting an All-Star back will really help. Hopefully, we can kill two birds with one stone and the roster moves when he comes back will result in Cedeno either going to Memphis or being released. Seabol has played at second a little so I suppose he could be a good pinch hitter and utility infielder after Rolen gets back.