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March 13, 2006

Team Health Reports

St. Louis Cardinals

by Will Carroll

Click here for the Cardinals' 2006 depth chart.

C – Yadier Molina – Molina has the position and his age working against him, but he also has interesting genetic comparables. It seems like there’s a factory down there in Puerto Rico, churning out catchers.

1B – Albert Pujols – At some point, the chronic foot problem is going to catch up to him. I just have no idea what point that is. He’s played through that and a torn UCL in his throwing elbow. Short of kryptonite, I don’t think he can be stopped.

2B – Junior Spivey – He’s a fragile player with a wrist injury. Add the rest of his health problems to competition at his position and he’s likely to get Pipped.

3B – Scott Rolen – Rolen came back from a similar injury before, so that’s a plus. It’s an all-or-nothing recovery, so that’s a minus. People ask if Rolen can get back to his 2004 form. A lot of players don’t get hurt and never recapture their peak value. Would you settle for 2003?

SS – David Eckstein – It seems so un-Eckstein to marry an actress. She’s on the Disney Channel and on a show with Jeff Foxworthy? Oh, that’s more like it.