NL Central: Know Thy Enemy

Each week we take a look at those other teams in the NL Central

since most of the teams in the division won’t present much of a challenge this year, ahem, we wanted you to get a good laugh first.

A hilarious look at some very rare St. Louis Cardinals baseball cards. Don’t miss this one…

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Reds

Who is Drew Stubbs? His line in 32 games from the leadoff spot was .220/.324/.370; but in 84 games in the seven spot in 2010 he hit: .268/.332/.452 in 84 games in the No. 7 spot.

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Brewers

The Brew Crew signed 3B Casey McGehee to a one-year deal. In the story below, you find that he was looking for a little more.

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Cardinals

Chris Carpenter feels better and rambled nonsense on the phone for 45 minutes yesterday.

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How do you replace 15-20 wins from a starting pitcher?

Brandon Dickson gets his shot when he takes the mound today as the Cards sort through in-house contenders in their fifth starter job. A non-drafted pitcher, Dickson is the longshot. Kyle McClellan would be our favorite with Lance Lynn and P.J. Walters in the mix for the job that opened up after Adam Wainwright injured his elbow.

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Astros

The Astros hung the first Spring Training loss on the Detroit Tigers yesterday. A new pitcher with a recognizable name had a big hand in it.