>Reds Attempt to Recreate Cards of 2004 Falling Apart

>Walt Jocketty, former GM of the St. Louis Cardinals and current GM of the Cincinnati Reds, has put together a team in Cincinnati that resembles another team that wore red back in 2004.  When he traded for Jim Edmonds, Jocketty had pieced together five members of that 2004 Cardinal team: Edmonds, Russ Springer, Scott Rolen, Miguel Cairo and Jason Isringhausen (who is pitching in Triple-A).

Unfortunately, the 2004 Cardinals were dominating 6 years ago, which means all of those players are 6 years older (and they weren’t exactly spring chickens at the time).  Well, Father Time is starting to catch up to them.

Jim Edmonds, just 3 for 22 with the Reds, is reportedly heading for the DL with a strained oblique where he will be joining another former Cardinal, Russ Springer, who is going to miss the rest of the season following back surgery.  It’s only a matter of time before they call up Izzy and he starts coughing up leads late in the game.

>MLB Draft – #25 Pick Edition

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One thing that you’ll probably discover over time is that I am a huge St. Louis Cardinal fan.  I fully realize that by saying this, some people will no longer read this blog, which is exactly why I’m saying it in an early post before anybody is actually reading the blog to begin with – you can’t say I didn’t tell you!

With the #25 pick, the St. Louis Cardinals drafted 3B Zack Cox, a sophomore out of the University of Arkansas.  At the time of the draft, the Razorbacks were playing Washington State for a birth in the Super Regional.  Shortly after being drafted, Cox continued a long-standing tradition for Cardinal third basemen.

Following in the shoes of Troy Glaus and Scott Rolen, Cox came out of the game because of a ‘minor’ injury.  When asked about possible injury concerns, Cardinal GM John Mozeliak said, “We are planning on Zack making his major league debut on the DL.  We really think we can get him through the minors in no time, so he can start his career of rehab and bench-warming right away.”