Our MV3's really make our offense not as vulnerable to injuries as other teams. I liken it to being a running back for the Denver Broncos. You can plug a lot of guys in there and they'll be relatively successful. If we lost one of our big guys for any period of time, I don't think we'd be as affected say if the Cubs lost Ramirez for awhile. True Blue Cubs Fan, so basically you're saying that the Cards were pretty good in all aspects of baseball last year, with a little luck with injuries and scheduling. I expect that same well balanced team to show up this year as well, even more well balanced as Mulder strengthens our starting pitching. Cubs fans point to our fluky, career year starters, but you also have to look at Morris and Williams, our 1 and 2 coming into the season really not pitching well last year (with the exception of Williams' second half). The bullpen is up in the air and that worries me, as I agree with VA Ball that the bullpen made us a 105 win team, rather than just a really good team. Kline and Calero are big losses, but we didn't have Haren until the playoffs so he didn't factor into our bullpen's performance last year. Same with Renteria, if we're replacing last years numbers, it's not that difficult.
