Like most teams it probably all depends on how well their pitching performs. They have a ton of question marks in their rotation ranging from guys coming back from injury to under performing last year, Martinez is the only sure fire bet. Their bullpen is pretty good so not too many issues there. They shouldn't have too many problems scoring and should be a top ten scoring offense. The defense is going to cost them dearly several time this year, they are just awful defensively, their range is atrocious. I agree with you Duke, they may be lucky to win 81 games if their rotation falters. If their rotation steps up they'll be in the fight for at least a wild card. The generally sub par defense, especially on the infield, is going to wreak as much havoc on guys like Leake as it did last year and it's going to make the pitching staff look markedly worse than it probably really is. My bro in law is a huge Cards fan - thinks they're gonna win 90 games. I'm like - really?