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Birth Date	3-15-1985
Height	5' 11"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	39 years, 1 months, 8 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2010	SLN	25	105	323	86	19	2	4	24	50	3	2	4	.300	.359	.422	93	-2.3	1.3	-3.5	0.3
2011	SLN	26	159	503	135	24	2	10	28	81	7	6	7	.297	.344	.424	95	-2.1	0.3	-0.4	1.1
2012	SLN	27	117	502	135	22	4	4	34	71	15	19	7	.305	.373	.400	101	0.8	-0.5	7.2	2.4
2013	SLN	28	157	628	151	27	2	7	52	103	14	10	5	.276	.351	.370	96	-1.6	3.6	-6.3	1.5
2014	SLN	29	140	468	125	16	3	3	28	78	20	6	3	.303	.372	.378	105	2.9	-1.6	-8.6	0.5
2015	SLN	30	79	245	44	5	1	1	19	36	11	0	2	.210	.306	.257	72	-7.1	-0.1	0.9	0.1
2016	SDN	31	90	373	101	26	1	2	19	78	6	2	0	.291	.339	.389	84	-6.5	3.1	-1.2	0.7
2017	CHN	32	141	433	112	18	3	2	37	80	12	6	2	.296	.374	.375	94	-2.0	2.4	-10.1	0.2
2018	ARI	33	84	320	68	10	5	2	14	56	15	1	1	.235	.304	.325	80	-6.6	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1
2018	KCA	33	59	266	73	9	2	1	19	39	3	3	2	.307	.363	.374	80	-5.6	-0.5	3.2	0.3
2019	CHA	34	47	182	44	8	0	0	8	30	3	0	0	.267	.311	.315	78	-4.5	0.3	-6.2	-0.7
Career			1178	4243	1074	184	25	36	282	702	109	55	33	.285	.350	.375	92	-34.6	8.2	-25.5	6.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2006	QUD	A	MDW	60	268	.000	.000	.000	.376			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	PMB	A+	FSL	32	134	.262	.327	.384	.343	96	1.4	4.1	-2.2	101	0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.3
2007	SFD	AA	TXS	26	117	.256	.335	.402	.272	104	-1.3	3.3	-0.6	86	0	-0.9	1.7	-1.5	0.2
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	1	2	.187	.250	.244	1.000	70	0.5	0.1	0	71	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2008	SFD	AA	TXS	96	427	.274	.344	.420	.320	90	25	12.4	1	116	0	11.0	-0.4	-1.3	2.3
2008	MEM	AAA	PCL	16	64	.278	.344	.446	.404	98	3.4	2.0	0.2	126	0	1.4	0.2	1.3	0.5
2009	MEM	AAA	PCL	136	564	.272	.338	.412	.301	83	10.6	16.9	-2.1	96	0	-4.9	4.2	-1.0	1.3
2010	SLN	MLB	NL	105	323	.257	.324	.403	.350	89	11.4	8.9	-1.7	93	12	-3.5	1.3	-2.3	0.3
2010	MEM	AAA	PCL	42	191	.269	.339	.432	.345	102	8.3	5.8	-0.9	125	0	3.9	4.2	6.6	1.9
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	159	503	.255	.319	.400	.340	96	7.5	13.6	-1.1	95	10	-0.4	0.3	-2.1	1.1
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	117	502	.254	.319	.400	.355	99	12	13.7	1.2	101	10	7.2	-0.5	0.8	2.4
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	2	8	.270	.343	.436	.333	103	2	0.2	0	139	0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.1
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	157	628	.250	.312	.389	.325	101	2.2	16.5	1.5	96	6	-6.3	3.6	-1.6	1.5
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	140	468	.251	.311	.387	.363	102	7	12.1	0	105	7	-8.6	-1.6	2.9	0.5
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	79	245	.258	.318	.412	.246	93	-10.3	6.6	0.2	72	11	0.9	-0.1	-7.1	0.1
2015	PEO	A	MID	3	11	.263	.349	.377	.000	97	-2.7	0.3	0	47	0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	-0.1
2015	MEM	AAA	PCL	4	14	.284	.360	.425	.364	93	1.9	0.4	0	125	0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	90	373	.255	.317	.409	.371	94	4.2	10.6	0.2	84	10	-1.2	3.1	-6.5	0.7
2016	LEL	A+	CAL	3	11	.273	.324	.435	.333	86	0.3	0.3	-0.1	109	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
2017	CHN	MLB	NL	141	433	.260	.326	.436	.368	99	3	12.7	-1.3	94	9	-10.1	2.4	-2.0	0.2
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	84	320	.250	.319	.408	.284	101	-10.2	9.0	-2.3	80	7	-0.5	-0.1	-6.6	-0.1
2018	KCA	MLB	AL	59	266	.254	.323	.424	.360	104	0.7	7.5	-1.7	80	7	3.2	-0.5	-5.6	0.3
2019	CHA	MLB	AL	47	182	.250	.316	.422	.324	100	-4.8	5.5	-1.9	78	14	-6.2	0.3	-4.5	-0.7
2019	BIR	AA	SOU	3	10	.251	.310	.376	.200	98	-1.4	0.3	0	65	0	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
2019	CHR	AAA	INT	13	55	.292	.377	.471	.442	116	-2.3	1.9	-0.8	93	0	-1.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2006	QUD	A	MDW	268	234	42	80	13	3	3	108	45	28	27	9	4	.342	.417	.462	.120	1	1
2007	SFD	AA	TXS	117	102	17	24	4	2	2	38	11	11	19	4	1	.235	.333	.373	.137	0	0
2007	PMB	A+	FSL	134	126	19	36	8	0	2	50	10	5	25	5	2	.286	.323	.397	.111	0	0
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.000	0	0
2008	MEM	AAA	PCL	64	58	8	20	4	1	1	29	10	6	10	0	1	.345	.406	.500	.155	0	0
2008	SFD	AA	TXS	427	372	57	114	17	3	11	170	47	39	46	10	7	.306	.375	.457	.151	7	7
2009	MEM	AAA	PCL	564	505	72	142	23	2	10	199	54	34	64	20	8	.281	.336	.394	.113	8	8
2010	SLN	MLB	NL	323	287	47	86	19	2	4	121	27	24	50	2	4	.300	.359	.422	.122	1	8
2010	MEM	AAA	PCL	191	165	31	53	16	0	4	81	32	17	22	13	0	.321	.392	.491	.170	3	3
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	503	455	56	135	24	2	10	193	37	28	81	6	7	.297	.344	.424	.127	4	9
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	502	443	70	135	22	4	4	177	40	34	71	19	7	.305	.373	.400	.095	1	9
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	8	7	3	3	0	1	1	8	3	1	0	0	0	.429	.500	1.143	.714	0	0
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	628	548	75	151	27	2	7	203	67	52	103	10	5	.276	.351	.370	.095	5	9
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	468	413	52	125	16	3	3	156	46	28	78	6	3	.303	.372	.378	.075	4
2015	PEO	A	MID	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.000	0	0
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	245	210	25	44	5	1	1	54	10	19	36	0	2	.210	.306	.257	.048	2	3
2015	MEM	AAA	PCL	14	13	3	5	0	0	1	8	1	1	1	2	0	.385	.429	.615	.231	0	0
2016	LEL	A+	CAL	11	10	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	1	.300	.364	.400	.100	0	0
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	373	347	49	101	26	1	2	135	26	19	78	2	0	.291	.339	.389	.098	0	1
2017	CHN	MLB	NL	433	379	65	112	18	3	2	142	34	37	80	6	2	.296	.374	.375	.079	2	3
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	320	289	46	68	10	5	2	94	22	14	56	1	1	.235	.304	.325	.090	1	1
2018	KCA	MLB	AL	266	238	28	73	9	2	1	89	18	19	39	3	2	.307	.363	.374	.067	2	4
2019	CHR	AAA	INT	55	53	8	19	2	0	0	21	6	2	10	1	0	.358	.382	.396	.038	0	0
2019	BIR	AA	SOU	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0	0
2019	CHA	MLB	AL	182	165	12	44	8	0	0	52	9	8	30	0	0	.267	.311	.315	.048	1	5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2010	1232	0.4846	0.4123	0.8346	0.5578	0.2756	0.9219	0.6686	0.1654	-0.0014
2011	1821	0.4816	0.4635	0.8211	0.6363	0.3030	0.8961	0.6748	0.1789	0.0015
2012	1922	0.5021	0.4168	0.8627	0.5503	0.2821	0.9266	0.7370	0.1373	0.0016
2013	2331	0.4745	0.4389	0.8104	0.6203	0.2751	0.8878	0.6528	0.1896	-0.0037
2014	1624	0.4914	0.4840	0.8104	0.6667	0.3075	0.8872	0.6496	0.1896	-0.0067
2015	869	0.4833	0.4856	0.8507	0.6643	0.3185	0.9176	0.7203	0.1493	0.0024
2016	1419	0.5109	0.5144	0.7808	0.6910	0.3300	0.8583	0.6114	0.2192	0.0000
2017	1697	0.4750	0.5097	0.7908	0.6675	0.3670	0.8680	0.6636	0.2092	0.0000
2018	2253	0.4900	0.4860	0.7982	0.6413	0.3368	0.8856	0.6382	0.2018	0.0000
2019	707	0.5007	0.4950	0.8429	0.6328	0.3569	0.9063	0.7302	0.1571	0.0000
Career	15875	0.4883	0.4677	0.8170	0.6309	0.3120	0.8934	0.6689	0.1830	-0.0008

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-30	2014-08-05	DTD	6	5	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-
2012-05-15	2012-06-22	15-DL	38	35	Right	Shoulder	Soreness	From Separation	-
2012-04-22	2012-04-27	DTD	5	4	Right	Shoulder	Soreness	From Separation	-
2012-04-20	2012-04-21	DTD	1	1	Right	Shoulder	Separation		-	-
2007-07-10	2007-07-19	Minors	9	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2007-05-18	2007-06-24	Minors	37	0	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	ARI	$1,500,000
2019	CHA	$4,000,000
2018	KCA	$3,000,000
2017	CHN	$8,000,000
2016	SDN	$6,850,000
2015	SLN	$4,125,000
2014	SLN	$3,250,000
2013	SLN	$524,000
2012	SLN	$504,000
2011	SLN	$416,000

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$32,169,000
10 yr	Total	$32,169,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 134 d	CAA	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 2/11/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Released, re-signed by LA Angels 3/25/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 4/13/21. DFA by LA Angels 4/16/21. Sent outright to Alternate Site 4/23/21. Contract selected by LA Angels 5/6/21. DFA by LA Angels 5/14/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/17/21. Retired 4/28/22.
1 year (2020). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 2/3/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May opt out of contract 3/19/20 if not on Major League roster. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 150, 200, 250 plate appearances. $150,000 each for 300, 350 PA. $250,000 each for 400, 450, 500, 550 PA. Roster bonuses: $50,000 each for 85, 105, 125, 145, 165, 185 days on active roster. Contract selected by Arizona 7/18/20.
1 year/$4M (2019). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/8/19.
1 year/$3M (2018). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/6/18. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550, 575, 600 plate appearances. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Kansas City 6/6/18 ($1,870,968 remaining on contract).
1 year/$8M (2017). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/29/16.
2 years/$10.975M (2015-16). Signed extension with St. Louis 2/9/15 (avoided arbitration, $5M-$4.1M). $1.25M signing bonus. 15:$3.5M, 16:$6.225M. Acquired by San Diego in trade from St. Louis 12/8/15. (Padres pay $7.5M in cash to Cardinals as part of the deal.)
1 year/$3.25M (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$524,000 (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13.
1 year/$504,000 (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/22/12.
1 year/$416,000 (2011). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/18/09. Re-signed by St. Louis 3/4/10.
Drafted by St. Louis 2006 (2-74) (Miami-Fla.). $480,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	WARP
90^o	250	28	69	13	2	3	25	20	48	2	1	.312	.383	.430	114	14.0	1.5
80^o	230	25	60	12	1	3	22	17	45	2	1	.294	.364	.407	106	9.8	1.0
70^o	215	22	55	11	1	3	20	16	43	2	1	.288	.357	.403	100	7.1	0.8
60^o	202	21	49	10	1	2	19	14	41	2	1	.272	.340	.372	95	5.0	0.5
50^o	190	19	45	9	1	2	17	13	39	2	1	.265	.330	.365	90	3.2	0.3
40^o	178	17	41	8	1	2	16	12	37	1	1	.256	.322	.356	85	1.6	0.2
30^o	165	15	37	7	1	2	14	11	35	1	1	.248	.311	.349	80	0.2	0.0
20^o	150	14	33	6	1	2	12	9	33	1	1	.243	.302	.346	74	-1.3	-0.1
10^o	130	11	26	5	1	1	10	8	29	1	0	.220	.279	.305	66	-2.9	-0.3
Weighted Mean	195	20	47	9	1	2	18	14	40	2	1	.269	.335	.366	92	4.0	0.4

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-09-04 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Hamilton or Burr? (cowhitchurch from Austin)	Hamilton has more velocity and better statistics in the minors, so I'm going to lean in his direction, but I still think they look like 8th/9th inning relief options as soon as right now. The White Sox should also sign Jon Jay and Matt Adams as bench pieces and see if Reggie Jefferson wants to coach to get more Founding Fathers action. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-01-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)	With Upton gone and Myers supposedly moving to 1B, do the Pds give Rymwer Liriano a legit chance to earn a starting job? (Kingpin from Grinnell, IA)	I think he gets a legitimate opportunity, as Jon Jay is his primary competition. (Mike Gianella)
2015-06-30 19:00:00 (link to chat)	It looks like Matt Holliday is going to come off the DL shortly. What does St. Louis do about the resulting glut of above-average outfielders (plus Jon Jay) other than gloat a lot? (Bill from New Mexico)	They could make a trade, but their roster is so deep that it's hard to see what they'd do. Peter Bourjos would seem like the odd man out if they don't make a move. (Mike Gianella)
2015-06-02 18:00:00 (link to chat)	You and Mike Matheny switch roles, so that you fill out the major-league roster (and he does commentary, if anyone notices). Who gets the playing time with that crowded outfield situation? Holliday is obviously near 100%, but how do you apportion the rest between Jon Jay, Jason Heyward, Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk? (Bill from New Mexico)	I'm completely compromised when it comes to Peter Bourjos. I'd go Grichuck, Bourjos and Heyward LF/CF/RF with Jay filling in the corners and never ever setting foot in center again. (Mauricio Rubio)
2014-03-14 09:00:00 (link to chat)	Are there any NL-only 4th OF'ers or equivalent that you really like? I'm thinking of someone along the lines of Allen Craig a few yearsa ago that flashed some promise but was in line to back up at the start of the season. (mj1453 from chicago)	I like Drew Stubbs for the Colorado factor and because Corey Dickerson is no sure thing, Jon Jay as a sneaky value proposition behind the oft-injured Peter Bourjos, and Nate McLouth as a sneaky source of speed even as a backup. (Mike Gianella)
2013-12-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any logic behind a Jon Jay for Daniel Murphy trade? (izzy2112 from New York)	Not on St. Louis' part. They have Wong to slot in at second base. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-10-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Could Taveras play CF defense at the level Jon Jay does? It seems that the popular opinion is that Jay doesn't have very good range. From a scouting perspective, is that true? (jharrison3 from Illinois)	Taveras could be a 5 in CF. Nothing special. But the bat will crush. Jay is overrated defensively. He's not a THAT good out there. (Jason Parks)
2013-06-27 13:15:00 (link to chat)	So the Cardinals have an awesome problem. What are they going to do in 2014 with Oscar Taveras, Kolten Wong, and Matt Adams when Jon Jay, Matt Carpenter, and Allen Craig already in their respective positions? (Brady Childs from Boulder)	I wish we all had the Cardinals' problems. Carlos Beltran will be a free agent, and Craig can play a lot of positions, so finding time for Taveras, Adams, and Craig seems doable. Carpenter's emergence makes Wong a valuable trade chip. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-04-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Quickest route for me to get to the bigs this year? (Oscar Taveras from STL)	I mean, a guy in the Cardinals outfield gets injured, right? The longest route is hoping Jon Jay sucks (which I don't think he does, but it's technically a possible route). The Just Playing Your Sweet Ass Off route is a non-starter. (Sam Miller)
2012-12-20 14:00:00 (link to chat)	With Oscar Taveras raking in winter ball, do you see a way he can get a large amount of playing time with the Cardinals in 2013 without injury to the current roster? I can't believe they would bench Jay in center due to defense. (rookie319s from Saint Louis)	Thanks for stopping by, rookie319s. I don't think the Cardinals will be in a huge rush to promote Taveras, given that their outfield is full, so he'll probably end up getting more upper-minors seasoning than he needs. For now, he is - as you said - outstanding injury insurance, and a clear heir to Beltran's spot in right field. WARP had Jon Jay as a 3.2-win producer last year, so I agree with your sentiment that he should not be benched. (Daniel Rathman)
2012-10-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does any team have more potential impact talent hitting the majors next year than the Cardinals—with OSCAR, Kolten Wong, and Shelby Miller? (Billy from Ocean)	Nope, and I'm interested to see how the Cardinals work Taveras in next year -- if they do so at all. Jon Jay established himself this year and I wouldn't be surprised if the Cards let Taveras crush PCL pitching until an injury or September roster expansion opens up an opportunity for him in St. Louis. (Bradley Ankrom)
2012-07-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ive recently acquired joey votto in a ss league and been offered jj and zimmermann. what are your thoughts for jj in the second half. (j from some yankee town)	Depends on who J.J. is. If it's Putz, I think he'll improve a little but not enough to be interesting. If it's Hardy, he also is capable of better things. If it's Josh Johnson, same thing, but with perpetual injury risk. Who else is there? J.J. Hoover. Jon Jay. Jair Jurrjens. John Jaso. Jim Johnson. I'm not getting warm and fuzzy about any of these guys. So I guess it doesn't depend on who J.J. is. Good chance of small improvement, but nothing exciting. I wouldn't trade Votto for Zimmermann and anyone with the initials J.J. (Geoff Young)
2012-07-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	So what are the odds that Allen Craig gets named to the All Star team (injured Votto) and benched by his own team (for Berkman) in the same week? Or can we hold out hope that Berkman becomes MLB's best pinch hitter? (Hokieball from DC)	Haha, I don't think I'd hold my breath on that plan of action for Berkman. I'm sure they'll try to work Craig in at first and outfield whenever possible, but I'll be very interested to see if they try him at second. There was talk of it last year and it never really happened, but with the way he's hitting, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets some legs. The team could also bench Jon Jay more often, but since I own him pretty much everywhere, I'm not going to mention it... (Derek Carty)
2012-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who are your top undervalued targets for NL only leagues this year? (Senior from Lost in my mind)	Just had LABR NL this weekend, so I've got a bunch. Not all went for as low as I wanted, but how about: Michael Cuddyer, Lucas Duda, Jon Jay, Marlon Byrd, John Mayberry, Jose Altuve, Ryan Ludwick, Tyler Greene. None are sure things, obviously, but that's the nature of undervalued targets. In general, I think these guys will come cheaper than I'd pay for them (although that wasn't the case for Cuddyer, Duda, Mayberry, Byrd, and Altuve this weekend in a tough LABR crowd). (Derek Carty)
2010-09-15 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Got a snap post-mortem on what went so wrong with St. Louis in the last month? I understand small sample size regression to the mean, but why so many regressions all at once, and why were none of them for the better? (Bill from New Mexico)	They are a stars and scrubs roster, and when the stars struggle even a little bit, it is very tough to compete. Pitching Jeff Suppan more than zero times hurt, and not playing Rasmus everyday made little sense. I can't get on La Russa for all of this either, as his roster is complete with players like Brendan Ryan, Skip Schumaker, Jon Jay, Felipe Lopez, etc. The Cardinals, like the Mariners this year, needed to have a lot go right for them to have a great season; while everything went wrong with the Mariners, the Cards had some go right, enough to keep them in contention, but not enough to push them into the playoffs. (Eric Seidman)
2010-09-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Whither my Cardinals? While I'd like to see things turn around, they clearly gambled and lost this year in picking up some plug-ins (e.g. Pedro Feliz) hoping to catch lightning. So what should the offseason hold in store for them? (biggreentevas from Oakland CA )	The Cardinals withered, and it all comes back to the offense's tumble once they essentially traded Ludwick for Westbrook and started playing a regressing Jon Jay over Colby Rasmus. As to their offseason, the first question is whether LaRussa is coming back, because the team should be built in consultation with whoever's managing. But I do think the team's got to do resolve the Rasmus issue one way or the other, and do something to stabilize the middle infield with players better than Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-07-26 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Are the Cardinals destined to always have streaky, left handed center fielders? Lankford, Edmonds, Rasmus -- all look amazing when they hit, awful when they don't... (Andy from Chicago)	And Ankiel -- and then there's Jon Jay, who I actually watched for the first time last night as he crushed shot after shot to the right-center gap. Consider the alternative -- if they look amazing when they hit, that means you have a CF who CAN hit, at least occasionally. Lots of teams would take that. (Ken Funck)

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