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2006 St. Louis Cardinals
Predictions
Increase your chances of cashing in with baseball betting this summer
with our 2006 St. Louis Cardinals predictions. The Cardinals 2005
campaign was a disappointment due to the high expectations that were set
by a World Series birth in 2004. The Cardinals had 5 less regular season
wins, with 100, in 2005 than they did in 2004, largely because of
winning just 9 of 19 down the stretch and just 16 of their remaining 30.
It’s never a good idea to be content and say that you can just turn it
on come playoff time. This type of complacency is definitely something
to look for down the stretch with both good and bad teams. Don’t let
yourself take too many hits before backing off in this situation. The
better plays down the home stretch of the season are games with
something riding on them. St. Louis putting the remainder of the regular
season on cruise control ultimately cost them as they fell to the Astros,
who finished the regular season 19-11, in last year’s playoffs.
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I’m guessing St. Louis won’t fall into the same trap as easily this
season. You can definitely expect the Cardinals to get off to a quick
start right out of the gates as they are one of the best run-scoring
teams in baseball. They continue to crush right handed pitching, only
having one losing season versus right-handers over the last 7 years.
With Pujols, Edmonds, and Eckstein spear-heading the attack, you can
count on another highly productive offensive year for the Cardinals.
Look for your spots to cash in big when these sticks are up against
righties. Juan Encarnacian batted .287 last year, but if the Cardinals
are going to be a force and compete with teams like the Yanks and the
Mets, they will need to get a little more productions out of guys like
Junior Spivey and Scott Rolen. Rolen was hurt last season but should be
healthy to start this season and that will provide as good of a middle
set of hitters as you will find in any lineup in the National League.
Good pitching always beats good hitting, however, and ultimately it was
the Astros pitching staff who kept the Cardinal hitters at bay in the
playoffs. The NL Central is stacked with great pitching and St. Louis
probably has the 3rd best staff behind Chicago and Houston. However, St.
Louis’ pitchers tend to over achieve thanks to great run support.
Carpenter, Mulder, and Suppan all had 16+ wins, and I expect Marquis to
join that club this season. The St. Louis Cardinals will be a good team
to back this season as their big bats are rarely asleep and their
pitchers don’t make many costly mistakes. Last season the Cards
surprisingly had the lower ERA at 3.49 in the National League. Four of
the club’s 5 starters had 10+ wins. They have also added a great fifth
starter with loads of potential in Sidney Ponson. He is coming over
from the Baltimore Orioles and even though he has had some off-field
problems recently, if he can get his act together he can be a solid
starter who picks up 20 wins. The bullpen is tough in Saint Louis and
closer Jason Isringhausen is reliable whenever he is not on the disabled
list.
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