This time tomorrow morning, the Cardinals will be warming up for their first game of 2019. Their first opponent Saturday afternoon, is the ‘new-look’ Miami Marlins.
The other opponent Saturday:
The weather.
Much like their fellow baseball brethren in Arizona, the Cardinals and the other Grapefruit League teams kicking off this weekend are potentially going to be victims of a wet start to spring baseball. However, I imagine 70-80 degree temps with rain are a lot more tolerable than the 30s and 40s with snow that Arizona has been getting.
The first ‘real’ baseball played in 2019 should kick off today with the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers taking on college teams, and the Tampa Bay Rays taking on the Philadelphia Phillies.