Baseball is finally back. The free agent market has heated up and the St. Louis Cardinals first spring workout is on Monday. There is finally a sense of optimism in baseball fans everywhere, and that optimism has certainly spread to the Cardinals. According to both John Denton and Derrick Goold, Oli Marmol and the Cardinals would be disappointed with anything less than a championship this season. John Denton also wrote that Marmol said he “couldn’t be more excited about directing a Cardinals franchise that already has established a championship-or-bust mentality.”
The first question, then, is can this team win a World Series this year and should it be disappointed if it doesn’t?