JUPITER, Fla. - The Cardinals will play baseball today. That means the first pitch, the first hit and the first fan or media angst toward something involving the lineup.
I kid, sort of. We love to breakdown the lineup, but manager Mike Shildt warned (and warned) folks not to read too much into his early spring lineups. Also, not every everyday player plays every day. For instance, Kolten Wong, Harrison Bader and Paul DeJong won’t play Saturday against the Mets here at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, because they will travel tomorrow to the road game.
With all that out of the way, let’s look at today’s lineup against Marcus Stoman, a righty.