I am filled with excitement as the winter of our discontent comes to a close and baseball returns to all of our lives on this first high-socks-Sunday of the 2016 St. Louis Cardinals season. I know that I am not alone in this excitement and know that there are many fans counting down the hours until the first National Anthem is played.
I know too that there are many lingering questions as the Cardinals exit spring training. With these questions in mind, and in reaction to the myriad of changes faced this spring, I will venture to propose the following predictions for 2016.