With Spring Training fast approaching, MLB.com will take a look at a different aspect of this year's Cardinals squad each day this week. Today's topic: Spring Training is here.
JUPITER, Fla. -- On the heels of the longest offseason they've had in seven years, the Cardinals are eager to open camp this week, and they will do so with sights set on a different finish than the one that disappointed them last year.
It'll be the first time since 2013 that the Cardinals will enter Spring Training without the distinction of being reigning National League Central champs.