The Nooner #16: Good News, Bad News

Welcome to the first Nooner of 2010!

I have today’s Spring Training game on in the background while I work, and my lunch hour has proven to be rather eventful.

First, the good news: According to this article by Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LHP Jaime Garcia will be announced as the team’s 5th starter for 2010 later today. I’m happy about this for a couple of reasons: having a lefty starter in the rotation is a great equalizer, and the fact that it’s a guy that came up through the system only strengthens the validation for the Cards’ “draft and develop” plans. Congrats, Jaime. Do us proud.

Now, the bad news: Yadier Molina came up lame running to third base in the second inning of today’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. Early reports indicate it’s a strained right oblique. Yikes. I’d imagine a catcher would have a pretty tough time coming back from this injury. Guess we’ll see…

–Chris