Covering MLB with a focus on the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals
Jason Motte tore a ligament in his right elbow during spring training in 2013 and had Tommy John surgery to fix it, but that operation requires about a full year of rehab before a pitcher can return to the mound in a Major League Baseball game.
The St. Louis Cardinals have gone through a 15-game stretch when they’ve scored more than three runs just five times, yet they’ve won eight of those games.
The schedule in May is not quite as easy as the one the Cardinals cruised through in April.
Less than three weeks into the 2012 regular season, the St. Louis Cardinals entered play Saturday with a 10-4 record and already a four-game lead over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers.
The addition of Fielder has increased the divide between the Royals and Tigers in the division.
