Their hitting is good. Still, last year it was streaky. It should be more consistent.”

Question to fans of other teams. Do your teams get the same complaint about streaky hitting? That has been a primary complaint against the Cardinals offense for at least 15 years, and I'm just curious if this is one of those complaints that is true for all teams?

Yup and it goes back a lot longer than 15 years. I can remember this complaint about the Red Sox dating back to the 70s (too many sluggers, not enough speed).

Yup and it goes back a lot longer than 15 years. I can remember this complaint about the Red Sox dating back to the 70s (too many sluggers, not enough speed).

Well in St Louis, it's about 15 years, basically with TLR becoming manager and him bringing in American League style baseball.

I always got the impression that other teams/fans/writers had the same complaint about their own team. Which always made the complaints somewhat useless. (And of course another complaint I see from multiple teams/fans is that their team can't hit soft tossing lefties that don't belong in the majors)

“With Rosenthal, you’re going to have to beat the Cardinals in six innings,” said Herzog. “And he’s going to get better. Look at the curve he’s got.

As Bill James pointed out, Herzog tends to overrate curveball pitchers, apparently because Herzog himself could not hit a good curve.

As Bill James pointed out, Herzog tends to overrate curveball pitchers, apparently because Herzog himself could not hit a good curve.

That may be true, but Rosenthal looks like a legit closer. Motte's pretty good as well. Mujica and Rzep could be solid. The pen doesn't strike me as significantly above average. I'm just hoping we can actually match our pythag record this year.