Fire Up The Stove

I know its a little early to get the real Hot Stove league going, but here is a nice piece on the Cards farm system to ease you into the Cardinals off season.

I particularly liked the sound of this:

The Cardinals one-two punch of third baseman Roberto De La Cruz and righthander Santo Franco ranks among the best duo of Latin American signings by a team this year. I’m quite high on De La Cruz (you may have also heard him referred to as Robert Pina) based on the reports I’ve heard from scouts, who say that his bat is about as good as anyone’s available in Latin America this year. I don’t know if he’ll stay at third base—maybe you’ve heard that about a Cardinals prospect before—but it sounds like his bat has the potential to be valuable at any position.

Dammit. Will March never come?

What? Too early again?