2010 MLB Predictions: Cardinals’ Studs and Duds Strategy Won’t Get Them a Title

Posted: 18th March 2010 by Rick Milleman in MLB
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The St. Louis Cardinals seem to be practicing the old fantasy baseball strategy of “Studs and Duds.” In this strategy, a team uses a very large amount of its auction dollars on a few superstars and then fills in the rest of its lineup with a lot of $1 and $2 players. The idea is that the studs will pile up enough quality stats to allow the duds to fill in a little and put your team over the top. Unfortunately, this strategy rarely works, and it looks like it will only work in St. Louis this season due to such a weak division. The Cardinals will trot out the best one-two pitching punch in the National League in Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter. They finished second and third in National League Cy Young voting last season and should both be contenders again this season. Betwee ...

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