i agree with everything u said except the part about getting rid of tony. we won in 06. if he wants to get a little egocentric he gets a pass in my book. what u failed to mention is who would manage instead of tony. everybody knows the problem yet nobody knows the solution. who do u want buck showalter? he and bobby knight r good friends and have very similar personalities. its not a friendly persona but its a winning one. do u remember the cardinals before larussa? do u?

i want a winner. i dont care that the best manager in the game today, who just happens to manage our team, has an ego. his ego gives us confidence. his ego helped our undermanned team win 86 games last year. whats really important personal feelings or championships?

Mo needs to get his own guy in there. A manager that will not squabble with every decision he makes. Mo knows what hes doing. TLR is not a GM for a reason. TLR can manage, but roster decisions needs to be left up to Mo. PEriod. TLR ego > grand canyon.

2) You’re right. Had that mixed up.

2) Your wrong and Craig isn’t even on that list you linked to, that is for major leaguers, when has Craig ever played in the major leagues? Those projections include BIS, STATS, FSR, and TZ. Your referencing -3 from minorleaguesplits which is only TZ.

2) Wrong. CHONE has defensive projections for 2009. They say he’ll be -3 at 3B so I rounded down to -5 at 2B.

If the Cardinals want to find an internal option they should try shuffling some players prior to major leagues. That’s not when you want a player to try and learn a radically new position. If I have to pick between converting Schu in the majors and Craig in the minors, I think Craig’s conversion is more likely to be successful.