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It’s me again, and yes, it has been awhile.

One of my favorite days of the year has to be draft day.  For a hyperventilating prospect geek like myself, it is like Christmas in June.  And this year, the draft happened to fall on my birthday.  What a gift.

I thought it would be fun to do a draft review here with a couple of the guys who were in the draft day chats.  erik and the baaron were up for it and here is what we came up with.

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Colby Rasmus (photo by Dustin Mattison)

Before I get into my column today, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Dustin Mattison and you may have read my work at a variety of places. You will find most of my work over at the Birdhouse where I cover the minor leagues along with some major league work. Since joining the Scout.com network, I have had the opportunity to meet and interview quite a few of the minor leaguers we all love to talk about at places such as Future Redbirds.

Some of you may remember that one of my question and answer sessions caused quite a bit of stir back in early December. It was a piece I did with Mark Worrell the day before he was sent to San Diego for Khalil Greene.

I got my start at my blog, Whiteyball. The site is up and running again thanks to a good group of guys who take their Cardinal baseball very seriously.

During the summer, if my children, Anna and Zac, are not playing, you will hopefully find me in a minor league park somewhere. My first trip is already planned; I will be in Springfield during the team’s opening weekend. (Writer’s note: Luckily my wife Christina is tolerant and has developed a love for the minor league game as well.) But enough about me, let’s talk some baseball.

I know that this is a prospect site but I feel the make up of the opening day roster is pertinent to what is discussed hear on a daily basis. With the news of Joe Mather being sent to Triple-A Memphis, the St. Louis Cardinals now have 25 players on its roster. Unless there are some unforeseen changes, this is the team that will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.
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