Viva El Birdos Week in Review: 3/8/14-3/14/14

Fanpost(s) of Note

• stlfan: Comparable Players for Rookie Projections
• stlfan: What does WAR look like?

Saturday, 3/8

• The St. Louis Cardinals officially announced their extension with Matt Carpenter Saturday morning. I broke the deal down here and here.
• Fink dissected what to look for during the Cards-Nats game.

Sunday, 3/9

• I opined that one OOGY reliever is enough for the Cardinals (even though the club seems to disagree with me).
• Joe wrote about how the Carpenter extension brings stability to third base.
• Joe: The Cardinals signed Aledmys Diaz.

Monday, 3/10

• Craig took a look at the roster crunch the Carpenter extension and Diaz signing create.
• Fourstick gave us a retrospective on Carpenter's climb through the Cardinals farm system.
• Lil' Scooter delivered a special Carpenter edition of Hunt & Peck links.
• Fink analyzed the Cards-Tigers matchup in the 3/10 game thread.

Tuesday, 3/11

• I broke down how Diaz doesn't fit into the typical categories we typically place players, which makes analyzing his signing a bit tricky.
• Fourstick looked at where Diaz might start his professional career in the Cardinals organization.
• Joe explained why he thinks spring training is awesome.
• In the game thread post, Fink set the table for the Mets-Cards game.

Wednesday, 3/12

• Craig examined Yadier Molina defense.
• I looked at which Cardinals were getting IP and PAs in the spring training opportunity tracker.
• Rui unveiled the 2014 VEB projections for Michael Wacha.

Thursday, 3/13

• Rui led things off with the 2014 VEB projections for Joe Kelly
• Craig analyzed Jhonny Peralta defense and how changing teams might affect it.
• I explored when Diaz will become a free agent and why.
• Fink set the scene for the Cards-Braves game.
• I updated the Cardinals spring training roster matrix with the news that the club sent three players (including Oscar Taveras) to minor-league camp.

Friday, 3/14

• Joe started things off with a look back at the Jake Westbrook-Ryan Ludwick trade.
• I expressed my hope that Taveras has matured as much mentally as physically since I saw him almost three years ago in Low-A ball.
• Rui delivered the final (and saddest) 2014 VEB projections: Jaime Garcia.
• Lil' Scooter provided us her personally curated Hunt & Peck links.
• Fink told us everything we needed to know about the Cardinals-Astros matchup in his game thread post.