Cards News and Notes: Pitching philosophy, trade opportunities, Eric Hosmer

Here’s everything you missed at VEB yesterday:

Will the culture of re(tanking)building leave the Cardinals with no trade partners? Ben Godar wonders if the win-now vs. rebuilding dichotomy means the Cards will have a harder time making trades.

In Search of the Missing (Pitching) Link: The Red Baron’s thoughts on Derek Lilliquist’s dismal, and what it could mean for the way the Cards use their pitchers. In other news, this is probably the last time I have to look up how to spell Derek Lilliquist’s name.

Does Eric Hosmer to the Cardinals make sense?: Your daily Hunt and Peck centers on a potential free agent acquisition.