Cardinals News and Notes: Rotation, Wisdom, Carlos, Last Night's Winner

Here is what went down yesterday at Viva El Birdos:

• Who will eat the innings for the 2018 Cardinals?: John takes a look at the 2018 rotation with Mike Leake no longer in the picture.
• Daily Farm Report: Wisdom hits #30, Mercado with 2 Hits, Hudson and Gallen Start: Nick has the rundown on all eight minor league games from Wednesday.
• Carlos Martínez hosts the Pujols Family Foundation Golf Tournament - A Hunt and Peck: Carlos Martinez is good. In related news, water is wet.
• Cardinals should destroy the Giants: Craig previews the Cardinals' four game set in San Francisco.
• Speaking of the Giants, the Cardinals destroyed them last night. Heather recapped the 5-2 win here.

Today in Birdos history: September 1st, 1998

Mark McGwire homers twice to power the Cardinals to a 7-1 road win over the Florida Marlins. McGwire’s first homer of the night, a solo shot off Livan Hernandez, broke Hack Wilson’s NL record for single-season home runs (56 for the Cubs in 1930) that had stood for 68 years.

Have a good one,

Tyler