The St. Louis Cardinals are team built to prevent runs. Pitching and defense have formed the foundation of the Cardinals' early-season success. That's not to say that the club's batting has been bad. It's been a fair-to-middling attack. In order to see the St. Louis lineup's strengths and weaknesses, we're going to see how the individual Cardinals' stats compare to the MLB's batting stats as a whole for non-pitchers and the collective stats for players who play a specific position. All stats are through play on Saturday, June 13.
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FanDuel
SBN and FanDuel have entered into an exclusive partnership for daily fantasy baseball during the 2015 season. Albert Pujols is swinging a pretty hot bat and the Angels will have lefty Robbie Ray start against them tonight. For old time's sake, I'd slot No. 5 in at first base. You can play FanDuel here.