Season in Review: St.

Louis Cardinals
2013 Record: 97-65 - Home Record: 54-27 - Road Record: 43-38 Record by Month - April: 15-11 - May: 20-7 - June: 14-14 - July: 13-12 - August: 16-13 - September: 19-8 Longest Winning Streak: 6 Longest Losing Streak: 7 2013 Salary: $116,702,085 2013 Attendance: 3,369,769 (2nd of 15)

Summary
It could be argued that this St. Louis team was the best one the Cardinals have had in a decade. They came into the season with a vaunted offense and young, talented pitchers. They had some trouble with the Pirates in the NLDS, but ended up prevail 3-2 in the series. The Dodgers seemed the team to beat in the NL, but proved to be a team just in the way of the Cardinals and another World Series. However the Red Sox proved to be too much to handle as the Cardinals were dispatched in 6 games.

Transactions
- Traded Marc Rzepczynski to the Cleveland Indians. Received Juan Herrera (minors). - Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received John Axford. The St. Louis
Cardinals sent Michael Blazek (September 1, 2013) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Offense
Total Runs Scored: 783 (1st of 15) Average Runs: 4.8 Offensive WAR: 24.9 Lineup (WAR) C: Yadier Molina (5.7) 1B: Allen Craig (2.2) 2B: Matt Carpenter (6.6) SS: Pete Kozma (-0.2) 3B: David Freese (-0.3)

LF: Matt Holliday (2.7) CF: Jon Jay (1.5) RF: Carlos Beltran (2.4) Best Offensive Player: Matt Carpenter (.318/11/78) BA Leader: Yadier Molina (.319) HR Leader: Carlos Beltran (24) RBI Leader: Allen Craig (97) SB Leader: Jon Jay (10) OBP: Matt Carpenter (.392) SLG: Carlos Beltran (.491) OPS: Matt Holliday (.879)

Pitching
Total Runs Allowed: 596 (5th of 15) Average Runs Allowed: 3.7 Pitching WAR: 21.5) Rotation/Bullpen (WAR) 1: Adam Wainwright (6.2) 2: Lance Lynn (1.8) 3: Shelby Miller (3.4) 4: Jake Westbrook (-0.6) 5: Joe Kelly (2.6) RP: Trevor Rosenthal (1.4) CL: Edward Mujica (1.5) Best Pitcher: Adam Wainwright (19-9/2.94/219) Wins: Adam Wainwright (19) ERA: Seth Maness (2.32) Saves: Edward Mujica (37) Innings: Adam Wainwright (241.2) SO: Adam Wainwright (219)

Manager
Mike Matheny Career Record: 185-139 (Cardinals)

Three Up/Three Down

+ Havent missed a beat since Albert Pujols left + Best young pitching in the game + Oscar Taveras, the #2 overall prospect

- Shortstop position is a glaring weakness - Had 10 different pitchers start - Will they stay healthy for asecond straight year?

References
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2013.shtml http://deadspin.com/2013-payrolls-and-salaries-for-every-mlb-team-462765594 http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2013/index.jsp?c_id=cle#list=cle