Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

This past offseason the Cardinals signed 37-year old Jim Edmonds to a 2-year $19 million extension. So far this season Edmonds is hitting just .184 with just 1 HR and 6 RBI and is currently 0 for his last 20 at bats. This upcoming offseason players like Torii Hunter, Ichiro and Andruw Jones will be available as free agent centerfielders but the Cardinals will be stuck with Jim Edmonds. Don't get me wrong - I understand the loyalty aspect to signing Edmonds but for the past three years Edmonds has been in obvious decline. What were the Cardinals thinking with a 2-year contract?... The Cardinals (92) and the Nationals (94) are the only two teams in baseball who have yet to score 100 runs... David Eckstein of the Cardinals has only struck out once in 102 at bats but even though he's making contact pretty much all the time - he's still only hitting .216. How can you make contact almost every at bat and still be hitting just .216?....