Mike Maroth Has Been Traded To St. Louis

I've had a soft spot for Maroth since he went through the 20 win season. Bonderman, you could see that he had the raw stuff to be a big time winner, so his resurgence/emergence from his own nightmare in 2003 is a good story, but not so much, I think as the Mike Maroth redemption. Watching him achieve a .500 record in 2005 was cool, and 14 wins is nothing to sneeze at these days, regardless. Injuries robbed him of a chance to improve on that mark, even if he did end up with a winning record last year, and this one, too.

heck, doesn't he almost become the ace of the Cardinals staff, by default, seeing how wrecked it is right now? At least until Carpenter gets back....

Here's hoping he does well over in the NL. And that the Tigers don't ever have to face him in the World Series.

that should have been 20 loss season....and now I'm thinking it was 21 losses....should have hit preview instead of post, huh?

But the timing obviously isn't a surprise, with Kenny Rogers returning to the Tigers' rotation tonight and Nate Robertson looking as if he's recovering just fine from that "tired arm."  And there's been so much smoke surrounding Maroth trade rumors that you had to guess they led to some fire.

Trading Maroth to a National League team makes sense too - not just because they wouldn't want to face him later on this season, but because his hitting prowess makes him worth more in that league.

To follow up on what Brian posted, that's exactly what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said: "Players to be named later."

The community at Viva El Birdos seems to love the trade.