Tough Sledding for the Cards

Beating the Dodgers was always going to be a difficult task last night going against defending NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw, but the news was even worse than the loss. Lance Berkman had to be helped off the field after injuring his knee, one day after hitting his first home run of the season. Today he will likely join John Jay, Allen Craig and Kyle McClellen as Cardinals to be put on the DL in the last week. What was thought to be a deep team is now far from that. Look for Matt Adams to be recalled from AAA and likely get a shot to play 1B everyday. It could be a job he keeps for a while, as no one knows how much time Craig and Berkman will miss right now. In fact, of the four recently hurt players, Jay seems to be only one likely to see the minimum stint. What we need now is for the starters to pick things back-up and carry the team like they did the first few weeks. Unfortunately, I am not sure they are up to that task. Could be a rough next six weeks or so in Cardinal land. -Trey