The ROO

Yesterday, I told you that the biggest story you should be concerned with from the weekend should be Lance Lynn pitching just one inning in his start, leaving for "precautionary" reasons. There was more news out regarding Lynn on Monday, and pardon me for not believing its particularly inspiring. Lance Lynn will no longer start for the #STLCards Thursday in Memphis. Instead, he'll stay back and throw in a game in Jupiter. — Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) March 27, 2017 Now, to Yadier Molina, who St. Louis Cardinals fans simply can not talking about.  The catcher laid down an ultimatum over the weekend on getting a contract extension done by opening day. Langosch also told Bernie Miklasz (what can I say, she is a busy lady) that Molina wants to be the highest paid catcher in baseball. So, like any slightly below average sports blog, we polled the fans on Twitter, asking what is the most you would give Molina if you were in general manager John Mozeliak's s

The St. Louis Cardinals are finally in the final week of the long and dreaded spring training season. I personally feel worn out, and the ACTUAL season has yet to begin. Based on the stories of the weekend, the final week should be a busy and eventful one. Between Yadier Molina's ultimatum to have a contract in place by opening day or negotiations end and Kolten Wong being a nimrod and pretending like he is some savvy veteran who has actually earned something, the professional writers have had a pretty easy job over the last few days. Excuse me for thinking that the social media diehards have been a bit distracted. This below should be the biggest story. Lynn hovering in that 87-88 mph range with fastball right before being removed. #Cardinals #stlcards https://t.co/vFemwCOTgy via @stltoday — Derrick Goold (@dgoold) March 25, 2017 I'm sorry, but when the guy who is now being relied upon to be your No. 2 starter (yes, I trust Lynn to have a good year more than