With the off day there was not much news on the Cardinals’ closer front yesterday, but Joe Strauss of the Post-Dispatch did track down GM John Mozeliak, who confirmed that he’s not looking at making a deal at the moment:
“Right now, (Franklin) is going through some tough times and we’ve got to figure out a way to work through it. There’s not a whole lot you can do. Either he has more success, or somebody else gets the opportunity ... all the options are internal.”
Those internal options include Mitchell Boggs, Miguel Batista Jason Motte and, if La Russa is willing to take a risk, Eduardo Sanchez. I’d go with either Boggs or Sanchez because it would be nice to have a closer who actually strikes guys out and isn’t prone to the gopher ball, but you can’t really predict what Tony La Russa will do.
Remember, the Cardinals won a World Series in 2006 with Adam Wainwright as their closer, and he had never really pitched from the pen before that. Anything is possible with Tony.
