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St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Preseason Report 2/18/2012
1 day ago

Russa, retiring after 16 years at the helm, and pitching coach Dave Duncan, taking a leave to be with his ailing wife. But some welcome new and returning faces will be seen around Roger Dean Stadium this February and March. New centerfielder Carlos...
Dodgers 2012 Minor League Countdown: 30 - 21
3 days ago

Here is the next part of my minor league series, and in this post we delve into the top 30 Dodger prospects. While there probably aren't any major surprises in this group, there are some differences to some of the other top 30 that I've seen. I'm a...
Inbox: Who's the first choice to bat second?
3 days ago

Any speculation you've read about Beltran ending up in the second spot in the order is still speculation at this point. If manager Mike Matheny has made up his mind on a batting order, he has not yet shared. That said, he did suggest that, if healthy,...
Champion Cardinals ready to be the hunted
5 days ago

And then there's the offense, which, while absent of No. 5, includes a key new outfielder to complement other maturing, young hitters. The inability to ink Pujols to a new deal left the Cardinals with the cash to re-sign shortstop Rafael Furcal and...
What to Make of the 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers?
6 days ago

Consider this, Ted Lilly will be the highest paid player on the Dodgers roster in 2012 at $12, and the Dodgers owe $20 million to players who are no longer even on the roster. Manny Ramirez $8 million, Andruw FREAKING FAT ASS Jones $3.375 million, Juan...
Whirlwind followed Cardinals' run to title
6 days ago

...stand heading into spring training: PACKING FOR SPRING: The Cardinals added free-agent outfielder Beltran (.300, 22 homers, 84 RBI with the N.Y. Mets and San Francisco) and left-handed reliever J.C. Romero (1-0, 4.91 ERA with Philadelphia), re-signed two...
Tiers, Not Fears: Shortstop
6 days ago

The “Tul’” Customer 1. Troy Tulowitzki Because he calmly sits atop the SS heap with the swagger of a young Daddy Starbucks … I correctly predicted Tulowitzki would be the most valuable SS in fantasy last year before the season even started. After being...
spring-training-preview-national-league-central-cardinals-brewers-cubs-reds
1 week ago

For a team that suffered so many offseason losses, St. Louis has few lineup questions. In fact, the biggest threat to their repeat quest might be injuries, as several regulars (Matt Holliday, Rafael Furcal and David Freese among them) have been...
UCB Roundtable Question PII
1 week ago

He's always been a difficult player to project because of his inability to stay healthy, and with an increased importance to the offense's production, as well as a raised profile, he seems to be the most prone to "disappointing". Furcal, Motte &...
Power rankings: No. 11 Cardinals
1 week ago

He drove in 21 runs in 18 post-season games but has never driven in more than 55 in the regular season and had a 1.8 WAR last season. Mozeliak added Beltran and re-signed shortstop Rafael Furcal despite their history of injuries, and key hitters Matt...
Question No. 3: Can they maximize Albert Pujol's impact?
2 weeks ago

When you add a hitter as good as Albert Pujols , the setting is crucial. That's part of the reason the St. Louis Cardinals gave Matt Holliday so much money and traded with the Dodgers for Rafael Furcal. Holliday had enough power to protect Pujols in...
Around the Horn: Outfield
3 weeks ago

The most consistent outfielder the Braves had last year was a speedy center fielder who was only around for two months. When the Braves acquired Michael Bourn from the Astros at last year's July non-waiver Trade Deadline, they landed their first...
Free Agent SS Ryan Theriot signs with San Francisco
3 weeks ago

He played 91 games at shortstop and 35 games at second base. The 32 year old Theriot lost his starting job in St. Louis in mid-season 2011 when the Cardinals traded for Los Angeles Dodgers' shortstop Rafael Furcal, who helped lead the Cards to a World...
Sarah's Take: Dodgers still have work to do
1 month ago

Though he performed well in a Dodgers uniform after last year's All-Star break, the Dodgers had better uses for their limited monetary funding than signing an aging veteran outfielder that could be replaced easily with a cheaper player. Last June, when...
Cards a better club despite losing Pujols
1 month ago

Great defense can make those pitchers look even better, and that is another area the Cardinals have seemingly rectified from the get-go. Yes, they will lose Pujols’ Gold Glove and range at first base, but they will be improved elsewhere. Rafael Furcal...
The 2012 Dodger Offense-How Many Runs Will be Scored?
1 month ago

Kemp, Ethier, Loney Uribe, and Rivera. (Rivera was acquired mid-season). The other three of Gordon, Mark Ellis, and A.J. Ellis are new to the team as starting players. The Dodgers lost five starters from last year. Jamey Carroll, Big Rod (Rod Barajas),...
Mike Matheny: 'Expectation is excellence'
1 month ago

Potential lineups also have been exciting as he has kicked around dozens. In fact, Matheny could be the envy of most big-league managers thanks to the recent addition of free-agent slugger Carlos Beltran, who gives St. Louis three switch hitters, the...
Improving the St. Louis Cardinals as returns keep diminishing
1 month ago

Welcome to the Diminishing Returns portion of our offseason! It was easy to replace Tyler Greene—really the Ryan Theriot/Pete Kozma blank space—with Rafael Furcal, and it was only vaguely novel to place Carlos Beltran at the front of the outfielder...
Capital City Stadium, a field of memories (+reader emails)
1 month ago

The Cap, to us, was a nice escape
Let’s Chat About the Chattanooga Lookouts
1 month ago

We will be looking closer at Webster in a subsequent post. Alex Castellenos had a .322 batting average in 32 games with the Lookouts after being acquired in the Rafael Furcal trade. Nathan Eovaldi pitched in 103 innings in Tennessee and finished with a...

About Rafael Furcal

Wikipedia

Rafael Antonio Furcal (born October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic), nicknamed "Fookie", is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Full Article