Winter Meetings coming, Mulder going???

There is only one thing to be sure of once the winter meetings begin next week: whatever the Cardinals do, you won't know about it until its done. Cards GM Walt Jocketty is notorious for not giving up any information that would lead to speculation concerning free agent signings, or trades. All we can do as humble fans is sit around and wait, or give things our best guess.

The rumors are the Cardinals are looking for two starting arms this week, and that neither one of them are expected to be big arms that are going to be asking for a lot of money. I don't really have the slightest clue as to what BIG Walt has in mind, nobody ever really does. But don't get your hopes up for Barry Zito, it could happen but I wouldn't put money on it.

Jocketty was quoted earlier today saying that as of right now the starting rotation is Carpenter, Wells, and Reyes. He didn't mention Wainwright, so maybe Adam will be in the bullpen to start things off after all. I would think that you'll see either Suppan or Weaver signed this week by the Cardinals, along with another small market pitcher. Jocketty has expressed more interest in resigning either Suppan or Weaver before going out and taking a risk on someone he's not used to.

The rumors lead to Mark Mulder possibly heading to Arizona. He lives in Phoenix, so this could be a good situation for him. I never thought it would be as easy as many people thought to resign him, and I never thought teams would back off because of his poor season either. Looks like he may be gone, and I don't think the Cardinals will spend as much money on him as other teams will be willing to. Mulder wants the money in his pocket, I don't blame him. But I will be extremely happy to have him back.

We'll stay tuned this week and see how things go. Keep your fingers crossed and your ears open and be ready for Walt's next miracle move.

How about those Missouri Tigers? The hoop squad is stringing a run together, and maybe possibly hopefully this new coach thing is working out. We'll delve into the hoops season later this week.