That's the ticket. The Reds have the best pitching staff in ALL of the majors, and the best defence, and among the best in base running. When Luddy gets back they will have the 2nd best hitting in the Central.
I freely admit that the Cards have the "pixie dust", but Matheny will lose AT LEAST 10 games with his LaRussa copycat managing. It's April....come August the Reds will have a 6 or 7 game lead, as Garcia, Westbrook and Lynn run completely out of gas!
The wrinkle: the Cards WILL win a WC spot again. Big wrinkle.