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... KnoxNews: Baseball Search Help .companyname { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #000000; } E-MAIL THIS STORY National League Central Division capsules By TRACY RINGOLSBY March 29, 2006 National League Central Division team-by-team preview capsules (in predicted order of finish).

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Louis Cardinals 2005 100-62, 1st place Lost 4-2 in NLCS Projected lineup SS David Eckstein LF So Taguchi 1B Albert Pujols CF Jim Edmonds 3B Scott Rolen RF Juan Encarnacion 2B Junior Spivey C Yadier Molina Starting rotation RHP Chris Carpenter LHP Mark Mulder RHP Jason Marquis RHP Jeff Suppan RHP Sidney Ponson Closer RHP Jason Isringhausen Manager: Tony La Russa Odds are: 7-1 to win World Series; 7-1 to win NLCS; 3-2 to win NL Central.

Over/under: 83 1/2 wins.

Major addition: OF Juan Encarnacion (free agent from Florida).

The Cardinals are counting on Encarnacion to continue his recent emergence as an offensive force, helping to offset the retirement of Larry Walker.

Major loss: RHP Matt Morris (free agent to San Francisco).

Morris was the veteran of the Cardinals rotation.

Only 31, he was 79-45 in the past five seasons, averaging 200 innings.

Under the microscope: RHP Sidney Ponson went from one of the top young pitching prospects in the game to having to make good in the Cardinals camp th...

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