LACKEY headed to Baseball Town USA for KELLY & CRAIG...CARMINES send John LACKEY to REDBIRDS for RHP Joe KELLY and OF Allen CRAIG as CARMINES have plenty of CAP SPACE in 2015 and CARDS going for it!..." A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report" at the MLB Trade Deadline as its an ARMS Race and nothing else! #RedbirdNation #BoSoxBiz

The St. Louis Cardinals just picked up 2013 All-Star RHP Justin Masterson and you see the trend here as they go get Carmines RHP John Lackey. The understanding in Redbird Nation is "Waino" isn't enough along with Lance Lynn and Shelby Miller with Michael Wacha sidelined until at least September and Jamie Garcia out for 2014 the Redbirds needs Starting Arms.

Lackey brings plenty of Veteran Prowess as his 2014 Numbers almost two year removed from Tommy John Surgery is 11-7 with a 3.60 ERA and making some Cash. Kelly is 2-2 with a 4.37 ERA and Craig has seven Bombs with 44 RBIs and only hitting .237.

Lackey is currently in the 4th year of a mammoth 5-year $82.5 million deal as the Redbirds will eat up that 2015 Expiring Contract Year and that is solid insurance moving forward now and in 2015 with Garcia out and Wacha on the fence.

The Carmines as we go to press picking up more Players only had six players under Contract going into 2015 and now they add Cespedes and Craig with both Dodgers Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez getting $857K in Dead Money in 2015!

Redbirds Starting Rotation with Lackey

"Waino"
Lynn
Lackey
Miller
Masterson

With Michael Wacha due to hopefully be called up in September...