There's always something uncomfortable, usually a lot that's uncomfortable about the fade of a legitimate

great.

And I don't feel like it would be right to allow Andrew McCutcheon's departure to just kind of, you know, have the same fate.

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Cardinals three, Pirates 2, yesterday in Bradenton, Florida, Mitch Keller had another

solid spring start.

Three innings, he gave up a run on a solo homer.

Three hits, a couple walks, three strikeouts.

He did what he went out there to do.

Johann Ramirez with a scoreless inning of relief, among others.

Offensively, Alika Williams ran into one two-run shot.

I don't know how else you're supposed to describe an Alika Williams home run, but it happened.

Ryan O'Hern went two for two with a double.

He's now batting 462 in the spring, and a little bit of a footnote that's similar

justinson garcia the outfield prospect acquired from the red sox who's closer to the majors than he

is to the miners went one for two he's hitting 533. That's okay.

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