JUPITER, Fla. • They recently held Cardinals Fantasy Camp here at the Florida facility, where St. Louisans got to fly down and play like they were on the Cardinals. And now, St. Louisan Tommy Layne is living out his fantasy on the same fields, trying to play for the actual Cardinals.
He'll wear No. 68 (Austin Gomber switched to 36) for St. Louis this spring. Last season out of the bullpen, he pitched in 26 2/3 innings for Class-AAA Memphis with a 3.04 ERA, 34 strikeouts and just four walks.
Layne played at three colleges — Southwestern Illinois College, Central Missouri and Mount Olive (N.