JUPITER, Fla. • Before he watched members of last year’s Class AAA club accept the rings they earned by winning the Pacific Gulf Coast League championship, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny made a prediction.
He doesn’t think Memphis manager Stubby Clapp’s squad is going to lose a step in 2018.
“Special year they had,” Matheny said before the Cardinals throttled Washington 10-0 in a Grapefruit League game at Roger Dean Stadium. “I think they’re going to have a special year this year, too. When you start looking at some of the guys we have sent them, and some we are about to, they’ve got the makings for a very deep club.