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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Smoltz leaning toward returning to Cardinals </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>John Smoltz - S - STL - Jan. 27 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record believes that free agent John Smoltz is leaning toward returning to the Cardinals.
The Mets have expressed a good amount of interest in Smoltz lately but the 42-year-old may not want to pick up and move to the East Coast. He had a 4.26 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 40/9 K/BB ratio in seven starts with the Cardinals down the stretch last season and seemed comfortable with St. Louis management. If the Mets are unable to land him or any other starter, they'll likely go with Fernando Nieve as their No. 5 arm.
Source: Bergen Record
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Smoltz leaning toward returning to Cardinals </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>John Smoltz - S - STL - Jan. 27 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record believes that free agent John Smoltz is leaning toward returning to the Cardinals.The Mets have expressed a good amount of interest in Smoltz lately but the 42-year-old may not want to pick up and move to the East Coast. He had a 4.26 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 40/9 K/BB ratio in seven starts with the Cardinals down the stretch last season and seemed comfortable with St. Louis management. If the Mets are unable to land him or any other starter, they'll likely go with Fernando Nieve as their No. 5 arm.
Source: Bergen Record
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