Cardinals Should Survive Matt Holliday's Absence
- Monday, April 4, 2011 11:59 AM
- Written By: AccuScore
The Cardinals had already suffered an injury to a superstar losing Adam Wainwright before the season. Now leftfielder Matt Holliday is out after surgery Friday for an emergency appendectomy.
There is reason for hope however for St. Louis. Holliday could potentially be out as little as two weeks. The team did not immediately put him on the disabled list just in case he could return earlier. In the mean time, Jon Jay and Allen Craig should adequately fill in over the next two weeks.
Even if Holliday is out for a full month, it’s not the end of the world for the Cards. Below is the impact of this injury. Losing Holliday for a sixth of the season cost them only 0.8 wins and -1.7 percent at the division. If he can return earlier, those numbers would be even smaller.
| Projected W-L | DIVISION | PLAYOFFS | |
| w/Holliday | 86.3 – 75.7 | 30% | 37.8% |
| w/o Holliday | 85.5 – 76.5 | 28.3% | 35.5% |
| Impact | -0.8 W | -1.7% | -2.3% |
