There's a new Big Man on first base.

With Mark McGwire out with what has the makings of a serious back problem (i.e. serious enough to keep Mac out of the line-up...), Craig Paquette is the likely candidate to "replace" Mac at first base.

With the possible long-term absence of McGwire's bat from the middle of the Redbirds' line-up, Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty's acquisition of CF Jim Edmonds is looking better and better all the time...