Pitcher John Smoltz agrees to deal with Cardinals

Smoltz holds the record for postseason wins. He is 15-4 with four saves and a 2.65 ERA in the playoffs and World Series.

As a starter, Smoltz has won 14 or more games 10 times, including 1996, when he won the NL Cy Young Award after going 24-8 with a 2.94 ERA for the Braves.

Installed as the closer after missing 2000 and most of 2001 following elbow surgery, he had 10 saves down the stretch in 2001 then 144 saves over the next three seasons — 55 in 2002, 45 in 2003 and 44 in 2004.

I used to bitch and moan about teams building a winning year Detroit Red Wings/NY Yankees style, (but with fewer dollars) instead of improving the players they had.

Blah, blah, blah…

Let’s go win a bunch of games.