"Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright, who will get Game 1 of the Grapefruit League season and could be eyeing an Opening Day start at Busch Stadium in late March, will take his first round of live batting practice this morning at Roger Dean Stadium's back fields.

Several All-Stars will be awaiting him.

Ditto Jaime Garcia.

Wainwright, last year's runnerup in the NL Cy Young Award voting, will face the middle of the Cardinals order in his next step of prep. Set to hit against the righthander in Day 2 of Live BP rounds are Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman, Jon Jay, Gerald Laird, Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus.

The Cardinals are getting a late start to today's workout due to the annual meeting with the union chief and his staff. The meeting was scheduled to last at least 90 minutes. The CBA is set to expire at the end of this season, and that could prompt more questions than usual as negotiations are expected to go on during the summer."