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This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Arizona CardinalsOverall:?5 Title track: 43 Ownership: 10 Coaching: T4 Players: 10 Fan relations: 8 Affordability: 29 Stadium experience: 15 Bang for the buck: 14 Change from last year: +27With victories comes not just the spoils, but also a fast rise up ESPNs Ultimate Standings. Cardinals fans title hopes increased after a 13-3 season last year which ended with them in the NFC Championship Game, and a 27-point jump in these standings soon followed. But their 34 wins in three years had more to do with coach Bruce Arians than anything else.Whats goodThere are few offensive minds in the history of the NFL that are or were as good as that of Cardinals coach Bruce Arians -- so no surprise that he was named the fourth-best coach in all of sports, tied with Pete Carroll and behind only Bill Belichick among NFL coaches. He has become known as a quarterback whisperer for his work with Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Andrew Luck. But where he has worked his true magic is with Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer, who had the best season of his career in 2015 at age 35 (which helped Arizonas players ranking jump to 10th). Arians took over a franchise that was mired in mediocrity and turned it into one of the leagues best while leading the Cardinals to the NFC title game in his third season.Whats badThough this generation of Cardinals fans has the highest of hopes, this franchise still hasnt won a title, reflected by a Title Track ranking of 43, Arizonas lowest score. The closest Arizona has come to a championship was a berth in Super Bowl XLIII, where it lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers (on a last-minute play called by none other than Arians). Arizona came within a game of reaching the Super Bowl a year ago, and it has the roster to get that far again, despite a 1-3 start to 2016. 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If he were to pitch again, yes, he would pitch out of the bullpen.Farrell was vague about the nature of Pomeranzs injury other than to say he came out of his last start [Saturday night at Tampa Bay] a little more sore. Neither Farrell nor other team officials would say whether the issuue is related to the Red Soxs complaints to the commissioners office about the San Diego Padres withholding medical records prior to the completion of the trade in July.ddddddddddddajor League Baseball suspended Padres general manager A.J. Preller for 30 days without pay for failing to disclose information about Pomeranz, but the Red Sox didnt receive compensation. Boston sent Class A pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza to San Diego in exchange for Pomeranz.The Red Sox were already closely monitoring Pomeranzs workload because he has logged 169 1/3 innings, a single-season career high. Pomeranz has pitched only 10 2/3 innings in his past three starts, including five innings last weekend at Tampa Bay.Pomeranz is 3-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 67 1/3 innings over 13 starts for the Red Sox. He went 8-7 with a 2.47 ERA in 102 innings over 17 starts for the Padres.Left-hander Henry Owens will start in Pomeranzs place Thursday night against the Yankees. ' ' '