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That was a great swing by nogowski, text book. not trying to do more than needed. A nice first big league hit.
Nogowski should have went once the third baseman turned towards third to throw but its hard to read that. If he goes home oncontact, the third baseman has an easy throw to get him out. He went on contact with goldys hit but just hit wrong spot and maybe they had him going on contact.
It was mentioned on TOS that Fernando Tatis would’ve hit 3 grand slams in one inning off this guy.
Roel is the 9th pitcher in MLB history to give up 4+ homers in his debut since 1901. He’s the only one to give up 4 consecutive.
Carpenter just picked up his 6th RBI in the Cardinals 8th game. Last year he got his 6th RBI in game 33.
— Tom Orf (@MU4124) August 16, 2020
Umpires!!!! I have seen Edman called out 3 times on outside balls this season. That was not close!! C’mon!!!
@DexterFowler leads the @Cardinals with his .318 average.#stlcards
— Jeremy (@JerBiggs) August 16, 2020
Silver lining of today’s game: Knizner’s improvement defensively and Seth Elledge asserting himself in the bullpen. Five strikeouts over 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He could be an intriguing option in the sixth or seventh to help bridge the gap down the stretch.
You have to be pleased with the pitching the Cards got in this series (with the exception of one inning). I know it was only a three game series, but several pitchers looked good.
And Dylan Carlson continues to get BABIP’d. A look at his exit velocity today:
93.8 mph first at-bat off Keuchel (single)
108.3 mph second at-bat off Keuchel (lineout)
75.4 mph third at-bat off Cordero (lineout)
96.6 mph fourth at-bat off Foster (flyout to the warning track)
A sign of good things to come, though.
The Cardinals lose 7-2, with their record falling to 4-4. They still win the Sox series, two games to one.
The question no longer is if Carlson will be called up. It is which outfield spot should he occupy today? If not DHing.
Cubs lost to the Brewers again today. 6-5 Milwaukee your happy final. Cubs have now lost 3 of their last 4. Maybe we can win a game or two in this five game series at Wrigley.
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Some nice debuts this weekend, with the notable exception of Ramirez. That could very well be the all-time worst debut of anyone in the long history of mlb.
Poor guy sits at an 81.00 ERA, and a 10.5 WHIP while surrendering four home runs. Whenever the home run derby returns guys need to remember to hire Ramirez as their pitcher.
I wondered why Ramirez was promoted to the bigs over several other pitchers and nothing today changed that. This was the worst Cardinals debut since Mike Mayers’ 9 earned runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Ramirez has close to a 5.00 ERA at AA last season, and only 3 innings pitched at AAA.
Why was he in this game?BHC asked:
I wondered why Ramirez was promoted to the bigs over several other pitchers and nothing today changed that.
I wrote an article yesterday about the pressure so many IL moves has put on the 40-man roster and the rule change needed to alleviate it.
Putting the answer to your question simply, my theory is that he was added because it won’t hurt as much if they lose him when exposed to waivers at the point the COVID pitchers get healthy and need their roster spots back.
bccran asked:
Why was he in this game?
That is the question. Why in this game – in that situation?
The stock answer is they like his aggressiveness. He made good pitches, was just one pitch away from getting out of the inning, etc…
Ramirez had close to a 5.00 ERA at AA last season, and only 3 innings pitched at AAA.
Why was he in this game?Sorry to repeat the question, but he hadn’t qualified in his record to be anywhere near a situation like he was in today at the major league level.
cranny,
Gallegos, Gant, Cabrera, Reyes, Webb and Miller all threw in the double header. That left unused bullpen arms today in Elledge, Kaminsky and Ramirez, and look who Schildt used…I’m not saying a Saturday pen arm couldn’t have thrown today. I’m say Schildt emptied the pen as if it were a pregame decision.
Carp at 3B with a heavy GB% starting pitcher is far from ideal.
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