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The #stlcards system was 3-1 on Tuesday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Springfield LH Brycen Mautz, pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Other standouts include Jose Cordoba, Jon Jon Gazdar, Jesus Baez and Rainiel Rodriguez. https://t.co/UyW3zkEaF3 pic.twitter.com/JTkMdRv7Ii
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 27, 2025
The #STLCards system was 3-1 on Wednesday. TCN’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach DH Rainiel Rodriguez singled, homered, walked and plated five. Other standouts include César Prieto, Blaze Jordan, Zach Levenson, Dakota Harris, Joshua Baez, Brody Moore, Mason Molina and Jesus Baez.… pic.twitter.com/xm1Fd0gc1o
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 28, 2025
Baez with a double down the line tonight.
Honeyman got hit in the head with a fastball. Stayed in the game.
That’s Jesus Baez with the double.
Chen-Wei Lin’s Springfield debut couldn’t have gone much worse. Started off with a K, then a double, three straight walks and was yanked from the game after 32 pitches. Two of his inherited runners scored to give him a fat 81.00 ERA after his first start. Not great.
Well, he gave them 3 free bases and they accepted the gift. I think it was T. Williams who said that a hitter’s impatience is the primary advantage that a pitcher has. Sounds like someone needs to impart that wisdom to this Lin kid.
If they had consulted someone who knows how real life baseball works, they would have known that a pitcher walking 6.8 per 9 in the Midwest League is not going to be successful in AA.
The #stlcards system was a perfect 4-0 on Thursday. TCN’s Player of the Day, Peoria DH Jesus Baez, hit two doubles and drove in three. Other standouts: Matt Lloyd, Aaron Wilkerson, Ricardo Velez, Hunter Hayes, Braden Davis, Ryan Campos, Christian Martin and Jalin Flores.… pic.twitter.com/GuF2bOaL5w
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 29, 2025
The #stlcards system was 2-1 on Friday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, 1B Trey Paige, had two hits, a walk and two RBI, including the walkoff winner for Springfield. Other standouts include Zach Plesac, Mike Antico, Pete Hansen, Won-Bin Cho and Ramon Mendoza.… pic.twitter.com/V4ZMHnbMPy
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 30, 2025
The #STLCards system was 4-1 on Saturday. TCN’s Player of the Day, Springfield OF Joshua Baez, hit a walk-off two run HR to highlight a three-hit, four RBI night. Other standouts: Quinn Mathews, Bryan Torres, Blaze Jordan, Jeremy Rivas, Won-Bin Cho and Chase Heath.… pic.twitter.com/aXkgJFUiAq
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 31, 2025
Won-Bin Cho has quietly put together a pretty good run at Peoria following a horrible start to his year there. Since June 1, he’s got a .272/.373/.415 line, good for a 126 wRC+. The power has even come on a bit with 5 HRs and a .487 SLG in August (albeit with his worst K/BB ratio of the last three months). He takes walks (12.8% BB rate) and mostly doesn’t strike out a ton this year (24.2% K rate). He’s 22 now but this is technically his age 21 season. I had sort of forgotten about him, but he’s back on my radar in the OF as he should be in the upper minors next year. Given the issues at Peoria, I’m excited to see what he can do in Springfield with their coaching and hitting environment.
The #STLCards system was 3-1 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, IF Jon Jon Gazdar, was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in his second Double-A game. Other standouts: Brody Moore, Brycen Mautz, Austin Love, Deniel Ortiz, Darlin Saladin and Rainiel Rodriguez.… pic.twitter.com/gwu9rxpY7E
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 1, 2025
Jonathan Michael Gazdar…..aka Jon Jon Mike Mike Gazdar. What our Cardinals need is a scrappy versatile player whom instinctively takes one for the team at the drop of a hat……or in this case, at any pitch that drifts even slightly inside. Getting plunked 20 times in 89 games is entering Ron Hunt territory. And that’s exactly what Jon Jon accomplished this season in Peoria. Ron Hunt getting hit by a pitch 50 times in 1971 and Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak are two records I’ve always considered to be untouchable. But Jon Jon has me thinking that maybe just maybe Mr. Hunt’s record isn’t as safe as I’ve always considered it to be.
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