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Mike Leake is the 6th pitcher since 2010 to give up 12+ hits in an appearance with just 65 or fewer pitches https://t.co/DZjjGGaNvF #efficient pic.twitter.com/tXQ13DzIkT
— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) April 24, 2018
I am so glad Leake is gone. Just never fit with the Cards porous defense last year. The defense seems better now, or more tolerable when Martinez continues to rake. Although I wish Matheny would take out Carpenter late in games if he is covering third.
Peter Bourjos was squeezed out of center field with the Angels when some young gun named Mike Trout burst onto the scene for good in 2012.
Today Bourjos was DFA'd by the #Braves to make room for Ronald Acuña. That'll make for interesting stories down the road.
— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) April 25, 2018
DANCE PARTY ALERT: Celebrating @chrisduncan11 last day of radiation!! Woohoooo…..hope this brings a smile to your life! ♥️? #DanceParty #cancersucks pic.twitter.com/xJ6CdEW3ag
— Amy Duncan (@LivingDuncan) April 25, 2018
Matt Holliday still wants to play. Given he is just one day older than Albert, I find the contrast in their career fortunes interesting to ponder.
Matt looks at peace with the world in that photo. He is likely a couple of years younger than Albert, although that is a different topic.
The Cardinals did the right thing when they signed Matt to the contract after 2009. I recall some people were actually hoping we would sign Jason Bay at that time, rather than Holliday. That would have been a huge blunder. Bay screwed up his career by not signing a good offer from Boston, where he was in a park tailored to his style.
But more than that, I had seen a lot of Holliday with the Rockies, and knew he was a much better player than Bay. Plus he is a class act as a person (not that Bay isn’t, but I did not know much about him).
Bad season gets worse.
#BlueJays say Randal Grichuk sprained his right knee on diving catch yesterday, had MRI which showed damage. He’s expected to miss three weeks.
— Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) April 30, 2018
Other than the fact that Grichuk had a good day yesterday, the injury is probably good overall for him.
Lance Lynn to reporters Monday after his loss to Toronto dropped his April record with Twins to 0-3 with 8.37 ERA: "It's been the worst month of my career and I'm ready for it to be over." Lynn's career record in April with #stlcards was 16-4 with 2.84 ERA. pic.twitter.com/uFOIKcLM2v
— Mark Tomasik (@retrosimba) May 1, 2018
A decade ago, Dan Haren authored two of the better seasons by a #GenerationDbacks starting pitcher in club history. He’s now a behind-the-scenes reason why the team’s rotation ranks among the best in baseball since the start of last season. https://t.co/DIVQ5p7EW2
— azcentral sports (@azcsports) May 3, 2018
Oh man, this brings up memories of that deal that I was adamantly against – Haren, Calero and Barton for Mark Mulder. Hated that deal when it was made, but in retrospect I thought Barton would end up being a much better player than he was. At least the fact that he did not have much of a career kept the deal from being overwhelmingly bad.
But it looks like Haren is still paying dividends, but not for the Cardinals so the deal still is haunting the Redbirds.
Stephen Piscotty’s mother passed away last night.
I bet Mrs. Piscotty was a grand lady. When they go younger than they should, they seem to be predominantly real fine individuals. What happens after we die? I have a real good hunch that it’s something completely unexpected….hopefully in a good way.
One of the first elbow ligament repairs and lotta miles on that right arm since Maness was a starter in the minors. Not a good sign that the Royals, who know him best at this point, will not give him a chance to start at Triple-A. It is not as if their MLB rotation is among the best in the game. In their defense, Maness has not been successful for them to date. But certainly wishing him well.
Seth Maness asked for and has been granted release from royals org. He prefers to start. 2.89 era in minors career as starter.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 10, 2018
Kyle Lohse ended his comeback with the Royals and announced his retirement.
It’s been a hell of a ride! Baseball, you’ve taken me a lot of… https://t.co/5ExqzkCdZc
— Kyle Lohse (@KyleLohse26) May 11, 2018
Jon Jay, who batted .287 in six years with #stlcards, is batting .293 for the 2018 Royals and is second on the club in both hits (43) and on-base percentage (.360). pic.twitter.com/9keYRvNJxG
— Mark Tomasik (@retrosimba) May 13, 2018
Jay has carved out a nice little career. When coming through the Cardinals system, who would have thought he would make more impact with the Cardinals than Colby Rasmus.
You just never know how things will play out. The Angels drafted Randal Grichuk before Mike Trout. Back in the ’60s the Reds drafted Berni Carbo ahead of Johnny Bench.
And on the theme of former Cardinals, both Grichuk and Carbo spent some time with the Cardinals, and had some good moments with the club including some regular playing time. But Bench and Trout are two of the best ever.
Jon looks happy here. He could be playing OF for us… he has been playing all three spots for the Royals. Oh well, just a thought.
I just got weirded out a little as someone in my fantasy league added Daniel Descalso. He has an .854 OPS. Unbelievable to me.
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