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Brantley helps the team next year, no doubt. By 2022 (when the team needs him to be a WS contender), he will eat up $16M+ of payroll and be a neutral contributor. By 2023, when they will be on a last hurrah before losing the big arms to FA, he would be dead weight. So no thanks. The Cards won’t contend for the Series next year so I don’t see what he adds. It would be a Fowler Special.
Information about #stlcards Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean that is definitely off the beaten path… https://t.co/knkGjeAlmQ
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 26, 2020
Not a news item, but a cool World Series historic look in which the Cardinals are prominent.
There is no way #stlcards fans will disagree with no. 1 on this list of most exciting games in World Series history… https://t.co/g9cSXop5K6
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) October 26, 2020
Good story about the scout who recommended the Rays acquire Arozarena. It highlights a point I was trying to make on another thread. Assessing players is so much more than slash stat lines or even Statcast results. it is a shame so many scouts are being let go across the game.
https://twitter.com/HannahRKeyser/status/1321268258557874178
Interview with Dave Duncan. He is not going back to Chicago even if TLR does.
(My editorial comment – It sure would be nice to see him in the Cardinals Hall of Fame while he can accept the award.)
If La Russa goes to White Sox, sidekick Duncan will not be along for the ride https://t.co/5GSifscDSx
— STL Cardinals News (@STLCardsNews) October 28, 2020
Seth Blair opened some eyes at the Red Sox alternate camp this summer.
From the Boston Globe:
A number of relievers who had intriguing performances at the team’s Alternate Site in Pawtucket have re-signed on minor league deals. The group includes Seth Blair, lefthander Stephen Gonsalves,
and righthander Caleb Simpson.He was a supplemental first-round pick in 2010…couldn’t throw strikes. Jordan Swagerty was
in the same draft and was on the fast-track to St. Louis until injuries derailed his career.Our 2020 #SilverSlugger Award Winner: DONOVAN SOLANO! Congratulations, Donnie Barrels 👏👏👏 @sluggernation | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/nuiuQ9hYC8
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) November 5, 2020
"I can’t tell you his career exit velocity, but I can tell you he worked six days this week for somewhere between 70 and 80 hours, tending to patients afflicted with COVID-19."
Meet Mark Hamilton, the former big leaguer-turned-doctor fighting COVID-19 ⤵️https://t.co/CCfOVQppq8
— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) November 10, 2020
Troy Percival has resigned the top job at Cal-Riverside.
COACHING NEWS: @UCR_Baseball head coach Troy Percival has resigned to spend more time with his family. UCR has promoted Justin Johnson to interim head coach. #BigWest
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) November 11, 2020
I wonder if she gave him the ring he missed last month! https://twitter.com/RaysBaseball/status/1327329052861083648
Former Cardinals pitcher Lindy McDaniel passes away in Carrollton, TX. Amazingly the story says he never played in the post season even though he played for the Cardinals and Yankees.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lindy-mcdaniel-mlb-reliever-21-seasons-dies-84
White Sox To Hire Miguel Cairo As Bench Coach https://t.co/Gu9tXOWOlJ pic.twitter.com/I1E6i9rpeN
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) November 19, 2020
Many were upset when Luis Perdomo was selected from the #stlcards in the 2015 Rule 5 Draft. In five years with the Padres, he totaled a negative 1.2 bWAR, including a negative 0.2 in 2020. https://t.co/U06LIKTiS3
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) November 20, 2020
Wow, that toy Mustang panel brings back memories, as I collected those as well. At some point maybe I will upload a baseball card panel I have, which happens to also include the McDaniel card.
I don’t remember those mustang cars, BicycleMike….a bit before my time. I do recall the matchbox cars. And the glossy small baseball cards that you’d get in cereal boxes. My favorite baseball appetizer was those little baseball coins that came out…..I think in Topps baseball card packs if memory serves me correct. I was like 6 years old, so I may be a bit foggy on that.
Stan Musial was born 100 years ago today.
#Stantennial pic.twitter.com/5Vovi10SIs
— Stan Musial (@stanthemaninc) November 21, 2020
Stan was one of a kind. #Stantennial | #STLCards pic.twitter.com/U8PFwnN8Wt
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) November 21, 2020
Good story about Lance Lynn – how he has improved and increased his value and where the Rangers might trade him. (No, the Cardinals are not mentioned among the potential candidates.)
https://www.mlb.com/news/what-the-rangers-should-do-with-lance-lynn
Good story about Stan by Benjamin Hochman, but I find very odd Derrick Goold’s apparent support of the supposed rained out home run that deprived Stan of the 1948 Triple Crown. Hochman may not know the background, but Goold surely does. Goold himself (as well as many others) thoroughly researched this matter previously and found no proof of the long-rumored lost homer. In fact, the game’s most prominent researcher flatly informed Goold it did not happen. (See the link to Goold’s article at the bottom of this post.)
In 1948, Stan Musial led the NL in every significant offensive category except one, coming a rained-out homer shy of a Triple Crown.
How perfect was his season? @hochman writes it was nearly perfect, like The Man. https://t.co/C8cpPlHYrk
— Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) November 22, 2020
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