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Rodriguez might have been robbed by the umps of a Homer today. Peoria has a wierd gap between the outfield fence and fencing that keeps people away. I was at home plate watching it. Several people agreed it was a Jimmy jack. Lost 5-4
Wind was blowing around today. Peete had an oppo homer that I don’t think would’ve made it out otherwise. Nice lineup construction by having Peete, Rainiel and Baez in the top 4. Cubs have good player Kapley so it seems.
“Gurevitch started off slow but he has been playing much better lately.”
Definitely been playing better. It’s probably worth mentioning that one big reason might be the ballpark.
Gurevitch has played 30 pro ballgames, and 23 of them have been at the notorious Roger Dean Stadium. At Roger Dean, he’s been a disaster — and fanned 36 times against just 13 walks, to boot.
But in the seven games NOT at the hitter’s graveyard of R.D.S., Jack is batting .440/.563/.680 with 7 walks and 5 strikeouts. I don’t like drafting first basemen earlier than the 6th or 7th round of the draft, because they have to pretty much kill the ball to be above average regulars. (I’m still ticked off about the Cards drafting the 1st sacker from Tulane in the 2nd round when Pedroia and Pence were both available. Yeah, I know how to hold a grudge.) But I will say that Gurevitch might be much better than his Palm Beach numbers imply on the surface.
Lin pitched 4 reallly goood innings. Him and Odle didn’t show any wildness. They both have very live arms. Lin has to be one pushing for a 40 man roster spot.
The #stlcards system was 1-3 on Sunday. The Cardinal Nation’s Player of the Day, Palm Beach RH Jacob Odle, fired four innings of one-hit, shutout ball with six Ks for his first pro win. Other standouts: Chase Davis, Chen-Wei Lin, Tai Peete, Pete Hansen, Chase Heath and Jack… pic.twitter.com/wY2YXWMs0W
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 13, 2026
Cards have some relievers pitching well. Love and Watson have combined for 17 strikeouts in 9 innings. Murphy has been a good addition as well.so the bullpen could get help. At least Memphis should.
Good to see a Lin pitched a strong game. Like Mathews he has to throw strikes.Worth mentioning probably that Yhoiker Fajardo pitched 3 innings (54 pitches) out of the Peoria bullpen for some reason on Sunday. Too hittable with 6 safeties allowed, but just one earned run and 6 K’s to zero walks.
Don’t know why he didn’t start. Or throw 70+ pitches, as he did in his debut outing 5 days earlier. The latter matter could be a physical thing, but the former is just weird to me.
Bob there are 6 guys worthy of spots for the rotation af Peoria so I think each week one of them will piggy back off one of the others so they can keep a 5 man rotation. A 6 man seems to be the way to go to me originally, but when you look at the minors scheduling of 6 games and Monday off each week, the SP would only pitch every 7 days instead of 5 (Tuesday and Sunday SP) or 6 days. That probably would make it harder for them to adjust to the 5 day schedule of the majors.
Bob, in fact three starters pitched in long relief on Sunday. Along with Fajardo were Chen-Wei Lin and Jacob Odle (though he hasn’t started yet this season, he has been built up as one). And all pitched well. I don’t have a confirmation yet, but I suspect this is a modified tandem set up as ATM mentioned.
Thanks, guys, for the responses re Fajardo. Doesn’t explain/justify the modest pitch count, but so early in the season I guess it’s a quibble, not a legit complaint. On the other hand, if it becomes a pattern of usage, then I’ll howl about it. 😉
It is concerning how much Crooks has struck out. He is trending towards a disturbing lack of contact.
On the pitching side, it looks like Mathew’s, Doyle, Sparks, and Van Dyke will be the starters. Not sure if there are piggyback starters involved. Maybe Breckheimer is bdeing developed as a starter?
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