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Memphis at Omaha (2): Jack Flaherty/Daniel Poncedeleon
Springfield at Arkansas: Conner Greene
Palm Beach at Bradenton: Mike O’Reilly
Peoria at Quad Cities: Jake WalshJack Flaherty’s seven-inning complete game sent Memphis on its way to a road twin bill sweep. John Nogowski launched a grand slam for Springfield for the third win as part of #STLCards minors’ 3-2 Thursday. (free) https://t.co/fOEucl48Js pic.twitter.com/3k5eJStTXc
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 20, 2018
John Brebbia got a five out save with 4 strikeouts. I know there’s no room for him in the St. Louis bullpen. But this player deserves to be pitching at the major league level based on what he did last year, during spring training this year, and what he’s doing in Memphis now. Its like the Cardinals are doing the same thing to Brebbia that the Royals did to Jose Martinez.
Not really the same as Martinez, as he was never given a day in the majors by KC. And they gave up on him, moving him out for cash.
No reason to think the Cards don’t like Brebbia. He lost out first due to Hicks’ emergence, then due to the sheer numbers of veterans who cannot be optioned out like he can. He has to hope for injuries in the line ahead, not to mention the fact they still have to make room for both Cecil and Reyes before too long.
It can be a fine line at times between having depth and blocking guys. I’d go with the depth, personally, even if it appears unfair to some players in the short term.
In the long term, I bet Martinez would be pleased with how things worked out for him.
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