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Boy oh boy oh boy,
Wouldn’t a sweep by the Brewers be nice? Aw heck, i’d settle if Milwaukee can win three of the four.
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After watching them play today, I think last night really might have been an instance where you have a mental letdown toward the end 8 games in a 123 hour span.
It’s nice to get last night’s taste out of the mouth quickly
Now let’s go Brewers and let’s go sweep the Pirates (don’t like seeing Mikolas and Waino on the road…)
Wolf: “I wonder when the Cards’ last 3-inning save occurred — a rarity I think”
Huh?
How can you get a save with an 8 run lead? I thought the tying run had to be on deck.Yep Carter, seems strange. It’s so rare most people won’t even think it’s correct.
One of the conditions for a save is holding the lead while pitching 3 or more innings to finish the game. In that case, the size of the inherited lead is irrelevant. That ain’t happening much these days.
Cabrera looked smooth and under control today. Earlier this year he was flying all over the place. I guess they finally got him straightened out at Memphis.
Hudson quietly getting to 15 wins. He has always been a bit underrated in my opinion.
It is a bit odd, but through this point in the season the Cardinals and Cubs are almost interchangeable. Both clubs have about the same record, and the same RS-RA differential.
So at least based on the data to date, you could flip a coin to determine who will end up winning the division. Despite the Redbirds good play of late, we just can’t shake those pesky Cubs. We have gone 20-10 in our last 30, while they have gone 18-12.
The 7 remaining head-to-head match-ups could determine the final outcome as Rat surmised earlier in the week. It is quite likely the two teams will go 3-4 and 4-3 in those games, and that one extra win could be huge. If one team wins 5, they are likely your 2019 Central Division champions.
great win today. had to watch in after the fact. Hudson was excellent. lot of great at bats. lets keep it up.
The Cardinals will win the division.
Looking better with each passing day. I would feel much better about things if today was September 25th instead of September 5th. Heck, Milwaukee could still win it. This has been an amazing run, mainly because of how lifeless this team looked for half the season. Reasons abound for the turnaround. Wong and Dexter playing very nice baseball. The pen doing it’s job with hardly a hiccup, after losing Hicks for the year. How many of you have even thought 2 seconds about Hicks over these past 45 days? Yep, me too…..that’s how solid the pen has been. And it’s nearly impossible to think of a larger reason for the Cardinals resurgence than Flaherty and Hudson suddenly pitching like Palmer and McNally. But, I think the most valuable player of this team right now is Tommy Edman. He is a true difference maker.
The Cubs are hammering the Brewers tonight. That Brewer pitching staff is a shambles.
Maybe the Cub bullpen will be a bigger shambles.
As one of the P-D writers said a few days ago this team is greater than the sum of its parts. We don’t have any superstars really but we have a lot of guys producing at a better than average level.
“Yep Carter, seems strange. It’s so rare most people won’t even think it’s correct.
One of the conditions for a save is holding the lead while pitching 3 or more innings to finish the game. In that case, the size of the inherited lead is irrelevant. That ain’t happening much these days”
Thanks…I guess I like that rule…fair.
Edman has helped ease the downfall in production from Carpenter, and seems to be better in the field than Matt.
But what I see as the keys to this club is one, solid defense up the middle, which has benefitted from Bader coming back and playing well, although Dex did fine in center when we needed him. And “B” (in the way my wife likes to say), the development of a solid pitching staff. This is largely due to quick maturity from Hudson and Flaherty, and good bullpen work early on from Gant and Brebbia, and then Gallegos, Miller and Martinez later.
For the first half I though DeJong was our MVP, with Ozuna right there. Second half has been Wong and Flaherty.
If healthy, our bullpen should remain very good for the future. Assuming Hicks comes back strong and CMart returns to the rotation with Fernandez and Whitley carving out roles the only issues I see are adding another lefty for depth, and to replace Miler in 2021. Also who the closer is until Hicks return midseason?
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