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Jnev put up some good comments but who did he actually vote for. I keep track of all of the votes.
Q: will there be any rule concerning changing the position of a player once you vote for him? That’s a peeve that I have developed. Just curious.
Some of all the minor league teams have wacky names. I think the Springbirds is now one of them. “Ozark” might attract more fans from the area especially during the summer months with all of the vacationers. “Springbirds” ugh. Whoever picked that moniker needs to see a doctor. At least there is a cardinal within their logo. Springbirds…… nope and nope.
I think that Bloom will stay in the organization for the bullpen, or at least he should. We have so many young prospects looking for their turn in St. Louis. They should be checked out in Spring Training and see what shakes out. Afterall the targe is ’28/’29 not ’27. I’m thinking that Bloom sticks with that. What good will a couple of older relief pitchers do this year that will help in two/three years?
We have a bunch of AAA/AA pitchers that will need to be analyzed. Give them a look see how they perform in MLB.
What would it take to get this guy from CWS?
#27 Caleb Bonemer
3B/SS
Chicago White Sox
ETA
2028
20 6′ 1″ / 195 lbs R/R
Good speed-good arm-a lot of popIMO, Doyle has shown the most efficiency and can project as an ace. He sets up to be MLB material in 2028. That’s when we should be looking at some sort of contention. Most likely wild card.
Burleson leads the majors in RBIs. Obviously the face of this ballclub. Now we will be reading some “POBOs” suggesting that we trade him because he may have reached the apex of his production in his career. Others may say that at 27 he doesn’t fit into what the FO is looking for, or he’ll be too tough to sign now that he’s had a power-packed season. (He’s the type of player that this organization was drooling to sign two years ago….. I know things have changed)
All three of those reasons can be argued amongst fans. I’d like to keep him around….. winners of the RBI leader board don’t grow on trees and besides….. he is one of our guys, the rd. 2C pick in 2020 and he is very durable (really only one trip to the IL.in the majors and 601 ABs this season) The kids will be looking for leadership from a guy that is already successful not one that has the potential to be a success. One vote here for him being part of the ’27 edition of the Cards.
I agree with stl25 100%.
Its a good conversation to speculate about ’27 but the matter will be settled during spring training.
I think it should be Svanson so that he can redeem himself for last night in Memphis. It will be a tough off-season for him having to remember that all winter.
Ugh….. so close. Svanson coughed up the go-aheads in the 8th and the Redbirds went quietly in the ninth. Well we’ll get there next year hopefully with the Springfield promotees.
I’m guessing that Fleming will be on the mound for Memphis in the deciding game.
I’m truly bummed out that Springfield couldn’t close it out last night. There just wasn’t enough fire power left. Ragsdale, Richardson and Campos suddenly turned ice cold and the bullpen coughed up the game after Doyle pitched 5 innings and gave up only one unearned run. It was a nice ride following Springfield all season long.
Both Springfield and Memphis face elimination tonight. The S-Cards can win the championship should the win. Pat Anderson could look like a genius by holding back Doyle for the if necessary game 3. Doyle has nine straight starts with GSs 59 and above.
Only Doyle and B Davis remain from the opening day rotation. Molina, Thompson and Cijntje jumped to AAA. Eagen was added in Aug. as was Fijardo, Aita and Franklin from Peoria, plus Clarke in Sept. Aita was the only one to really struggle.
This was a great team to follow all season. A lot of talent coming and going. Good luck tonight….. it would be wonderful if they win it all.Maybe Crooks will go down and Scott comes back.
Bernal up Crooks down. Much better move than for ScottIII. With the younger OF prospects coming up it seems Scott will likely lose his spot on the 40-man. If he goes he goes….. no big loss and it opens up a spot for a guy with more potential. Scott is more or less a AAA player at best…. and he is struggling there.
When we finally get back the ILed Memphis pitchers it will seem like a boatload of free arms. Rajcic-Roby-Robberse-Cornwall-BThompson-Henderson-Fitts. We already have Hansen-Mathews-Cijntje-Molina-Hjerpe- at Memphis plus BDavis-Lin-Doyle-Franklin Aitaat Springfield that should be moving up. Maybe they will realize that you can have too much pitching.
Molina was pitching great for AA S-Cards at the end of May and all of June. Since his call up to AAA he has stalled, but I wouldn’t give up on him. He’ll figure out the AAA game…. then watch out.
Truthfully, I can’t see how Palm Beach can win any games at all. The rotation right now consists of the only opening day rotation guy, Crossland and he has been consistently shaky the last month or so. (Martinez-Odle and Van Dyke are now in the Peoria rotation and Young is still on the IL). Most recently, Dutkanych is slowly working up to starts 5+ innings. and they have Clarke and Henderson rehabbing and pitching 2 or 3 innings/start.
Both Gorman and Scott might welcome playing in a different organization. For that matter…. Liberatore also.
The organization is having a problem trying to put together a rotation for Palm Beach (A). Since Odle and Van Dyke were sent up to A+ in May I count 9 roster pitchers trying to fill that void. HJerpe and Robberse have rehabbed there adding some relief but the rest of the group are just bullpen starts and trials.
Graham has gotten 8 starts and Holiday six and they have been inconsistent. Dutkanych is getting his chance now after coming off of the 60-IL stint. Only Crossland and JMartinez have been able to answer the call when their spot came up during this season. All of this must be due to the lack of solid pitching prospects at the lowest levels of the organization and will likely effect the upper levels as time goes by unless there is some help from upstairs.
I strongly agree with LACARD and MUD. Mozeliak and DeWitt tore this team down. Some guys were shipped out to avoid paying higher salaries. That must be a trait of the DeWitt family business operations.
Luckily for them several players on the present roster are over-achieving and putting some fans in the seats at Busch.
The situation here is not dire but a couple of injuries could spell serious problems as we can’t put a lot of faith in AAA prospects to find early success in Busch. They will get their chances perhaps at cost of winning games.Trying to keep it as real as the preceding comments that are spot on.
Anyone following Springfield must have noticed the turn around of Dakota Harris since the last flip of the calendar. He entered this month batting .201 and is up to .240, this by batting .389 in June. His OPS is 1.228 this month.
On the mound how about Mathews (MEM). His first two GSs in June = 79 & 74.
Fans in Memphis are missing Jordan no doubt.
Peoria’s rotation got a big boost recently with the addition of Van Dyke and Odle. The other starters from opening week are Franklin-Aita-Fajardo-Sequera. Sequera may be the odd man out since he has been mostly inefficient in his 11 starts. He probably would be served better at FCL to get his mojo back.
This leaves Palm Beack scrambling to put a rotation together. With Young now on the IL only Crossland and JMartinez remain from the opening week rotation. Using bullpen games to get by sending Breckheimer-Graham-Shelagowski-Batista to start games with poor results. Sequera could take a spot…. but who knows.
There is at least one A-league opening if the coaching staff feels that one of the youngsters should be challenged.
I recently have started keeping a close eye on Cuban OF Luis Pino. On May 13th he was sent up to A+ Peoria from Palm Beach despite his .196 BA and .520 OPS in 56 ABs Since then with Peoria in 36 ABs he’s batting .343 and his OPS is 1.153. He won’t be able to maintain those numbers for the rest of the season and its a small sample but I always like to watch guys that improve as they climb up the levels. Maybe we have something here for the future.
