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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.
I know BW….. I just was saying that’s probably how they were feeling. A nine pitch AB and then a HR Oh the humanity.
Oh well maybe the lesson of… it ain’t over ’til its over…. was learned the hard way. They should have spent the night in tents.Haven’t we heard enough about Sunday’s loss…. you’d think that the team would be anxious to get out of town asap.
The promotions of Gurevitch and RRodriguez are sure to mean other moves. Springfield already has a bunch of Cs on the roster none of whom have shown much this season, meaning RRod moves right in.. This move might give Sammy Hernandez more playing time for the Chiefs, (He has also had many games at 1st). Presently Peoria has Kross and McGeev as backups but there’s a chance Heath may get moved up. The Gurevitch move can free up Kross to get more action behind the plate.
The affiliates so far. Reader’s Digest edition.
AAA Memphis 14-7 BTorres, Jordan, Prieto and Crooks are carrying the 1st place Redbirds.
The rotation has been better than fine. Some good dominating pitching. BP a little shaky but coming around.AA Springfield 5-10 Just the opposite of MEM. Is Jon Jon Gazdar the best they have? Could be.
A+ Peoria 5-9 Same as SPR…. rotation not keeping them in games. RaRodriguez and Franklin can’t carry this team but they are fun to follow.A Palm Beach 11-4 The beach bums are in the unfamiliar spot of 1st place. The pitching has given up more than 5 runs in only four games. The rotation has been very good… GS average =55.3. The FSL is dedicated towards pitching so the offense is weak for all the teams.
BTW…… hey Pugs….. right score wrong team. How do you see today’s game? The Fan Dual guys will be wanting to know.
This VSIII situation has been brewing for the last couple of seasons…. along with the Walker displeasure.(VSIII may become another miracle) I’m not sure that ScottIII is the long term answer for this team considering we are looking at ’29/’30 as the turn around years. Maybe Honeyman or Peete suit that spot better. Our draft pick should be the best HS CF available. Look to the future my frieds…. look to the future.
Jnevel: “I was a Redskins fan for whatever reason until Dan Snyder bought the team.”
Same for me Jn…… a Redskins fan until the organization went to hell. First time in my life that I gave up on a favorite team…. which includes the Detroit Redwings. I almost gave up on the NFL but now I’m watching again. Changed my allegiance to the Bengals. I still check in on the ‘skins. Does anyone need Redskin memorabilia?
But the Cardinals and Redwings are etched on my heart until death do us part.
Someone missed Cho’ 3 SBs in the Chiefs opening night in Cedar Rapids
Only 2,500 in attendance in Memphis on a nice Friday evening. So little support for the 7up 0down Redbirds. The Organization should be looking for greener pastures. Memphis is a mess.
The AA Springfield Cards drew 6,153 in Amarillo.
jj…. that was the Sept. 16th game won by the Cards 3-0. McG threw 7.0 scoreless frames. That start followed his 62 GS t Sea on the 10th.He pitched 6.0 innings and 1 ER…. a game the Cards BP would lose 4-2. There were some signs back in ’25 that McG could be a #2.
Last year BW held a contest for the first Cards HR of the season. If he’s doing it this year my vote is for Burleson. Happy opening day boys and girls. Green grass….. play ball! Cards 4 Rays 3.
This has piqued Wetherholt’s interest. He’d rather play his natural position. I wonder what the catch would be for Winn?
