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pads…. If we could trade Grichuk, Bader, O’Neill, Kelly and Piscotty for Justin Upton, that would help this club immeasurably.
Getting Upton for 20M a year would set us up for the next 4 years. With Fowler, they would be making up the best OF in MLB. We need power so badly, Upton could bat 3rd and Fowler cleanup to provide us with two HRs. They would be dirt cheap as a duo in our OF.
Absolutely. Fowler represents a strong power bat together with his high BA. will strike fear into the Bosox pitching. I can see them pitching around him to get to Gyorko.
Springfield has moved into 1st place in the Texas League North 3 games up on Tulsa with 20 games to go. They’re on a 9-1 run and Anthony Garcia is leading the way batting .432 in his last 10 games. On the flip side Seferina is 2-39 (.051) in last 10, Caldwell 2-30 (.067) and Nogowski 5-32 (.156) over the same stretch.
Leland Tilley has been terrific out of the pen this season that is split between State College and now Peoria. In his last 10 games, he’s pitched 22.0inn 19Ks, 1 ER and ERA of 0.41 and his WHIP is 0.82. That’s a pretty clean record.
GCL-Cards are 7-2 in their next 9gms. and now only 2.0 gms out of a play-off spot.
The guy the Cards should bring up is Valera. Batting .407 in July and August, that’s if you want to compare apples and apples. Valera was at .276 on July 2nd and now at .322 for the season. When Valera heats up he can start a fire. Probably they will both get calls, plus Diaz. That’s a pretty good INF that Memphis can throw together.
Has anyone observed Delvin Perez anywhere?…. since Irving Lopez took over that lead-off spot he has been maintained a BA in the .320s.
Austin Warner, the 23 y.o. walk on this season made his 5th start last night for Peoria (his age appropriate level). 3 of the 5 he had game scores 70+…. and his last 2 have been 86 & 79.
I’m willing to bet that Breyvic Valera would be playing in the MLB with at least 10 other teams.
I don’t know why Piscotty isn’t playing 1B at Memphis. At least he can add something to his resume while at the AAA level.
While the SPFD prospects’s BAs have leveled off, Andew Knizner has maintained his and Jacob Wilson has upped his significantly.
Wadye Ynfante and Chase Pinder are an excellent two-way OF duo for Johnson City.
Andrew Summerville has joined Danny Castano in the State College rotation to form a very tough 1-2 punch for NYPL opponents. Andy has made 6 starts with no game score under 47. Last 3=62-63-64. Jeez, I hope that I don’t jinx him.
Jeez…. Mendoza was solid at the plate all season and his average kept going up. I hope that he continues to hit at Peoria. That’s something I look for… success following a promotion.
There are a lot of Cards fans that would not have thought they’d see “final push” posted anywhere on this site this season. Surprise.
side note: I was one of them.It seems that every day there’s a nice set of arms going in the system. Today is a fine example. Warner, Summerville and Schlesener are capable of being big surprises for the organization.
booyah…. I realize that. It’s just that Clark will be present and it was a very memorable HR for me, as was Yadi’s and Boyer’s grand slam in game 4 of the ’64 Series at Yankee Stadium. I’m also very fond of the Mazeroski HR at Forbes with LFer Berra going back… back…. looking up….
bc…. many of the “experts” that rank prospects base their lists on “potential”. Examples of that are FANGRAPHS, which on 1/29/17 ranked the top 24 prospects plus a group of 18 that were also mentioned…. no Helsley at all. Prospects 1500 on 1/18/17 ranked Helsley 26th and MLB on 2/23/17 didn’t have Helsley in their top 30. That is underrating, perhaps because he came out of Northeastern State or because at the time his velocity was lower and that turns off some who believe velocity is a prerequisite for premier prospects.
BUT…. but the Community rankings right here on TCN put him at #13… the highest of all the lists that I used in an “Aggregate” list. That list had Helsley at #23 but he lost points with the above mentioned lists that skim over actual performance in favor of something called “potential”, a very subjective quality. This isn’t the only case of underrating…. there are others.
Some of our prospects are having truly forgettable seasons at Peoria and State College. Some of those that have been put on the back burners are Peoria: John Kilichowski(DL) (pitched terribly early on) -Ronnie Williams (still relevant but would like this season be over with) State College: Anthony Ciavarella (pitched some good games last season in the GCL) Steven Farinaro (was the stopper last season with the same team) Dennis Ortega ( what has happened to him? oh yeah JLopez.)
Seijas’ avr game score for his 9 Johnson City starts =46. Oviedo’s avr GS is 42 for his 3 State College starts. Oviedo = 51.3 for 6 starts for JC. Small sample but Evan Guillory’s 3 Johnson City starts= 73. Castano’s GS avr. for 10 at State College=63.2.
There’s something different about your picks…. they make total sense. I liked the reasons explained and the insight you have as an AFL vet.
I would go just to see Jack Clark. Who wouldn’t want to see his HR in Dodger Stadium again. It’s wrapped up in my visual memory along with Yadi’s back-breaker vs. the NYM at Shea. Those thoughts still make me smile.
thej….. I think that you enjoy searching thru the rosters of the other MLB teams looking for players that would fill the holes on the Card’s roster. You are in the school of those willing to trade away key prospects for MLB ready players. Sometimes the farm hands that you recommend for dispatch are a little scary and maybe ill-advised.
The players that you deem almost necessary for us to acquire are easier said, and go against the trade history of the organization. I won’t go into that now because there are too many actions that have consequences. The last significant trade we made was the JGarcia deal and the last major acquisition was Fowler (ugh).
I read what you have to say…. sometimes everything, though some comments are repetitive. I’m all in on your right to post whatever you like. One of these days the Cards will made a move to acquire a power bat and most likely it will be someone that you have proposed. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 🙂 Be well, and there’s no intended complaint here. Yada yada yada.
ps… suggestion, try scouring the minor league rosters for trade bait. It will expand your horizons.That is really good news. I wonder if he will appear (not as a player) with the Redbirds during their play-offs. I hope that his comeback will be 100%. We won’t find out until ’18. I wish him all the best.
It the organization is all in on the reclamation of Gilmartin, who is rehabbing in the GCL, it may spell the end for Socolovich or Wick. Wick has regressed this season and it now looks like MLB is out of the question for him…. It would also open a spot on the 40 man roster.
f31…. it’s a moot point now but the NYM got a “red Ryder Ryan” a 30th rd. pick in ’16 for Bruce. It was basically a salary dump. Anyway, I still think Grich can break out.
O’Neill, Mercado(to see if he can really hit in the .300s), and Martini(see Mercado) . Maybe Sosa if he can play, he needs the work, a decision will have to be made about his advancement. Arozarena also makes sense.
Flaherty, (we usually send a big guy), Alcantara, Morales(is he really an MLB relief candidate). I could see Mayers going because he is now a “tweener”, he’s been blocked as a starter, the help could push him in the right direction and the F.O. flat out owes it to him.
If the Cards trade Grichuk for Bruce I may need to fly to St Louis to find out what kind of nitwits are running this team. I would be calm at first…. “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” TR.
