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This would have been a good draft to have the trade pick option because if Smith or Burns not there then trade back and get extra picks. Cardinals also picked the wrong year to pick in top 10.
I think Burns or Smith and then who knows. Flores needs to hit on this pick, because not sure if Michael McGreevy, Zach Thompson, Chase Davis, are not being developed or misses by Flores. Gorman and Walker I tribute to Cardinals screwing them up. Hjerpe I have hope for.My hope was draft Kurtz or Caglianone and in majors mid to late 2026. Doubt that happens. Burleson seems like best option as of now.
If it was me. My top 2 would be Caglianone and Kurtz. They give you the replacement for Goldschmidt at 1st in 2 to 3 years. Then I’d go Chase Burns. Hagen Smith control concerns me. Charlie Condon would have been perfect.
MrPerkins, I’d honestly be ok with any of those 4 regardless of order. Biggest thing for me with secret weapon has been does he still want the job. Since he works with the minor league players he might enjoy that other then the everyday job of being a manager and the stress that comes with it.
858. Mark McGwire once said something that changed the way I look at hitting coaches. If you make the big leagues you know how to hit. To me being a hitting coach top priority is make sure you understand pitcher scouting report and help hitter when in slump. Felt like Albert has been my way or the highway kind of coach.
Tony Larussa told McGwire about being hitting coach, “When La Russa hired McGwire, he told him the hitting coach must be a psychologist, figuring out how to pump up players who may be struggling.”
The McGwire philosophy can be summed up in three sentences. See the ball. Only swing at pitches you can handle. And use your head.
“If you’re trying to swing at pitches you can’t hit, you think there’s something wrong with you mechanically,” he said. “Their mind’s going to the mechanics when it’s one little simple thing.
“So I try to have them understand, there are balls you can’t hit no matter how great you are. Everybody has a weakness. As soon as you understand that, you can switch it mentally.”
Freese, a right-handed batter, said McGwire urged him to use his left arm more instead of relying on his top hand to generate power, leading to three postseason home runs. Mainly, though, McGwire helped Freese study pitchers and stay confident.
“He’s helped me a lot,” Freese said. “Hitting is kind of simple. You look for good pitches to hit, try and take the pitches that you don’t want to hit. If you overcomplicate things, that’s when you’re going to get in trouble, and that’s what Big Mac helps you with.”Willing to bet this is over Jeff Albert.
Top 4 Stubby Clapp, Skip Schumaker, Jose Oquendo, Miguel Cairo,
Jeff Passan mentioned Matt Holliday, but that seems like a Mike Matheny kind of hireMozeliak said he would consider a manager with experience or knowledge of the org. Here’s an interesting idea (and something of a long shot): Matt Holliday, a former Cardinals star whose father and brother are baseball coaches and who fits the bill of some less-experienced hires.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 14, 2021
If you told me before game Scherzer wouldn’t make it to the 6th and Arenado would have 3 at bats with a man on 2nd I would of told you Cardinals win. Cardinals couldn’t get anything going on offense. Really big offseason cause there are many directions they can go.
My heart is telling me cardinals team of destiny. 10 year anniversary of carpenter winning game 5 vs Halladay. Yesterday 10 year anniversary of rally squirrel. But logic and my head beat my heart.
Dodgers 5
Cardinals 1
Wainwright goes 6 gives up 3
Reyes gives up 2Antico avg was at .202 on april 2nd it ended up at .273 june 26th. Troy Tulowitzki who was hitting coach at Texas worked hard with him to get him figured out. He hit .386 his junior year at St. Johns he transferred to Texas for 2021. He’s 23 which is why he fell to 8th round.
70th overall pick Holgate, Ryan Arizona (AZ) OF L/L
MLB ranked him 105
https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/baseball/arizona-wildcats-slugger-ryan-holgate-discovers-the-power-of-a-healthier-diet/article_7b91eb4d-c90d-54c2-9d64-3e1dd64a5eab.html
11 Homeruns this year.Cardinals take Baez, Joshua Dexter School (MA) Outfielder. MLB ranked him 24th and we got him at 54. Sounds like a guy that has lot of power, but swings for fences to much. I’ll take him at #54.
I think outfielder and starter. If Cardinals can trade DeJong without taking on much salary I think Trevor Story enters the conversation. With Gorman coming up at 2B you can have Edman/Sosa/DeJong battle for the shortstop job and if my prayer is answer a new hitting coach may help DeJong find his swing. Add Delvin Perez and I think you can find someone to give Cardinals time to fix position. Big on
Castellanos. Outfield of Castellanos Plummer Carlson with O’Neill at DH if they add DH to NL if not move Plummer to bench. Bring in Scherzer or Lance Lynn for rotation.2 sleepers are Spencer Schwellenbach pitcher/shortstop and Kevin Kopps pitcher arkansas.
Bednar pitcher Miss state
Painter HS Pitcher
Chandler HS Pitcher/SS
Hoglund Pitcher ole Miss
Feel like 1 of those 4 will be available. My gut tells me someone falls and it’ll be a pitcher.When I first saw the pick seeing he was ranked in 30s and went 21 I thought discount signing bonus pick. Obviously wasn’t the case. I don’t mind Flores being aggressive I just feel would have preferred him going with someone with a higher floor. But I like Walkers upside so I don’t mind the pick. I wanted a bat with the 1st pick so I’m satisfied.
Gamecard I just felt like this was a save on signing bonus kind of pick. But Randy Flores track record gives him benefit of the doubt.
Unreal thank you Arizona and Boston.
Flores is gonna have a tough pick.
Mitchell
Soderstrom
Crow Armstrong
Cavalli
Mlodzinski
BitskoThe fact they went pitcher heavy last year makes me think they prefer a bat in 1st round but won’t force it.
The athletic
They seem locked in on college batsEspn
St. Louis likes Abel, Cavalli, Foscue and Pete Crow ArmstrongI think we’ll have a better idea of who it’ll be after the first 15 picks. Key is who drops.
David when I was an intern for the Astros we had a Q&A with Astros front office. They basically said normally they call up a player before the pick and ask ahead of time so they can give the GM the information. Things change like Astros in Brady Aiken when they found something on his physical and lowered his offer and then lowered Jacob Nix offer because of it.