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I don’t think goldy will sign a contract that’s mostly favorable to the cardinals. he knows how consistent and durable hes been. to me the only way the cardinals are gonna get him to sign early is to give him either a lot of money over shorter years say three or four or a longer contract that is till got a lot of money spread out along with incentives. but you never know.
gscottar, cant fault a vote for Hernandez. it still bugs me he went to the mets back in the day. but a great first baseman he was.
wacha looked good today. our hitting was ok but we were helped out by some bad defense on the marlins side. if it just came down to straight talent, I think they would have some really hard choices to make with the bench. I know options and stuff like that will play into it also so will make it easier on them. I like munoz bat but im not fond of his defense. yea he can play lots of places but he cant really play any really well. I personally would like a left handed batter whether munoz is on team or not.
well I voted for tudor and morris. tudor is a no brainer to me, he pitched awesomely for the cardinals and that’s what you are voting on here in my mind, not overall career. in fact, you could argue based on his cardinal records and stats, he is one of their best pitchers. morris was also a really good pitcher for them. if I was just purely voting without other considerations I would take rolen over morris cause I think rolen is one of the best third baseman ever period and definitely belongs in cardinals hall cause he was great when he was here but I usually vote for the older of the candidates that I believe deserves it cause as time goes on they will get less votes normally.
blackhills, well I never heard him say that but thanks for the info. that’s all fine If all he wants is stability. but it also locks him in with a team that doesn’t have a good recent history. if all that is true, why didn’t he just sign that contract with the nationals and build his championship team there. im sure the nationals would have went the three extra years if that was a problem. I also heard that he turned down 4 years 180 million dollars with the dodgers. unless he doesn’t feel hes that good and wont be able to back it up and get a great contract in 4 years that’s financially not that good of a decision if true. say he being honest and wanted the longterm stability. having an opt out in 5 or six years wouldn’t have kept him from recruiting. in the end im happy for him but if the phillies don’t really turn their fortunes around over the next 5 to 10 years, I don’t want to hear him whining about being there.
well im glad harper got a good contract. though to be honest, if I was him I would have wanted some kind of opt out after five years. its why I think machado got the better deal. though I think he is a great player and would have really helped the cardinals, I think he has less impact other than maybe putting people in the stands. the phillies haven’t really been close to be good for a while. yea they were good for a minute last year but overall lately they haven’t been good. so an opt out would have been nice in case they don’t get some other players around him. but maybe he wanted the security of more money and knowing where he will be playing for a long while over the chance to win.
I don’t think hes still injured. he made a terrible play on a ball hit to him the other day. the fact that he never played right field much cant be used now plus if you are an outfielder, you better be able to play in more than one spot in the outfield. now I admit that I have never thought fowler was that goods. yea he may have had these awesome stats people are posting years ago but he never passed the eye test for me and also we are in the now, not years ago. plus he played for the low life cubs, which we should never take a player from other than maybe a minor leaguer or sign a cub in free agency. so theres that.
I think harper in my opinion should bet on himself. if the dodgers are will to give 35 to 40 million a year for a shorter contract, id do it over a long term deal with the phillies. then if he shows that hes worth it, they probably would go back and extend him down the road. I still feel he is a better offensive option all around than what the cardinals have in the outfield by quite a bit and having him around for a while could have been nice but alas its not to be.
I don’t mind this move. he probably is better than pena far as if something happened and yadi had to be out a while. though hes not a lot better by any means.
I like mikolas and he did have a great year, but I still think they should have waited. I still think he would have given the cardinals first shot. now its true, he might have cost a little more at say the middle or during the offseason if he had another solid year but if he ends up not being as good this year or goes out and has an injury filled year or has to have some major surgery, then this will look just as bad as fowlers deal. the cardinals just never make sense. last year they bend over backwards and try to way overspend for Stanton who isn’t a cardinal type player and strikes out more often than not, wont try to make a legitimate offer to harper who while flawed, hits line drives and more importantly doesn’t swing at every ball he sees. that on top of giving an average guy like fowler too much money. I really like mikolas and I do hope he this turns out to be a good deal all around but this hope and pray thing they do is worrisome.
well had to record game so took me some time til I could watch it. have some points. its early but fowler still looks horrible either at the plate or in the field. wacha looked fine but ponce sure didn’t. Cabrera has good stuff but needs more work. I thought gant looked fine. him and mayers are gonna get hard looks cause they are either gonna make the team or be let go, no options left. munoz still looks just as iffy at defense as always. im not a fan, I think we have better options this year. that lane kid looks pretty good in the outfield and im still really impressed by robinson. we need a good left handed option off the bench.
well pugsleyadams im not trying to be smart but they already have a lot of variations on the uniforms for specific times. they have the green hats and such to represent st patricks day, they have camo uniforms to represent military as well, pink hats and such for cancer awareness. you don’t see the cardinal in those colors either. doesn’t hurt to have different uniform variations as long as they don’t over do it. while I prefer they keep the traditional colors for the most part, it doesn’t hurt that they bring powder out of retirement. a lot of people do like that color even if some don’t.
I personally don’t mind the powder blue uniforms. I would have preferred they be a sunday home game thing rather than an away uniform. I do prefer the regular ones so wouldn’t want them to go blue the whole time. on the subject of uniforms and such. why is it that you cant find a Harrison bader shirt or jersey on the st louis store site. sure you can create one but when they already have goldy as well dejong especially, it makes zero sense.
I thought lane looked really good. the starter for the marlins looked good and I thought mikolas looked ok but lane was really sharp. now he has pitched for quite a few teams but with that being said, he could really help. a long spring to go though.
I like that the cardinals are hitting but outside of the starter, marlins pitchers have been suspect.
im very intrigued by drew robinson, I think he could definitely make this team. I don’t see him as a opening day starter but being left handed, would really help coming off bench. I also liked tommy lane. could definitely help the left side of our bullpen. the announcers spoke greatly of him and I think they generally are good judges to a certain degree. I also thought the catcher for the cardinals looked good at the plate. seems they were saying he needs more work behind plate. bad thing for him is yadi is still great and unless the team is ready to move on from him next year or he drops off a lot, he may be moving onto another team.
seems like the cardinals are getting the most benefit here. he probably would have gotten more in arbitration. plus placing the incentives based on plate appearances is wrong since he doesn’t really have control over that. but he signed the deal so that’s that.
I love Harrison bader but he has to learn how to run the bases better. sure its early but that’s not something like hitting where it takes some time to get your timing down and such. when you are the trail runner, there is no reason to get thrown out going back to the bag on a caught flyball in the outfield.
im just ready to watch some baseball. im really interested in seeing how miller responds this spring. im expecting them to move slow with him at first.
hey thanks b Walton for that information about the game being on plus. I hate it cause that means its going to be on a non hd channel but at least ill get to watch it.
b Walton, I didn’t mean to say you were complaining. I just feel you are the person putting in the effort so I feel whatever you decide is best. I haven’t been on this site during the season so I cant say how it was good or bad. its nice that you are asking for thoughts. before mlb just more less gave the finger to everyone, a lot of us were using the news feeds to communicate our thoughts on stuff during the games. I liked that. being able to watch the game and discuss it at the same time was great. its why I would prefer individual game threads. either way I cant wait, its gonna be fun being on this board for the season. im even giddy for the spring game on tv this Saturday which I usually don’t get too much into the spring games. im still not 100 percent sure the cardinals have done enough to change their fortunes but the coming of spring breeds hope.
well as usual, here we are in spring, some cardinal pitcher is having some injury problem. I definitely could see him being put in the bullpen because of it. doesn’t mean he will stay there but I see for the start of the season. I personally think the cards are over estimating their pitching strength. like with weaver last season, there no guarantee some of these young guys will be the same this season as they were last year. there are pitching aces out there, cardinals should take the dive since they obviously aren’t going for harper. they could then put wainwright in the pen where I think he could do really well.
I think you should do whatever fits for you to do. its a lot of work im sure. I would prefer individual games but I do see how having individual series threads would be easier for you. as long as it doesn’t get posted too soo, Im fine with it. theres no reason to start talking about a series down the road instead of whats currently going on but people will do it and you will just have too many threads to go through. that’s my take for what it is. as this has become my outlet for talking cardinals baseball, I thank you for what you have done as well as for what is to come.
well good for him. im not a big fan of him especially after his hustle comment but to be fair, I see a lot of guys just as lazy going to first base, maybe they weren’t as honest as he was if somebody said something about it. the padres have a decent thing going, im just not sure they have the people in charge to make it happen. I think hes chasing the money but I don’t blame him. hes taking care of himself and his family and hes getting to play the best game in the world. plus if he does help them win more, its icing on the cake. im glad to see the padres making the effort, a lot of teams can learn from them.
the league has to get a handle on its owners. these owners just care about the bottom line. they don’t care about the game. they can always sell when things go sour and do well with what they have made even if its at a loss at the time which doesn’t happen often. baseball is on its way to becoming a niche sport like hockey. yea some teams locally still do well like the cardinals but nationally it is getting forgotten which will eventually effect all teams. yea pace of play is an issue so is lack of offense which doesn’t have to be home runs. how bout more stealing, more hit and runs, hitting against the shift. requires owners to ditch a lot of this analytic stuff and get managers who can actually manage and have played the game. if owners don’t want to pay for longer contracts, players should get more options like nba players. im not a big fan of that but if owners are going to continue to do what they think is best for their pocket books and not for their team or fans, then something has to change. the nba and the nfl is about the players and that’s why they do so well with the fans and people in general and they are in the national psyche. baeball owners just don’t get that.
