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Would you not say Rainiel is getting closer though? He has shown AA isn’t a challenge for him and he has just one more step in the ladder to go in the minors.
Just because he is 19 doesn’t mean he is as uncertain as other 19 year olds in A ball which is where most of those comparisons are being made. Rainiel’s body is close to maximum projection in his weight and scouts don’t expect him to muscle up more. He physically matured at a much younger age than most guys.
Pugs, he is making guys look silly isn’t he. He took on the heart of their order and made every one of those guys look outmatched
A few people will oppose, but it realistically won’t matter I expect. It comes down to the financials and their thought is the money to be gained outweighs the cons of some people people upset and not spending money, but unless those people were going to games, they likely weren’t helping the club.
Molina was having a very good game before the rain delay. 9 Ks of 19 batters faced with no walks in 5 innings. That is more of what I was expecting of him. Pitch count was good at 72 pitches as well.
It looks like McGreevy’s expected stats were correct he was pitching way over what he was really capable of in the 1st half. A 3.01 ERA in the first half and a 5.05 ERA (not even including tonight) in the second half.
I still think he is a #3/4 mix type guy going forward though.
Like Brian said, it is a move for merchandise. It works if they choose a mascot people like and as the Cardinals they aren’t getting merchandise sells as people just buy the MLB team merch. Teams that have been really successful with creating a brand draw in significant merchandise revenue. The Rocket City Trash Pandas have been by far the most successful at a brand creation and people that don’t even like baseball all over the country like their merchandise and buy it.
I wouldn’t expect a typical name. Expect something odd that probably most of the forum won’t like as it is targeted toward younger fans.
Deniel is a guy I have been meaning to post about for a while. His surface level stata look fine, but the data underneath shows Deniel has really improved. He had contact issues like year despite the strong BA and was swinging and missing quite a bit. But this year he has cut down the K% by 9.3%. The underlying data shows clearly why too. He is making contact at a much higher rate now. His Contact% overall has went up over 8% and he has cut his swinging strike rate way down from 12.1 to 8.6%
His power seems to be returning which is nice to see. Hamate injuries sap power for quite a while and if he has really improved his contact ability while retaining his excellent power, he will be a very exciting prospect.
bling, Rainiel is a full step or two above the highest Crooks ever was evaluated as a prospect and multiple as a hitter. Scouts love Rainiel, the data geeks love Rainiel, and traditional stats folks love Rainiel as well. He passes whatever test with flying colors. There were a lot of questions on if Crooks would hit but scouts were really high on his defense.
Baez is still likely not in my top 10 for the Cards system. He has major plate discipline concerns that I expect may get more exposed at AAA and MLB.
On the HRs, they are drastically up across all the minors due to changes to the ball. After only a half dozen or so guys the prior 5 seasons getting 30 HRs, there are already 12 there today with a decent chunk of the season left.
Brian, you brought up Clemente and I noticed from watching box scores as well he has been doing much better control wise. Another good outing today.
Rainiel and Jesus Baez put on a power show in Springfield. Rainiel has been so such a consistent performer after an initial slow start to AA. I would push him to AAA for a couple of weeks to finish the year.
Jnevel, I also noticed that about the draftees. Some really bad debuts but I do understand these guys are probably rusty after a couple of months off of competition.
Thanks jnevel. I would think they would let him work another inning especially with such a taxed pen.
A lot of innings have had to be covered by the pen this weekend. At least they have an off day tomorrow
Who knows what injury Dobbins has? It’s a little early to be counting him out for the year.
I’m just assuming, but forearm tightness always has the same pattern. A pitcher takes time off for a month or two (so no Dobbins this year). Then they pitch a few games and feel it again and end up with Tommy John surgery. My fingers are crossed it isn’t this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see Dobbins until 2028.
Fernandez replaced Pallante on the 26 man yesterday. But they likely would have demoted him today without the Dobbins injury so Mathews could make the start. I will be curious if Hjerpe makes his start today in Memphis or if instead he is pitching in the bigs in a few days.
Matching Carolos Martinez would be quite a good career outcome for Brandon Clarke. Martinez was never elite, but he did have some really solid seasons and then just fell off. Although Clarke’s current command is worse than Martinez’s ever was, but also his stuff is better than Martinez as well.
Wow Fermin just whiffed on that fly ball. It would have tied the game, but that straight whiff loses the game
If the owners get their way as well for the international draft with a minimum age of 18, then next year their wouldn’t be any draft/signings either most likely to account for that gap year of upping the age requirement.
Mud, if you count the 9th tonight, Gastelum’s last 6 games he has pitched 7.1 innings striking out 15 of the 24 batters he has faced with 1 walk and 1 hit allowed.
Let’s see if he can close it out.
Unfortunate to hear Dobbins left with forearm discomfort. That is the one I feel like always turns into some type of elbow problem after diagnosis.