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I’m not sure what they would do in Palm Peach to open a roster spot. None of the starters there look ready for AA. Although one of the existing starters is likely more suited for the bullpen. Not sure which though.
I hope to see them promote Mathews to Peoria soon. I am thrilled to see the K%, but he is a little old for low A ball and needs some more quality hitters to challenge him to see if he is for real.
Gray and Matz need to talk all day everyday about game plans. Matz has the stuff, but doesn’t get stike 1 nearly enough and doesn’t have the bulldog mentality that Gray does.
Yeah I would call Nootbar a great success. All Star level player out of the 8th round. The Cardinals problems aren’t developing late round picks, but getting tip level prospects to fully live up to expectations. There is always going to be some bust with even top prospects, but the team isn’t getting any star level players.
Maybe Donovan is starting to heat up. If he can get some things going his way in batted balls our offense will look much better with him on base and Contreras knocking him in.
I always love Sonny Gray games. I love the way he attacks hitters and and delivers 1st pitch strikes. Getting stike 1 is something I feel many of our pitchers need to do to improve more.
I’m not sure why Nootbar is in your list. You are focusing way too much in batting average of 244. That is right at league average, but Nootbar is consistently above average overall due to his amazing plate discipline. Noot’s numbers are a little down this year, but when you look closer, he has gotten unlucky. He is consistently taking great ABs and is making great hard contact. His expected wOBA is .385 which would be top 30 in baseball while his actual is only .295. Making great contact like that he will start finding the holes and his numbers will jump up.