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Liberatore and Leahy are just as good at giving up leads as the relievers. Put them in the pen and bring up a couple starters.
Good point Bling. I see 3 RPs I listed above probably close to ready. Then Quinn may be able to take a rotation spot soon and Dobbins is likely better than Leahy. Libby and Leahy to the pen with some of the young guys I listed and then even maybe Mautz or Hansen as a lefty RP type.
Winquest would be a good choice as well. His underlying metrics have been really good. He is striking out a lot of not walking many. Rajcic, Winquest, and Gastelum would be my top choices if healthy and I think they represent potential improvements over what we have now.
I also look forward to Ryan Fernandez being back as he had been pitching much better this year. I thought his rookie year he was destined for a late inning role but RPs are so up and down on performance.
Rainiel had one heck of a week. Great to see and hopefully he has made some adjustments to the higher pitching quality and can keep it up.
Well at least they get out of it tied as he could have been much worse. So frustrating though as this pen was lucky to begin the year and now the luck is really turning
Soriano coming in. He has been okay so probably the best bet to help get out of it without going to O’Brien but he has been struggling lately.
I’ve only been tuned in the last 2 innings but the ump has done fine in my viewing time. She has done better than CB Bucknor
The often used phrase around here is “this team can’t hit” but I think it should be “this team can’t pitch”.
Yep agreed. The hitting for the team is toward the top of MLB. The pitching has vastly overpeformed what is expected based off underlying stats and they still have been in the bottom half of pitching staffs.
JJ at SS is interesting. He should be able to handle the position fine with so much experience there. And his glove at 2B has been very good. His arm isn’t nearly Winn’s though.
3 straight walks. Boy this pen is bad with O’Brien now slumping. Hopefully it will be reworked and guys like Rajic and Gastelum will get some opportunities in July
One thing is for sure the Cards did not trot out a quality series of pitchers today. Libby, Svanson, Stanek, and now Roycroft. Although Svanson surely is better than his results so far this year.
Wooster yeah Liberatore’s calling card as a prospect was his curveball. He does have a nice one, but his arsenal as a whole just doesn’t play well and hitters seem to notice so easily if it is a 4 seamer or a curveball. With Liberatore’s 12-6 curve shape I think a sinker would tunnel better with it and he needs to pitch like an old schooler at the bottom of the zone. His 4 seam was and is still a weak pitch with little ride that can’t miss bats.
Wow Walker with an absolute monster HR. He hit that ball with authority and it is a good thing that didn’t hit some one in the stands with that velocity.
I saw the first 2 HR Liberatore allowed but missed the 3rd. Another fastball up in the zone that was drilled. Libby just doesn’t have a fastball with enough rise to pitch up there. He probably needs to throw more sinkers down with his curveball focused arsenal
Bling, Blaze will end up chasing a lot similar to Burleson if it is in the shadow zone. But like Burly Blaze has very good bat control and doesn’t whiff much when swinging so overall he doesn’t run a high K% and he can foul off tough pitches. Jordan is Burly Jr and his approach and underlying metrics are very similar to Burly’s first 2 seasons
The NL has a top handful of pitchers that have performed very well. Ohtani, Misiorwoski, and Sanchez are all having historic seasons so far. We may see 2 of them end up with an ERA nder 2.00 this year.
For the Cy Young, I think I would lean toward Misiorowski, but between the 3 I listed none are a bad choice. I also expect by the years end Skenes will be firmly in that conversation as well.
Is Emmanuel Luna nursing an injury? He hasn’t played as often and when he does gets pinch hit for. Not playing today so that is 6 of 10 games. It seems like he is the guy you would want in the lineup daily.
The other top international signing Carrion hasnt played yet either and I’m guessing he is hurt.
I only saw parts of the game, but from what I saw it would be hard to evaluate Jordan’s defense. Everything I saw was hit right at him. He likely isn’t very quick footed but his hands may be fine. Again hard to say in the few easy GBs
I don’t really have a problem with them giving Stanek a $3.5 million contract this year. That isn’t much money at all to the team and was a shit to try and get a RP to hold up some value. It hasn’t worked out though plain and simple.
Graceffo is interesting in that his ERA makes him look like a lock down RP, but everything else says he is due for his extreme good luck to turn at some point. He has a .163 BABIP and no way he keeps it that low over the year. His FIP is 4.59 which is not good for a RP and the rest of his ERA predictors are over 5. I’m not suggesting they cut him but stating be very wary of a major regression coming from Graceffo.