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It was an acceptable first big league start. Quinn’s pitches look good he just needs to fine tune some things and be a little more aggressive with 2 strikes. That and calming down as he missed some fastballs he was trying to do a little too much on.

The changeup is a really good pitch though and Quinn’s fastball looks great to me as well.

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He seems a bit jumpy which I guess is understandable in a debut.

Yeah that is what it looks like to me. A few pitches he looks like he is trying to do a little extra with. He needs to just trust his stuff and relax a little. He could be a little more aggressive and throw some strikes with 2 strikes rather than wasting a few. Not bad though as the stuff looks good and he has done a good job working up, down, and inside.

He has shook off Crooks a lot. You would think him and Crooks would be more on the same page since Crooks has caught him this year.

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I really dislike the full wrap around ad graphic behind home plate. It keeps glitching out and distracts from being able to enjoy watching the game.

Quinns changeup was looking really good. It has a lot of movement on it

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Maybe they can at least get something out of Hence, but I am not disappointed if they don’t. He had many opportunities and for Hence and the Cards it is best to move on.

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Herrera simply manages a staff better than Pages from what I have seen. I think people see a catchers arm and associate their game calling to be on par with their arm quality. Herrera’s arm is worse by a lot, but it doesn’t really matter that often compared to sequencing which is an every pitch occurrence.

Catcher ERA isn’t the perfect stat, but the comparison is interesting. Herrera has the best cERA and the wmhe gets talked about you would think his arm is leading to multiple extra allowed per game.

Herrera – 347.0 innings, 3.86 cERA, -2 DRS, -2 FRV
Crooks – 186.1 innings, 4.11 cERA, -3 DRS, 1 FRV
Pages – 420.2 innings, 4.32 cERA, -1 DRS, 4 FRV

Is Herrera a good defensive catcher overall? No but he is more than fine handling catching duties twice a week.

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He is starting Saturday booyah. And I expect he mostly will keep taking turns in the rotation with May’s spot being open after the trade deadline.

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Thrilled to see it.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/cardinals-to-select-quinn-mathews.html

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That Palm Beach lineup is getting more fun as they promote more guys there. A lot of young, upside guys in Padilla, Dos Santos, Hernandez, Mitchell.

All around a good day on offense. Gurevitch and Rainiel with really good days. I’m curious if Gurevitch will spend the Sep in Springfield.

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I personally don’t see Baez as being ready yet. He can maybe get some PAs in September, but I think he needs to keep working on some things more

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Should we expect to see jnevel in the Tarps Off crew tonight?

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Jnevel, make sure you stay plenty hydrated. That type of heat and heat index is no joke

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Maybe some time on the development list will do wonders for Levenson like it did with Baez

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I think Winquest would be serviceable if called up today. He is striking out a good amount and not walking guys which gives him a 4.14 FIP. He has given up some long balls which hurt him. I don’t think he would come up and be amazing right away, but he would be better than Svanson is right now.

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I took the 4 rankers so far (stlcard24, me, gscottar, jnevel) and then assigned 50 points for a 1st ranking, 49 for 2nd, and so on and the tallied up the results so far on the weighted ranking from TCN posters.

Since I am adding up and 2 of us didn’t rank the graduated on service time by now guys in Crooks, Jordan, Torres, I have not considered them on the following rankings. I have this in an excel sheet so if other people want to put their top 50, I should be able to give a new resulting output.

+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Rank | Player                    | Points |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 1    | Rainiel Rodriguez         | 200    |
| 2    | Quinn Mathews             | 193    |
| 3    | Joshua Baez               | 190    |
| 4    | Liam Doyle                | 189    |
| 5    | Leonardo Bernal           | 181    |
| 6    | Yhoiker Fajardo           | 174    |
| 7    | Jurrangelo Cjintje        | 172    |
| 7    | Tanner Franklin           | 172    |
| 9    | Trevor Condon             | 165    |
| 10   | Mason Molina              | 161    |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 11   | Tegan Kuhns               | 148    |
| 12   | Jesus Baez                | 142    |
| 13   | Tai Peete                 | 136    |
| 14   | Brycen Mautz              | 135    |
| 15   | Jack Gurevitch            | 133    |
| 16   | Cooper Hjerpe             | 132    |
| 17   | Won-Bin Cho               | 130    |
| 18   | Ixan Henderson            | 118    |
| 19   | Tekoah Roby               | 115    |
| 20   | Rocco Maniscalco          | 113    |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 21   | Jacob Odle                | 108    |
| 22   | Brandon Clarke            | 102    |
| 23   | Yairo Padilla             | 101    |
| 24   | Braden Davis              | 99     |
| 25   | Chen-Wei Lin              | 97     |
| 26   | Deniel Ortiz              | 94     |
| 27   | Luis Gastelum             | 86     |
| 28   | Ryan Mitchell             | 85     |
| 29   | Sebastian Dos Santos      | 80     |
| 30   | Dee Kennedy               | 71     |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 31   | Andrew Williamson         | 69     |
| 32   | Blake Aita                | 61     |
| 33   | Caden Ferraro             | 58     |
| 34   | Ty Van Dyke               | 53     |
| 35   | Emmanuel Luna             | 50     |
| 35   | Hancel Rincon             | 50     |
| 37   | Chase Davis               | 46     |
| 38   | Miguel Hernandez          | 41     |
| 39   | Pete Hansen               | 38     |
| 40   | Tink Hence                | 36     |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 40   | Tre Richardson            | 36     |
| 42   | Travis Honeyman           | 31     |
| 42   | Max Rajcic                | 31     |
| 44   | Cade Crossland            | 30     |
| 45   | Jalin Flores              | 29     |
| 45   | Dawson Montesa            | 29     |
| 45   | Sammy Hernandez           | 29     |
| 48   | Xavier Cruz               | 28     |
| 49   | Ryan Campos               | 27     |
| 50   | Cal Randall               | 25     |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 51   | Cade Winquest             | 22     |
| 52   | Payton Graham             | 21     |
| 53   | Ian Petrutz               | 16     |
| 53   | Nate Dohm                 | 16     |
| 55   | Jack Martinez             | 14     |
| 56   | Yordalin Pena             | 11     |
| 56   | Brayden Smith             | 11     |
| 58   | Sebastian Rojas           | 10     |
| 59   | Cesar Prieto              | 9      |
| 60   | Mason Burns               | 7      |
+------+---------------------------+--------+
| 61   | Andrew Dutkanych          | 6      |
| 61   | Brandt Thompson           | 6      |
| 63   | Jose Suarez               | 5      |
| 64   | Colton Ledbetter          | 4      |
+------+---------------------------+--------+

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Perfect game, no hitter, and shutout all ended on one oppo HR

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Misiorowski may be having another historic game today against the Rockies. 11 Ks with no base runners in 4 innings so far

Make that 12 Ks in 13 batters

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Ah thanks for clarifying. I knew Palm Beach played in the same area, but I didn’t realize it was the same complex.

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That big fly from Herrera had a lot of hang time. If he sprinted he could have made it to 2B by the time it got out of the park

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That may be what happens even if they don’t require HS guys to go to college. Teams are drafting only less HS guys overall and I could see it continuing to where the only guys drafted out of HS are advanced players like Condon (I mistype his name everytime) that can go to A ball the next year.

Brian, what do you think the Cards do with the complex of they did get rid of the FCL? It would feel kind of odd timing to have just spent so much renovating the complex for the next year it to go away. I realize Spring Training uses it as well, but that doesn’t feel like the best return in investment for 2 months of use a year.

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My predictions

NLE – Braves
NLC – Brewers
NLW – Dodgers

Wild Cards – Phillies, Cubs, Dbacks

ALE – Red Sox
ALC – Guardians
ALW – Mariners

Wild Cards – Rays, Yankees, Astros

The Mariners talent wise feel like the best in the AL West, but they just can’t seem to put it together. I’m going with the Red Sox staying hot with former Cards leading the way.

NL East should be a good competition between the Braves and Phillies. Talent wise in the NL the top 4 is Dodgers, Brewers, Phillies, Braves.

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I’ll continue rooting against the Mets. I have never liked them but how poor their management is is just fun to root against. They make bone headed decisions like handing the Cubs a gift in PCA.

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Ferminator gets the job done with a sac fly

Burly looking better against lefties lately

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At this point, the FCL is essentially the next step up for graduated DSL players. Maybe next year with a few HS draftees this year they will have some domestic players. But I expect Condon to A ball.

If they do up the DSL age requirement, I honestly see the owners pushing to remove the FCL games and instead just have a reserve list with a few development coaches where players spend some time after the draft and maybe raw HS guys like Rocco spend part of the next year. Then DSL guys spend enough time there to go straight to A ball.

Not saying I would do this, but just looking at what the rookie leagues are now it feels like it is going to be cut one way or another. I assume that is the main thing owners want out of their proposed changes to the draft and international players.

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I watched the first 2 innings of Clarke’s start last night. In those 2 innings, he looked good but rusty. Stuff was really dominant. The fastball command was way ahead of the breaking and off speed command. I didn’t see the 3rd to see when the wheels came off though.

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Tuning in now, but that one measly run turned to 7 quickly and Greene is really good

Pallante is doing great. I know Herrera gets a lot of flack in his catching, but is it also a coincidence the two pitchers he catches have been the best on the staff? Page’s CERA is much higher than Herrera’s.

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