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Sorry, I know Ted, but I was mixing him up with Matheny, who was from Ohio and played at U. of Michigan.
All the pitchers drafted average more than a K per inning.
Holiday’s stats are especially nice. Struck out 128 in 113 innings while only walking 19. BAA of .199.They’ve done a pretty good job so far, with the financial limitations that they have. For instance, let’s look at the OPS of the position players drafted so far.
Wetherholt – 1.061 (8 HR in only 124 AB)
Campos – 1.071 (11 HR in 236 AB)
Kross – 1.076 (19 HR in 221 AB)
McGee – 1.070 (15 HR in 188 AB)
Madron – 1.046 (12 HR in 211 AB)That’s pretty strong.
Wetherholt and Scott, the former Mountaineers, can hopefully look forward to being teammates on the Cardinals in several years.
It will be interesting to see if drafting Wetherholt alters their trade strategy later this month. Does it make Gorman, Edman, Donovan, Saggese, Prieto, or Dunn more tradeable?
Mo always tries to look to the future. So anticipate getting a player or two that will help this season and also in 2025.
Thanks for that perspective, Gags.
Well done, as usual.I wonder also how many “innings eaten” is affected by the 3rd time through the lineup principle, now rampant throughout baseball.
It would be nice to see the MOTO produce as predicted before the season started – Goldy, Arenado, Contreras, Gorman, etc.
Winn and Burleson at the top of the lineup, followed by Contreras, Goldy,
Arenado, Gorman, Walker, Donovan, and Edman hopefully will be the lineup going into the playoffs. With Goldy and Arenado playing up to their contracts. That could be fearsome.Probably have to pencil in Walker for the OF next season. That puts the OF potential at Walker, Donovan, Edman, Siani, Nootbaar, Carlson, Burleson, Scott, and Koperniak.
If they move Burleson to 1B, as I suspect they will, it leaves only 2B open. As Gscottar said, that leaves 2B as an open competition between Edman, Gorman, and Donovan.
Arenado is still in what should be his latter prime years. He just turned 33 in April. His steep decline is a complete surprise. He must have some nagging injuries.
Gorman just swings for the fences, even with a full count. He needs better coaching.
Walker was pushed too fast. Unable to readjust to the MLB pitchers’ adjustments. I hope it doesn’t have a lasting effect.
Going into this season, many of us felt that we had some of the best middle of the order bats in recent memory with Arenado, Goldschmidt, Contreras, Walker, and Gorman. I truly don’t have any idea why that has not played out well.
Future stars and core players are
Winn, Walker, Burleson, Herrera, Donovan, Nootbaar, and Gorman. Don’t trade any of them.Very nice job by Lynn. Hope he can keep it up!
Mike – Go Buffs! My son went there, and his daughter is there now.
Interesting to see people talking about (and drawing conclusions about) people they don’t know and have never met in person.
Jordan Walker is a big bat. Whether he plays in the OF or at 1B, he’s going to be a fixture in the lineup for a number of
years.
