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  • in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150242
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    Did Molina crater?

    in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150238
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    25 – In your opinion, did the virus affect Martinez more than all the other Cardinal players who contracted it?

    in reply to: 2021 Bullpen #150237
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    You give your young relievers a chance, Forsch, because you think their ceiling is higher than Brebbia’s. That the logic.

    in reply to: Yadier Molina Contract Extension?? #150236
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    If you sign, Yadi, you’ll need to get his agreement that he will sit one day a week. If you’re going try for more time than that for Knizner, don’t sign Yadi.

    in reply to: 2021 Bullpen #150222
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    Too much overlap to keep Brebbia. Better to give him a chance with another organization. Also, there are some guys like
    Whitley, Fernandez, and Elledge that they want to give some time to in order to assess.

    in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150211
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    If there was a private message function on here, 25, you’d understand where I’m coming from.

    in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150193
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    Are Carp and Fowler goof cases?

    in reply to: 2021 Bullpen #150189
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    5 possible closers. Wow.

    in reply to: Yadier Molina Contract Extension?? #150186
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    Cards value contracts by projections of runs produced and runs saved. They add on a factor if it’s a legacy player. Like they did with Albert. What’s the factor? 10% more? 15% more? 20% more?

    in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150172
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    Hasn’t started effectively since 2018. Season

    in reply to: Carlos Martinez in trouble again #150169
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    Unreliable as a starter and the bull pen is full. Where do you see a role for him?

    in reply to: Yadier Molina Contract Extension?? #150168
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    Having only 2 major sports teams kinda makes St. Louis look like a second class city. Add to that our #1 ranking in murders/capita (since only city statistics are used), and we don’t appear to the outside world a very attractive place to reside and work. When the opposite is true.
    Too bad.

    in reply to: TCN’s 2021 Top 50 Prospect List Countdown #150154
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    Well, Forsch, if Carlson bombs out they will need 3 outfielders after Fowler is done. That could be a real problem. Mo will have to make some trades.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150153
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    So there’s no sense in talking about a clutch player, who bears down even more with runners in scoring position in a tense moment of the game? Who chokes up and refuses to give in to the pitcher? Of course there is.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150143
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    Not a big deal, and certainly not having to do with stats, but most of my friends who watch a lot baseball feel that the best player to have at the plate when the game is on the line is Yadi. Why? Because he hits the ball where it’s pitched. He makes contact. The last two seasons he’s only struck out 13% of the time. Nothing more discouraging than watching a batter with his hands down on the knob of the bat with two strikes in a clutch situation whiff with a mighty swing at a slider in the dirt or a sizzling chest high 4 seamer.

    in reply to: TCN’s 2021 Top 50 Prospect List Countdown #150142
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    Forsch –
    Please don’t take this the wrong way, (as being braggadocious), but I played 4 years of D1 baseball, done some coaching, been following MLB for well over 60 years, and I can say it’s a very, very small chance that Carlson will bomb out. All the basics are there. He’s a real talent. And when he was called up to the Cardinals, he had played only played 18 games at AAA. So it would be foolish to judge him on his first 35 games as a major league. The main difference between he, Bader, and O’Neill? Plate discipline and pitch recognition.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150095
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    I read an article which said that Yadi lead the team in the last full season, 2019, in BA with runners in scoring position. He hit .315. That’s what I was drawing on, Brian.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150093
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    Oh I don’t know, mspaid. Maybe a trade will happen.
    And I would like for Yadi to be re-signed because he’s clutch, and we don’t really have anybody else better ready to go.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150080
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    Gotta firm up that OF. We went into 2020 with one aging veteran and 4 unprovens. Look what happened to our offense.
    One of the worst in MLB. The infield and catcher can’t carry the day. The team offensive numbers don’t lie. Do you want Carlson, DeJong, and Goldy to be our only decent bats?

    Also need to close that donut hole with an addition or two at the AAA or AA level.

    4 more years of Bader, 25? With that “look at me, ladies” attitude? Ugh.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150061
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    AAA lines –

    Carlson (22 years old) – .361/.418/.681/1.099 (small sample)
    Dean (27 years old) – .331/.398/.546/.944
    O’Neill (25 years old) – .256//339/.554/.893
    Bader (26 years old) – .275/.345/.465/.810

    You tell me, 25 and Forsch.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150054
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    Carlson was one of 3 outfielders named to the all minor league All Star team by BA. He’s in a different class than Bader,
    O’Neill, and Thomas. He’s a certainty. The other 3 fall short of that.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150046
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    Please look up both Bader’s and Dean’s numbers at AAA and compare. Thanks.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150039
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    Cards tried this before with a great glove no hit centerfielder. Clubs get carried away with that defense in centerfield. Cards finally gave up and traded him to the Phils. Then he went to the Rays. Then the Braves. And finally back to the Angels. Never was able to win a starting job after being traded originally from the Angels.

    The dark horse for the OF is Dean. Isn’t he still on the team? You referred to Bader’s minor league numbers. Have you checked out Dean’s numbers at AAA New Orleans in 2018 and 2019? Eye popping.

    in reply to: TCN’s 2021 Top 50 Prospect List Countdown #150037
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    Well, gscottar, who plays CF if Bader, O’Neill, and Thomas bomb out at the plate,
    like they have? Fletcher is years away.

    in reply to: Cardinals’ Off-season Needs #150036
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    Putting Bader above Fowler and O’Neill (who had dismal numbers for corner outfields) sure isn’t saying much. Why would you want to make that comparison? It’s embarrassing. It’s like comparing a C- term paper to two D term papers and saying the C- term paper was pretty good.

    And to compare Bader to Carlson is like comparing apples to grapefruit. Carlson was a 21 year old kid who was in his first 35 major league games. A kid who was brought up only because guys like Bader, O’Neill, and Thomas were so weak at the plate. A move to try to inject some energy into that dormant offense.

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