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Where would you add offense?
3B?Carpenter
Pham
DeJong
Fowler
Wong
Gyorko
Molina
Piscotty
Grichuk
Martinez
Bader
O’Neill
Sierra
Adolis GarciaDo you really think the Cardinals will go outside and spend big bucks when they’ve been burned by the Duke and Cecil signings? Plus the Leake signing as a starter?
If I were to bet, I’d put my money on a Wacha or a Brebbia.Wacha may be a natural because he comes on strong and then seems to have a problem the second and third time through the lineup.
Plus it keeps his seasonal innings down.I may be wrong, but I think the Cards are moving toward a rotation of Martinez, Reyes, Weaver, Flaherty, and Hudson.
5th infielder next year will probably be a competition between
Garcia, Diaz, Mejia, and Valera.
The other IF bench competition may be between Voit and Wisdom.Springfield roster players who have a shot at making it? Here’s a stab –
Alcantara
Ellis
Gomber
Helsley
Gallen
Knizner
Alvarez
Edman
Adolis Garcia
Arozarena
Sierra
MercadoThat’s pretty strong. Almost half the roster.
Went with where they spent most of the s season.
Move it to the current Palm Beach roster – how about:
Fernandez
Hicks
O’Reilly
WoodfordNo position players.
Many feel that Voit can be a major league starter. If not with the Cardinals, then somewhere else. The announcers have said that.
Would really enjoy a conversation about whom posters think will make it at each level.
Starting with Memphis, how about
Flaherty (rotation)
Gant (bullpen)
Hudson (rotation)
Sherriff (bullpen)
Diaz (bench)
Mejia (bench)
Ravello (bench)
Voit (starter)
Valera (bench)
O’Neill (starter)
Bader (starter)That’s 11 out of 26, or 42%.
Peoria Chiefs possible future major leaguers?
Carlson
Edman
Knizner
Robertson
Hicks
O’ReillyAnyone else?
Last year, they were in the playoff hunt until the last day of the season. Pitching was key. Predicting a bad team for next year is very silly.
1.) Did Bowman really walk the lead off man?
2.) Did Duke really give up
a 3 run home run on an 0-2 pitch?
3.) Did DeJong really leave the bat on his shoulder on a 3rd strike with the bases loaded?This team is difficult to understand.
Guess those closers like Sutter, Eckersley, Gossage, Fingers, etc. must have pretty decent if they’re in the HOF. Kinda tough to tear their body of work down.
To your point, Euro – is it my imagination, or do the Cardinals try to steal more bases in the late innings of a close ball game?
Sutter’s WHIP from age 23-29.
1976 – 1.07
1977 – 0.86
1978 – 1.17
1979 – 0.98
1980 – 1.21
1981 – 1.07
1982 – 1.19That’s consistency.
This is getting to be mind numbing, Forsch. Rosenthal has had his ups and downs. We’ll see how he does in the future.
If DeJong keeps it up, he can be as big a power threat as anyone else in the NL. 20 home runs and
17 doubles in 288 plate appearances? Wow.Yes, he lost his closer’s job in 2016. He gave up 48 hits and 29 walks in 40 innings. He lost his job after only 2 years as a successful closer. That’s why some of us can’t get too excited about calling him “one of the best closers in Cardinals history”.
Sure, he’s one of the better closers in Cardinals history in his short tenure (2016 excluded – way excluded). No disputing that. But his tenure as a closer is short compared to others. And he lost his job to Oh until Oh had problems. Let’s see how he holds up in the future, both in both health and productivity.
Yes, to each his own. I have a cadre of players whom I think have a chance to make the majors some day. I scan the box scores quickly each day to see how they did. I don’t have the time or interest to follow the other 90% or so of players in our system, unless they start performing really well. It’s just a personal choice, and a rolling list. For instance, I really don’t want to take time to read the State College article in which it says that Zach Kirtley, who’s hitting .203, had a couple of key hits last week. That’s why I don’t read articles covering each minor league team as a whole. It’s just a personal choice. No offense intended to those who make a vocation of it or spend hours on TCN everyday.
