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Carp is 35. Mid 30s is where guys who have been good just can’t do it any more. Some can hang on a couple more years and some can’t. He dropped off from 2018 to 2019 (when he was the same age Goldy is now). It doesn’t seem like there is any rational reason to expect he is going to magically rejuvenate somehow. Not in the post roid era at least.
An ESPN article says Wainwright is the oldest active player in the NL and 4th oldest in MLB. I guess the AL has a few DHs older.
I dozed off at 5-1 so the box score this morning is an eye opener. I am happy for Carp that he got the homer. And since he obviously will be in the lineup a lot regardless it will be great if he starts having some success. I wonder what was wrong with Strasburg.
1. Tommy Edman (S) RF
2. P. Goldschmidt (R) 1B
3. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
4. Paul DeJong (R) SS
5. Matt Carpenter (L) 2B
6. Dylan Carlson (S) CF
7. Andrew Knizner (R) C
8. J. Williams (L) LF
9. Jack Flaherty (R) PFree Edmundo Sosa
Sosa falls into the same category as Bader, O’Neill and Williams. The organization keeps hoping that another year of experience will overcome not quite enough talent.
If your system has not produced prospects that have moved up rather crisply and shown an ability to dominate at AAA, then you either have to go get some talent from outside or hope guys like Carlson and Oviedo can shake off the giant leap in the skill level of the opposition that comes with skipping the AAA step, which is a roll of the dice.
It does not help when you do have a guy who moves up crisply and does show dominance at AAA and you trade him because he is blocked by a money guy flopping around on the MLB roster.
.Any other 1-5 teams out there need healing, come on down. 700 Clark Ave.in St. Louis. Google map it.
We are playing a 1-5 team in our park. Should be feasting. As to Carlson, he is doing what one might expect a AA player to do thrown into the big league. I am sorry to say I expect we will see something like that from Oviedo despite his nice outing. Another AA guy thrown in the shark tank.
Goldschmidt down to .238, he must have grabbed one of the pool noodles out of the bat rack by mistake.
Mo’s computer doesn’t like Nogowski any more than it liked RA. Something about hitting .300 at Memphis I guess.
We are back to 4 below .200. Williams is 5 points away from giving us 3 below .100. 4 counting Gant, which we are not. Maybe we are going for a record or something.
Gamecast says Carp with a base hit to the catcher. A bunt I assume. Waving the white flag I guess. But it got us a run. Hooray.
But with DeJong now at .094, one quarter of the lineup is below .100 One third if you count Gant but I am not counting the pitcher so as not to be throwing shade.
Carlson now at .200, which is not below .200 so we still no longer have half our order hitting below .200. It should be mentioned that Goldy is down to .250.
