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I did not see yesterdays game. Was Mikolasas bad as his stats indicate? Granted it was just one game. Mayers seems to have improved in the last year. He always seemed like he needed a better breaking ball, or changeup.
Brian mentioned pitcher Wilberto Rivera. Interesting article from Baseball America on him. 18 years old, 93-96 mph fastball, breaking ball potential, 6’3″, room for projection. GCL last year.
Assuming a replacement seems ready, and Fowler has a good year, is there any chance DF could be traded after 2018 or 2019, a la Mike Leake? I believe he has a full or partial no trade clause.
My comment yesterday was more of a lament in what value a player has to another team. A case could have been made to trade Rosenthal before last years trade deadline. He always had maddening potential, blowing people away one minute, then can’t find the strike zone. Especially given the fact he was a free agent after 2018 injury or no injury, and his agents name is Boras. It would have been interesting to see if the Cards would have given Rosey a qualifying offer had he not been hurt. Last thing is did Rosenthal sign with anyone yet?
Any chance the Cardinals could trade for Albert, if the Angels ate a good chunk of salary? Just not sure if he can play defense any more. The only reason I ask, is that Ohtani is now the Angels new toy. Perhaps trade Carpenter for him.
I just wonder if it is normal for teams to lose players such as Adams, Rosenthal, Siegrist, Diaz for nothing or next to nothing. Our minor league systems lower levels might be in better shape prospect wise if we had managed to sell high on most any of them. Certainly if Adams had a monster year during his tenure things might have been different as well as overuse of Rosenthal and Siegrist which led to injury and/or periods of ineffectiveness. In fact, I was hoping they would trade Rosenthal at the trade deadline prior to his injury. A team could have self sustaining success if their timing is right. We pretty much sold low on the above players.
I thought the Mccutcheon trade was to open a spot for Meadows? Oh well, not my team, not my problem.
One great thing about baseball is how pitchers change the way they pitch hitters, and then hitters adjust, or at least the good ones do. Then the pitcher changes things again, and so forth…
I wonder why the Cards brass never looked seriously at getting Odorizzi? Was all the conversation about Archer? The Twins got him for virtually a bag of beans. Was all of the focus on Archer? It sure seems if we traded for JO, you don’t need Mikoulas, and Jake is younger than Lynn. But not sure if he is better. Perhaps Goimber for him? I guess we will never know.
I sure hope Maddux makes all of the pitching decisions. I have also stated previously the last 2 years we needed more bullpen help. The front office largely ignored this. That didn’t help Matheny either, which I have depended on MM to bring in the wrong pitcher at the wrong time.
A bullpen with 29 losses last year is unacceptable. And who knows how many losses the relievers handed our starters, after they left the game. I like Leone, but the rest of our bullpen additions are questionable. But with these additions, at least the young kids can start in minors and not be rushed.
True, Kershaw is fantastic and a future hall of famer. And Bumgarner isn’t too shabby either, and if he stays healthy, he could be Cooperstown bound also. How could I forget them? Still seems like there aren’t many like those 2. As far as the Cardinals go, there is Gomber, and I like the lefty reliever Evans at AA. Pretty slim pickings for our organization.
Kind of a strange coincidence that the Padres have acquired 3 of our players recently for nothing, including a Luis Perdomo twice, once back in the day. You can’t keep everyone. And until the Ozuna trade, to a fault, the Cards were hanging on to all prospects. HOnestly don’t think Wick will make it to the majors, but who knows.
Kind of a strange coincidence that the Padres have acquired 3 of our players recently for nothing, including a Luis Perdomo twice, once back in the day. You can’t keep everyone. And until the Ozuna trade, to a fault, the Cards were hanging on to all prospects. HOnestly don’t think Wick will make it to the majors, but who knows.
Kind of a strange coincidence that the Padres have acquired 3 of our players recently for nothing, including a Luis Perdomo twice, once back in the day. You can’t keep everyone. And until the Ozuna trade, to a fault, the Cards were hanging on to all prospects. HOnestly don’t think Wick will make it to the majors, but who knows.
Is there a date when a team no longer has to give up a draft pick for a free agent signing? I was thinking sometime in May? Maybe that is no longer the case?
Okay, first of all, I wasn’t dinging Lyons at all. I was saying a slight ERA rise of 2.8 to 3.10/3.20. ANd as far as his career relief ERA that doesn’t have much bearing on things, as he had NEVER been a closer before. There is one thing to be facing a second string left handed catcher in the 6th down 6-0, and then having to face Joey Votto with the bases loaded and the game on the line. I like Lyons very much, and hope Brians stats on his improvement continue.
Yes, the bullpen was terrible, 29 bullpen losses, almost 1/5 of the games played, is terrible. When Bowmann is near leading the league in appearances there is something wrong. He shouldn’t have been overworked and put in many of those situations, but with Matheny afraid to use Oh, Rosenthal, Cecil, Broxton, Siegrist, etc. because they blew so many games he was the only choice. The Cubs relievers had 22 losses, and outside of wade Davis I wouldn’t consider last years Cubs bullpen very good either. But I would rather have had 22 losses, obviously.
Lastly, the career ERA of the new bullpen additions compared to ones departed via free agency is New = 10.99 and old = 10.14. Gregerson has 66 saves in 112 opportunites. Not an encouraging percentage. Comparing the end of 2017 to now is the only fair way assess things, as I could care less about what Broxton/Siegrist/Socolovich did during the season. They are gone, thankfully. How are these changes upgrades? Basically the Cards are too cheap to go out and get anyone after being burned by Cecil, Leake, Fowler etc. That said, I am still rooting for the new guys because I have to, and honestly I wouldn’t mind being wrong.
It seems funny that 2 years ago David Price signs a 7 year, 217 million dollar deal. Are Darvish and Arrieta only 2/3 as good? No, but I think spending needs to be curtailed, I just wonder how long before some owner breaks from ranks and goes over slot, as it were.
Whatever you do Mo, please don’t sign Arrieta, unless on a 1 year deal. I only see that as a 1% chance of happening. Or after the 1 year throw a QO to him.
If they go with a 7 man bullpen here is 2017 ended versus 2018 projections:
2017 2018
Oh Gregerson
Rosenthal Leone
Duke Norris
Bowman Bowman
Tui Tui
Lyons Lyons
Cecil CecilAssuming Reyes isn’t a reliever on opening day, how can we say our bullpen is any better than last year, a year in which it was terrible. I could project Cecil should be better, but I also could see Lyons being worse, just due to the fact he had a really good year, and would be bound to fall off a little. And they should start Helsley, HIcks, Hudson, and Greene as along as they can for their ceilings. And with a starting staff that potentially won’t get deep into games adds another twist to this.
I think Valera should be the one to go. I like Munoz a lot. And Schrock is better than Valera. Munoz should be first man up if they need a middle infielder. But as in the Gregerson signing, it may be days before the physical, so the decision may not be quick.
Our front office fails us again!! Cubs sign Chatwood, Morrow, and Darvish, while we get Gregerson and Bud Norris. I am sure the Cubs are quivering with that last move. If we were going to overpay someone, I would not have chosen Norris. ON the trade front we do well, but our free agent choices leave a lot to be desired. (And needed to be better) All this brave talk from the FO about upgrading the bullpen. It was just talk, unless the kids come thru for us.
