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It’s not possible to know what Marmol/Bloom are thinking. We can only guess.
I agree Crooks has not been given as much time as he probably needs to show what he can do. Some players can come to the big leagues and immediately show what they can do, like Wetherholt. Others take time, like Walker. Crooks may be somewhat in between the two of them.
The glut of catchers in the system works against Crooks. Allowing Herrera to catch makes it worse.
We can only wait and see what happens. Players have been let go from this organization only to thrive somewhere else. Others have not. It’s not something that can be predicted with any accuracy.
The concerns are valid. Unless a team is happy with a catcher who can’t throw runners out, no team is going to want Herrera to catch long term. He shouldn’t catch for the Cardinals long term.
I still maintain a move to first base is in his best interests, whether that is with the Cardinals, or some other team.
gscottar, I doubt Burleson is going to be a Cardinal much longer. Even if they don’t trade him this year, he is on the Nootbaar trajectory very soon.
They have so many, why not share the wealth? 🙂
Can’t imagine Pages would get much of a return. I would not trade Herrera (he isn’t much of a catcher anyway, especially if a buying team would prefer not to have runners stealing on them like it’s Christmas).
Well if a sell off was inevitable (it always was), might as well justify it.
I hope the players are not taking that attitude, but for my part, I am not surprised. The team was punching above it’s weight for a long time.
Competitive balance and using the Dodgers as the villain is a psychological manipulation to convince fans that a salary cap is necessary. It’s crap.
The one and only reason owners want a salary cap is to increase their franchise values and make them wealthier. Period.
You put your best hitters at the top of the lineup to ensure maximum plate appearances. This is the standard now as analytics have shown this is optimal.
Putting Walker second is not the problem statistically. Now, whether hitting in a different spot has messed with Walker’s head is a different story. I don’t know why it would, but humans are weird.
We could run through every scenario as to why a player individually or a team collectively, are not producing offensively as they have in the past, but to me that is an exercise in futility. They either do or they don’t.
Mental issues are not within the control of the manager and can’t be fixed by him.
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Back to .500. I was hoping to not see that. The offense needs to get out of this funk fast. Time’s a wastin.
That’s not good enough. Liberatore is clearly the weak link in this rotation. I don’t have a say, but if I did, he would not be in this rotation long. We have Dobbins, and Mathews waiting in the wings.
I suspect we may see Brycen Mautz in the near future. Svanson, Graceffo and Gastelum are the only relievers with options.
Bloom is only up for changes around the margins, given the plan he set out at the beginning of the season. It’s sink or swim with the team we have for the most part, I don’t see the deadline changing that much if at all.
Bats that have gone cold and a bullpen that couldn’t get a little league team out. What a mess this team is.
Personally, I think Pages is a waste of a roster spot. I am sure he is well liked and all that, but to me he serves no purpose on a rebuilding club with a boatload of catchers in the pipeline. He doesn’t hit well, and I think this vaunted ability to handle a pitching staff is overblown. The pitchers seem to do just fine without him playing as much.
Crooks needs to play more, in my opinion. I have always thought that having three catchers was counter productive. It has gotten a little better since they cut Pedro Pages playing time.
If I had my druthers (which I don’t), I would like to have Herrera moved off catcher, Leo Bernal brought up and have he and Crooks duel it out. Get some good competition going.
I have seen both play quite a bit in the minors. They are both good defensive catchers, though I give Crooks the slight edge. Crooks has not been able to show what he can do with the present catching situation.
He needs more playing time and a good long runway to show if he can catch at the major league level. He is not getting it.
I agree with Brian. As I said in my previous post, I don’t have a strong urge to trade Burleson. But if a decision was made to trade him, I would not be upset about it.
Herrera is having a lesser season offensively this year than previous years. That does not concern me. My only complaint about Herrera is that he is not a good defensive catcher, and I would prefer he not catch. I can’t say there is a link, but he hit much better last season when he wasn’t catching.
It is unlikely that either Burleson or Herrera will be traded so the discussion is really academic.
Burleson isn’t what the Cardinals need. They need pitching, and lots of it.
I don’t think Burleson is a better all around player, than say, Wetherholt. He runs hot and cold and is bad against left handed pitching. He is also older than all the other regular position players except Nootbaar. If the team is going for the youth movement, Burleson doesn’t really fit the bill.
If they traded Burleson, Herrera could move to first base. He has played it before in the Winter Leagues.
Herrera is slumping, it happens to all players at some time. I see it as temporary. He shouldn’t catch, but he is one of our best hitters when he is on.
I don’t have a strong urge to trade Burleson, but if Bloom can get a decent return, why not?
Romero doesn’t have injury concerns. He had an appendectomy. No team is going to be worried about that.
What the return is depends on the team and what their needs are. A team who badly needs a right handed pitcher may give you more than some other team for May.
Nootbaar is an on-base machine. He has always been one. Those guys are valuable. Will he get a top prospect? Not likely, but the return is not going to be nothing. Besides, the point is to trade those with less years of control and open up a spot for a younger player.
I don’t have a strong opinion about trading Burleson. I would not trade Herrera but I would move him off the catcher position.
I don’t think trading Baez is likely at this point. I do agree he has swing and miss and chase issues.
