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Misiorowski must not be happy about the first inning. He struck out the side in the second for his fourth straight strikeout.
Chourio may be a dangerous hitter but his fielding isn’t looking too great. He misplayed Noots double and a foul ball that he ran a little ways to get to, his him in the heel of the glove and drops.
Wetherholt takes a heater to the thigh to open the Cardinals first. He moves to second on a weak grounder to second by Herrera. Walker hits a 2 run bomb. Nootbaar his a double off Misiorowski and his 1.47 ERA coming into the game. 2-0 Cards after 1 inning.
Gray is the only questionable trade. He was a good pitcher, when healthy. Fitts, Clarke and Galle have promise but each have their concerns to reach that promise. The Cardinals ended up paying a very large part of Gray’s remaining salary obligations and could use him in the rotation.
As Marmol has made substitutions in this game, I feel like they haven’t been what I think he should do. I did not like the Velazquez for Torres sub nor the Saggese for Crooks sub. I think I would rather have Gorman instead of Fermin against the lefty when that substitution was made.
The only problem at this point is that Gorman is probably only a thrown in on any trade. He might be had as a non tender at the end of this season.
The Cardinals need to start scoring runs when May pitches. Counting tonight’s game, in his last 6 starts, the Cardinals have scored 13 runs total. He has allowed 16 earned runs in those games. They are currently 1-4 in his last 6 starts and his ERA is 4.00 in those games.
I am still waiting on an eyewitness evaluation of Blaze Jordan’s defense at 3B. If he could play at least average defense at 3rd, I would be in favor of moving on from Gorman.
I am enjoying this season. It is progressing a little more than I expected but I said to a lot of my friends that I expect the Cardinals to be above .500 this year. I truly believed that before the first pitch of the season was thrown. I expected the starting pitching to be better than last year. I thought the hitting would be about a wash and the defense to be good. I had concerns about the bullpen.
Do I wish the Cardinals were in the world series every year? Yes. I knew they needed to correct the mess they had created and it looks like they did that. It will be a long process to reach the end goal but they can compete in the short term, as well. I just don’t expect they will be in the world series this year. I am still open to next year, though.
Now let’s get back to beating the Cubs this year and things will be good.
Walker will effectively block young outfielders who don’t play center field.
If a player batting .300 with a .944 OPS and 15 HRs in 226 PAs is “blocking” someone, I want to see that player that is being blocked. When we get to that point, we will have achieved success on the rebuild and probably become the team to beat in all of the majors leagues.
Some expectations and biases have become a little ridiculous.
I like the idea that if a team wants to buy a bunch of the best free agents and spend $100 million over the CBT, they lose a lot of draft picks. It starts with the first round pick and continues with the next round, etc. If they want to buy it, they can’t draft it, also.
And they need to eliminate a present value computation for deferred money. If a player signs a 10 year, $700 million contract, it is valued at $70 million per year for CBT purposes. It doesn’t matter how much is deferred.
If Torres can get on base at .350 or higher, he is worth being on the roster. I don’t know how good he is in CF, but Church could play CF and Torres LF until Noot is back.
The OBP and low K% for Torres and Prieto are the biggest reasons I would like to see them in St. Louis. Having more runners on base ahead of Wetherholt, Herrera and Burleson would be nice to see. Saggese and Scott need to go down to Memphis to get their hitting straightened out.
The only thing I don’t know is how good are Torres and Prieto, defensively. If Scott is sent down, someone has to back up Church in CF.
1TD, they get unlimited challenges if they get the call overturned. Only 2 incorrect challenges per team.
If the Cardinals need to pad their payroll numbers next year, they could sign a veteran free agent to an over-priced, one year contract. I’m sure there will be someone who could fill a need.
On Wetherholt, I am closer to Bob’s thinking. Anything approaching $100 million is an extreme overpay. I like the thought of getting him locked in for a few seasons beyond free agency but it has to be team friendly. There is no guarantee that he will be a perennial all star so why pay him that kind of money.
For comparison, Donovan after 4 years will have made $10 million. Julio Rodriguez after 5 years will have made just under $60 million. I think somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 for 8 years is the absolute tops the contract should be. It should also give him more in the early years than he would get in the normal, year-to-year contract process. Less in the later years. That would give the team the opportunity to keep overall payroll in check while allowing a better team to be built and kept.
At the beginning of the season, how many posters would have bet on the Cardinals to not be below .500 at any point during the first 20 games this year?
Svanson’s defense behind him did him no favors. If Winn is playing SS, I think Svanson gets out of that inning with a lot less damage. Maybe even no runs allowed.
May will be fine. In his 2nd start, he got hit in the ankle with the batted ball in the first inning. It was his push leg and I’m sure it affected him. I give him a pass on that outing.
The Cardinals need an upgrade in LF. Church is good, defensively, but he needs to start hitting. Saggese does a decent job out there but he needs to keep his strikeouts down.
If Crooks keep hitting at AAA, he needs to come up and start 75-80% off the games and move Pages to backup C.
I wonder if moving Pallante and Leahy back to the bullpen and replacing them with Fitts and Dobbins would help. Remove Svanson and Shuster.
I think this team is closer to a possible playoff team than many are giving them credit for. They are not an elite team but they could make the playoffs if the chips fall right.
I think they should bring up Crooks up if he continues hitting like this for another week. Send Pozo down and give Crooks the majority of the starts at catcher.
1. Burleson, Herrera, Gorman and Velazquez become a feared middle of the order lineup.
2. Church becomes the starting CF by July 1 and finishes the season with a .275 BA and .825 OPS.
3. After the trade deadline, the starting rotation is: Liberatore, McGreevy, Dobbins, Fitts and Mathews. All have ERAs under 4.50.
4. Walker gets sent down for a couple of months, regains his hitting stroke, comes back up in July and hits .275 for the remainder of the year.
5. Cardinals are the surprise of the NL and win 89 games to make the playoffs. They get to the NLCS where they lose in 7 games to the Dodgers.
6. Wetherholt hits .290/.420/.495/.915 and unanimously wins ROY.