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And incidentally, the guy who formulated that 2 slot theory works for an outfit called “Senior Solutions LRS IT Solutions”
No, he is not the guy who formulated the theory. It has been around since the 1990’s according to Baseball Prospectus
But still, you lose the first inning impact of batting with what should be two of your best on-base guys ahead of you.
Current Cardinal leaders in OBP (minimum 100 PAs):
1. Goldschmidt – .402
2. Nootbaar – .380
3. Gorman – .364
4. Donovan – .342
5. DeJong – .328
6. Arenado – .315
7. Edman – .310Plus in that same argument for having your 2 hitter batting more often, you are losing at bats for your 9 hitter.
In what world do we care about a career .321 player losing ABs? You guys thought Bader sucked with a career .316 OBP. That is 0.5% difference. It is meaningless.
So, are they both great hitters or are they both terrible hitters?
Statistically, you want your best hitter hitting second.
People complaining about the lack of RBIs for Goldschmidt seem to miss the fact the guy currently batting 3rd leads the team in RBIs.
The far bigger problem is Contreras in the five spot. Donovan or DeJong should be batting fifth.
Jnevel – my point is neither Curriale nor Yeager belong on the Palm Beach squad. If we believe in meritocracy, promote them and demote others to make room.
The last two names I’d term as versatile MIF’ers who both possess nice gloves with the proven potential to be top of the order table setters.
I fail to see why you believe Edman is a “top-of-the-order table-setter”. He has a career .321 OBP. This year, it is .304.
He should have been gone over the winter.
Yet he has a .382 OBP so far this year.
So, in your mind, a .304 OBP is top-of-the-order and a .382 OBP should not even be on the team.
Haven’t looked at the 2024 draft. You won’t find much information about the 2024 draft until after this year’s is complete.
Unfortunately, we are missing out on Dylan Crews this year and he will most likely be going to the Pirates.
We also don’t have a second rounder because we spent $87.5 million on a DH who had a QO attached to him.
Matz had some good games last year. But more often than not, he had that one bad inning where he gave up four or five runs. He was only at 84 pitches when they took him out. I am guessing they were expecting to avert giving up five runs by going to the bullpen.
And since the Cardinals have already given up six runs in this game, the catching switch isn’t have the desired effect on run prevention.
But raise your hand if you think our bullpen can hold this lead without a lot of drama?
They’ve already given up five runs in one inning.
I just looked at our 10 wins. 7 of them were caught by Contreras, 3 of them caught by Knizner.
So, we are 7-16 with Contreras as catcher and 3-8 with Knizner as catcher. Appears to be a wash.
That Liberatore for Arazorena trade is really hurting us. Just like the Ozuna for Alcantara/Gallen trade.
The Cardinals will figure out over the next 30 games whether this was really a Contreras issue.
If pitching doesn’t GREATLY improve over the next 30 games, then the entire front office needs to be fired for trying to scapegoat their big offseason acquisition.
I guess trade priorities are now:
1. Willson Contreras
2. Paul DeJong (let’s hope for a great year)!!!
3. Jordan Montgomery
