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Yes, I think they need to run him through waivers. He hasn’t earned a spot on the club.
And I am assuming they are going to keep Carpenter until June, as they do with most players on contracts that they know they should cut after spring training.
I don’t think you can have two dead bats on the bench.
Spring training lines:
Carpenter: .030/.200/.061
Sosa: .136/.259/.182I am hoping they cut Carpenter sooner rather than later. Sosa should not make the team based on that performance.
A lot of angst about DeJong’s performance, but Arenado’s was nearly as bad:
DeJong: .209/.292/.279
Arenado: .222/.308/.289The deadline is artificial. Most of those agreements are made years in advance.
But I agree, it doesn’t seem the Cardinals have done very well in the Latin American market.
Well, they traded Arozarena before he contributed to the Cardinals, and Oviedo and Nunez haven’t contributed to the major league club yet. So, I can’t really say they have done well with Cuban ballplayers.
2019 was Bader’s age 24 season and he hit .205. Wong hit .262 in his age 24 season. At age 26 he hit .285. Let’s see how close Bader comes to that in his age 26 season.
I would suggest using OBP or OPS numbers instead of batting average.
I am matching their first four seasons in the majors, not their ages. Paul DeJong and Bader came up through the minors together, and generally performed about the same levels, but DeJong won a starting job at the major league level sooner, because he had nobody blocking him.
Defense or not, some of us don’t think a career .234 BA and .322 OBP is very impressive. And the last “full season” he played in 2019 his BA was .205 and his OBP was .314.
You look at OBP, not BA. Also, Bader’s last 3 seasons, he has a 97WRC+, which is just 3% below average.
Bader has such a high floor, because his defense is exceptional. And as they say, defense doesn’t go in slumps.
@bicyclmike – Perhaps I should phrase it this way. They are NON-CASH expenses, and if you operate in an asset intensive business, you are going to acquire assets anyway, otherwise you wouldn’t be in business. Depreciation and ammortization reduce your taxable income, and taxes are CASH expenses, just like operating expenses are.
The Cards seem to do well with their signings out of Cuba
Which Cuban signings have then done well with?
Interstate 74 seems to be a dividing line although I don’t know how it is East of Bloomington, IL.
Yes, Bloomington is the halfway point between Chicago & STL, so it makes sense I-74 (which goes to Peoria) is considered the area where the two fan bases converge.
The Cardinals true market size has always been debatable. While the St. Louis metro area might be relatively small we all know that the actual Cardinal market is vastly larger than that, encompassing many states.
Market sizes are always based on Metro areas. While the Cardinals may draw from multiple states, what is the population in those areas from which they draw? I’ve lived in neighborhoods of cities with 100,000-300,000 people, and grew up in a town of 20,000 just outside of St. Louis.
Once can also argue Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Cleveland are actually much bigger markets, because Milwaukee draws from the entire state, and Cincinnati & Clevelenad have many metros within a few hours drive.
which is before taxes and certain accounting expenses such as depreciation and amortization.
Depreciation and ammortization are not “expenses.” They are ways of reducing taxable income to allow for future replenishment/replacement.
Bader hit .205 in 2019 which I do not consider MLB starter level talent.
In 2019, Bader would have been a 3 WAR player if you extrapolate to a full season of at-bats.
In 2018 & 2020, he would have been a 4 WAR player.
An “average” player is 2 WAR.
People around here say he’s not going to improve after 1050 AB’s? That’s two full seasons. And Wong was much worse than Bader at this point in his career.
It’s worrisome, Jager. OF was 0 for 8.
Not worried about the IF.Of the eight players who are “qualified” for hitting in spring training, two of the top three are outfielders. Spring Training Stats
Does anybody know how much of the international bonus pool the Cardinals have spent? I see roughly $2.2 million, but that is for 5 of the 15 players they have apparently signed, and they have a pool of $5.8 million available…
This is a great article. We all knew Yadi was great at cutting down runners, but this really puts it in perspective.
The last few years we have seen the small market Rays and A’s win and go to the playoffs while the large market Angels, Phillies, Mets, and Giants haven’t done jack.
Neither the Rays nor the A’s are in “small” markets. The A’s are in the 5th largest metro area (6th in TV), the Rays are in the 18th (12th in TV). For reference, St. Louis is 20th (23rd).
These are teams that claim to be small market so they can receive competitive balance funds and their owners don’t have to invest in their teams.
People need to stop supporting corporate welfare for billionaires.
If Jack declines a Q-ffer as a FA-to-be, STL receives compensation. While it’s easy to poo-poo compensation picks, lets not forget Flaherty was draft pick compensation himself (#34), for the Beltran Q-offer.
Hudson was comp pick #34 for Heyward. Carlson was comp pick #33 for Lackey. Bauer will net Cincy pick #30…
Under the current competitive balance pick rules, the highest a compensation pick can be for the Cardinals is after round 2.
Seriously, the MLBPA should push hard for a payroll floor in the next CBA.
Totally agree. The floor should be whatever MLB teams receive from MLB and the pooling of local TV contracts, which would be at least $100 million.
Taking away the incentive to tank will boost the value of all clubs, so the owners should get behind it (except the ones perpetually claiming to be poor).
Haha. This is funny.
Greinke story just told on MLB Network Radio. AJ Ellis went to the mound to talk to him in a big spot and Zack proposed him a trade in their fantasy football league. 🤣🤣
— SFA has never lost to Duke in men's basketball (@SanAntonioTim) February 10, 2021
Benintendi dealt to Royals, pending approvals, medicals
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 11, 2021
