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He didn’t run out a pop-up that was caught easily.
But if it had been dropped, he could have been on second instead of first.
I would give a player a warning rather than publicly call him out like that.
Matheny lost the clubhouse with his religious indoctrination and players coming and going as they please.
Is Marmol to blame for half the starting position players underperforming this year (Yadi, DeJong, Carlson, O’Neill)? What about the “great” offseason of the front office, who left us in a pitching bind the first week of the season, as soon as Flaherty went down?
Finally, Pujols on Marmol
This is Fletcher’s third season in the organization, he can’t get above Low A. He began the season at the complex, is finally allowed to go to Low A and whiffs 13 consecutive times. He is a bust.
Josh Baez, after putting up a .608 OPS in rookie ball last year, similarly can’t get out of the complex. Yes, it may be a bit early to call him a bust, but this is where you have to pay attention to words, and in particular to the word, “seem”.
As for Holgate, nobody had above a 4th round grade on him except the Cardinals. We do have is collegiate experience to look at, and we do have his collective .561 OPS across 183 ABs at Palm Beach. If you have hopes for him based on how high he was drafted, those hopes should be tempered by the reality he was drafted several rounds too early.
Part of running a successful business is knowing when to cut your losses and learning from your mistakes.
Anyway, I consider Fletcher a bust and Holgate one who will never live up to his draft position. Baez, the jury is out, but it’s not looking good.
There seems to be another donut hole in the system as there are very few at the lower levels worthy of promotion.
Fletcher, Baez and Holgate all seem to be busts at this point.
There is no hitting at Palm Beach. Peoria only has Winn and Buchberger on the position player side. When those two are promoted along with McGreevy, Graceffo & Rodriguez, Peoria will be lucky to win one third of their games.
Walker’s defense at third reminds me of Yepez’. He might become a DH unless they start transitioning him to the outfield.
Losing to a team like Baltimore is just a reminder of how the Cardinals would look if they were in the AL East.
Losing to a team like Cincinnati, which is 6-24, is what is atrocious.
We’re in the 8th inning, the Giants still have more runs than hits, and Whitley walks the first three he sees.
