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“Tough to say if PCA has another huge prolonged slump in him this year, but rest assured another one is most likely coming. He’s already experienced two in his short career. And these are not your garden variety slumps. They are so prolonged in length that “slump” really doesn’t adequately describe them. Now if he could just limit his yearly “super slump” to just a “slump”, his offensive numbers would literally be off the charts. Being a Cardinals fan, I hope this never occurs.”
I know you guys don’t want to hear this, but PCA just keeps getting better. His BBs this year have gone from terrible to above average, he was NL Player of the Month last month, and is a legitimate MVP candidate. On track for 30+ HRs, 100 RBIs, 40+ SBs, and doing things defensively nobody has ever done before. 4 for 5 tonight include 2 2Bs and a HR, now hitting .291. Taking some of the sting out of the disastrous Bregman signing.
“Yeah, at 22-2 the Red Sox have been blistering hot a lot longer than lately and it’s safe to say that the Cardinals have stoked that intense heat with Contreras and Gray.”
I just noticed the other day Contreras is having a massive year, maybe due to the Green Monster, did the Cardinals get anyone good for him?
“The problem the Cubs have is they don’t have enough talent around him to deal with the Dodgers or the Brewers in the playoffs unless they pull off something big at the deadline. The Cubs are a good team but not a great team. At least right now.”
I would agree with that, no illusions here.
“I also am soooper impressed with the Brewers. For a small/midmarket team what they do consistently amazes me”
Cub fan here, agree, and at least up until the last few years I would say the same for the Cardinals, not that St. Louis is a small market but not Chicago either.
And for Cardinal fans still thinking PCA is overrated, his WAR is now ahead of Ohtani. Carry on.
Cub fan here, I don’t think the Cardinals can beat themselves up about Garcia, some things you just never know. Need I bring up Lou Brock?
That Happ shot to Contreras reminds me of Kris Bryant destroying one of Yadi’s testicles, hope he’s OK, probably being tested for a concussion.
That’s was a big reason why the Cubs let Contreras go, pitch framing. You have to wonder how much offensive production an almost 31 year old catcher has in front of him.
Goldschmidt – MVP, MVP!, lol
Condolences from a Cub fan, part of me was pulling for you, always nice to see teams win the World Series who haven’t won it in a while.
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs is the only MLB player with 8+ RBI and 4+ walks over his first 4 career games since RBI became an official stat in 1920.
He’s the anti-Baez, not a hotdog and very disciplined. In 73 pitches he’s only swung and missed three times. That’s about one AB for Baez.
“I like for our Birds to walk away from this 2021 regular season with an 8-4 thumping of Chicago’s near toothless cubbies.”
The ‘near toothless’ Cubs took 2 of 3, and darn near swept. Good luck against the Dodgers.
The amazing thing about Wisdom is he set the Cub rookie HR record in 321 PAs, breaking Kris Bryant’s previous record of 26 which took him 559 PAs. BTW, Bryant’s K rate that year was 36%, and he went on to win the MVP award the next year.
If you take out McGuire who like Sosa was on the juice when he hit all those HRs, only Babe Ruth has a better HR rate.
What a dumpster fire the Cardinals are, they only have six more wins than the AAA, under construction Cubs.
