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The key play of the game led to three runs, and it isn’t even mentioned?
I like Wong batting fifth. He seems to get key hits when he gets hits.
Stats can be meaningful or deceiving. I tend to look at all stats as being tools. But, there is no perfect tool. A hammer is a lousy screwdriver.
I can remember making a study of a year with a Texas Ranger slugger who hit well, drove in a lot of runs, and the Rangers lost. In midseason, they traded him to a team in a pennant drive, and he continued to hit and drive in a lot of runs. But, the Rangers had a losing record with him, as did the new team. Both had a winning record without him. But, he may have been baseball’s leading RBI man that year. Only when you watched him daily did you notice that he might drive in four runs in a rout, but strike out when they needed a hit in order to win.
I would like to see one stat that I have yet to see: moving runners along. That’s an old school stat that winning teams seem to notice.
Good day for Hudson. Excellent day. Gant did a nice job in relief. Good close by Hicks.
Only was frustrated by Wong and Wieters striking out with runners on first and third. Wong does that. Then, there are the days where he makes everything happen. Wonder if DeJong is out of his slump?
Name Class Year Pos G AB R H Avg 2B 3B HR TB Slug Pct. RBI SB SBA BB SO HBP SH SF
Lott, Todd Fr. 2016-17 Outfield 43 128 17 34 0.266 3 2 1 44 0.344 17 0 0 10 45 6 0 1
Lott, Todd So. 2017-18 Outfield 27 65 9 16 0.246 3 1 3 30 0.462 8 2 2 2 30 5 0 0
Lott, Todd Jr. 2018-19 Outfield 57 202 34 67 0.332 9 1 8 102 0.505 48 12 16 23 37 4 1 9
It won’t let me post the link. Something about the NCAA site. Notice that he was a lot better hitter as a senior. Apparently has good speed and developed some power. In 202 AB, had 37 Ks, 23 BB.
Fletcher and four college pitchers? Looks like every college pitcher in the nation has been drafted. I thought this draft had no pitching?
Hicks is 22. Let the pitching coach work with his confidence. He can do the job. He may just need to be 23 or 24 to have the confidence to do it every day. He’ll get there.
Today was about Wainwright and Wong. Could either have done any more? Excellent control at the right time for Wainwright.
Wong, two singles, RBI, run scored, great plays in the field. stolen base. He did something good every time he came to bat.
Out hit 12 to 7, but win 7-4? It’s obviously better when we are the ones getting the extra base hits.
Good start by Flaherty. Blown up by Brebbia, bit of a surprise. Nice finish by Martinez.
I can’t believe that we lost 17 of 23, and we are only 2 1/2 behind the Cubs, 3 1/2 behind Milwaukee. Does ten over 500 win this division?
We got the bases loaded and didn’t strike out three times. Improvement. Won because some players made key plays, like a leadoff double by Wong.
I became a fan in about 1954. I have never seen a Cardinal team look like this one has in the past 24 games. I have no idea what can be done. But, some statement has to be made. I see no evidence that they can break out of this.
Thought it was interesting that the announcers of the Card/Braves game on ESPN clearly stated that a team would be wise to try to become like the 85 Cardinals, that nobody is playing like that right now.
Early in the game, they lamented that Goldschmidt struck out rather than getting a runner to third which cost us a run. Then, they watched Bader’s speed result in two runs when we only had one hit. We ran them into mistakes.
I agree. But, is there anyone else who can play 85 baseball, and can we get them? I keep seeing people say that our players aren’t even good trade bait. But, we expect to win?
I’m not even concerned about the pitching at this time.. There is enough talent. A good pitching coach would be smart enough to say two words “throw strikes.” You get fined $10,000 for every walk that scores. Don’t like it? We will release you. Enough talent to win without you.
The skeleton of the team is useless. You can’t hang a championship banner on this team. Horrible skeleton. Find anyone who wants Carp. I don’t want to hear about late in the year. By that time, we are out of the race. I really don’t want to see Gyorko or Munoz around.
Sit down with Willie. Is he managerial material? Schild isn’t. Weak bandaide. I want someone who can work with Wong, DeJong, Bader, and Ozuna. They need to learn what NOT to do. If they want to stay in the majors, they need to learn how to hit. I don’t want anyone swinging at a slider in the dirt with runners on first and second and nobody out. You had better not hit into a DP or strike out.
I check the minor league hitters as much for strikeouts as I do for average. Good hitters are difficult to strike out. They make things happen while others are on the bench. We get beat because other teams move runners over, and we don’t.
I see this as somewhat of a rebuilding job, one that has been needed for a long time. We need to rebuild the skeleton before we keep throwing young pitchers away on guys who aren’t going to get us anywhere. A 34-year-old who strikes out 140 times belongs on the Mets of 1960.
Munoz can’t play defense well enough to be on the field. I think Martinez is better than people think, on offense and defense. Potential is there. Wong, just teach him to hit to the opposite field and leave him alone. Got a hitting coach? I’ve seen nothing of value in Gyorko this year. Bader needs to learn not to swing for the fences. Become a Willie McGee clone.
I can see Bader/Wong as McGee/Flood, if we can teach them to hit to the opposite field and use their speed.
Have our coaches forgotten how to teach the Cardinal Way?
I am less than thrilled with Carp, and I am getting tired of that old story about late in the year. Get to Spring Training in December.
The “Cardinal Way” doesn’t include striking out half the time or hitting directly into a shift over and over. I don’t get to watch most games. I look at the ESPN gamecast and see that we have runners on first and second and nobody out, even the bases loaded with nobody out. Then, I sit anxiously saying, “don’t strike out. Don’t strike out.” But, the hitter goes after a pitch that only a Rookie Leaguer might go after and strikes out, only to have the next hitter hit the perfect double play grounder on a dipping slider. I am so tired of guys not protecting the runner that I turn off the computer.
Hit behind the runner.
Don’t strike out with runners on base.
Let the slider’s go or slap them to the opposite field with runners on base. This is amateur night. The hitting coach should be out there daily forcing them to hit to the opposite field until they never see a shift. The Cardinal Way was always to move runners around the base. I love Koltan. But, you just can’t keep hitting hard grounders to first and second.
Carp, by now, I would have gotten your attention. We have some minor league third basemen with potential. You would be sitting while I found if any of them can go to bat without striking out. Don’t like it? Act like the mature pro you are supposed to be.
Right now, I’m not angry with the pitching. I’m furious with guys who don’t think with a bat in their hands.
Winners find different ways to win. Thus far, we have seen almost everyone do something at some time that keyed a win. When the bottom of the batting order keeps coming up with the ways to win, it keeps the other team on edge.
You have the Yankees. You can’t use the historical names of NY teams, the Giants or Dodgers since they are now SF and LA. So, you have a new team. Everything in NYC seems to be named the Metropolitan something or other. Metropolitan Opera, Museum of Art, etc. So, they became the Metropolitans.
