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Ollie will not compete if we are behind. We are down two runs going into the 8th and he brings in Svanson. I understand him clinging to Svanson because of how good he was last year. And Svanson pitches a scoreless 8th and we close to 2-1. So he put Svanson in a position to suceed and he did. But instead of letting it go at that he puts him in a position to fail and he did.
We have come from behind in 5 of our 8 wins. The game changes dramatically when you are 6 runs down rather than one. Why not use Romero or O’Brien in the 9th to keep the game close. I suspect he was saving them for Sunday. A lot of good that did. At least use Soriano who in large has been more successful than Svanson.
Ollie does this all the time and too many times the secondary guys let the deficit get larger and mostly too large for anyhope for a comeback.
Good to see us get some offense.
Thought Ollie left Stanek out there too long. And why Svanson who has struggled every game instead of Grafesso who has had two good outings or even O’Brien who could possibly go mor than one inning. Ollie has a habit of using questionable pitchers late in close games. Pitchers making their major league debut, pitchers who are struggling, pitchers who are just not that good. Maybe he is afraid of being considered old school.
Walker looks pretty genuine to me. With proper handling he could have been this good some time ago. His defense looks better as well. I think we will be better offensively than we expected. Scoring runs and neirther Herrera or Burleson have hit as well ad expected.
If he has options left I would send Svanson to Memphis and bring up Fitts. Fitts has major league experience so there is no need for more AAA.
I am not usually an Ollie fan but I blieving in giving credit is due. He brought Romero in when he was most needed and against a right handed hitter as well. I think Romero was the only guy who could get us out of that situation. Also glad to see him move Walker and Gorman up in the middle of the lineup.
Does anyone know why Winn is not playing.
Not an Ollie fan but I trust Bloom.
Didn’t like a lot of his ddecisions but how many of those decisions were really Mo’s?
Was watching on my cell so didn’t get a good look at the Rodriguez double but it looked like he crushed that ball.
I tend to be more optimistic.
We have a nucleus of good hitters in Herrera, Winn and Burleson. Shoould the high cieling guys Walker and/or Gorman suddenly begin to reach thier lofty cieling it could become a producctive lineup. Nootbars return to form could also be a factor. Scott is another key. He scores a high percentage of the time when he gets on base, just has to get on base more. If he does, a major boost to the offense. Joshua Baez is the top hope from the minors but another high ceiling guys. It appears high ceiling performers is a major goal of the management team, a 180 degree change from the Mo era.A lot of question marks on the pitching side. Will May be healthy and will a healthy May be what he appeared to be as a young Dodger. Will Liboratore refine his game to reach his potential. Will McGreevy continue to be a plus .500 pitcher, will Pallante find his way. Will O’Brien and Svanson continue their good perfromance from 25. Will Fitz, Dobbins, and relief depth acquired add any thing significant. Romero should be solid if still with the team. I believe Leahy will contribut as a starter or reliever.
A lot of potential help from the minors. Mathews, Cijntje, Hjerpe, Mautz, Roby, Hence and Henderson if healthy. Doyle if he forces them to bring him up with a great AA-AAA performanc.
We enter the season with low expectations but a fair amount of potential upside. Teams that outperform expectations usually have a lot of pleyers having one of their best seasons. We have a fair chance of doing just that.
Just saw a video with Rosenthal dissinbg Bloom for his handling Donovan trade. I think I remember him being critical of the Cardinals before
It appears based on your writeups that the minor league pitching coaches have done a very good job of improving the effectiveness of the pitchers, especially in the developing the change-up.
The significant improvement in the farm system and the more agressive approach on the international front bodes well for the Cardinal’s future.
Are you going to count down your original list to #1 and then insert the acquisitions. Pardon if you have already answered that question
I am with Nigel on this one. Of all the top players being voted for all have either injury history or upside limitations. Hence has the upside but likely a bullpen guy.
Both Baseball America and Major League Pipeline have Padilla ranked higher than most are projecting.
Yario Padilla for #9
Ixan Henderson had an great year as did Mautz but they have no votes so I want my vote to count and I will go with Crooks at #5. Older than Bernal but has more pop. Think one of them will go in a trade in the off season.
