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  • in reply to: StL 2019 Game 64 thread: Sun 6/9 at Cubs #93941
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    No runs after a golden opportunity. This is the Cardinal Way now, I guess.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 64 thread: Sun 6/9 at Cubs #93940
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    If it wasn’t Goldy, I’d say he should have run Contreras over. Teach those Cubs a lesson.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 64 thread: Sun 6/9 at Cubs #93939
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    A little something going for the Cards in the 6th. Welp, was something. Rizzo throws Goldy out at home. Still two on and one out.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 64 thread: Sun 6/9 at Cubs #93938
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    I got home just in time to see Waino cough up the 2nd run. I see he let a second one score and Gallegos is in.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 64 thread: Sun 6/9 at Cubs #93924
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    I’m out hiking so I’ll miss at least the first hour of the game, maybe more. Hopefully I’ll tune in to see the Cards take out some frustration on snowball Hendricks.

    in reply to: Alex Reyes Update #93908
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    TBH I feel like the return of the Ks is a more positive development than the walks or even runs given up. We know that he’s likely going to have some walks but it’s been the lack of strikeout stuff this year that has me worried.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 63 thread: Sat 6/8 at Cubs #93877
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    This is a team that is psychologically broken.

    I agree with this. There’s too much talent to play this poorly for this long. I get the sense that they’re like a golfer with the yips who starts pressing, which only makes things worse. I’m not in the “fire Shildt” camp at this time as I think there’s time to get moving in a more positive direction. Yet I’m not certain that they actually will, and suspect we might see some moves around the deadline to move on from some guys in the coaching staff and on the team.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 63 thread: Sat 6/8 at Cubs #93844
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    Thanks, BHC. Sad that the staff couldn’t hold up their end of the bargain after being staked to about as big a lead as they’ve had in some time. Again, I haven’t been watching but it sounds like this would be a very demoralizing loss if the now 7-4 Cubs lead holds up.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 63 thread: Sat 6/8 at Cubs #93842
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    Nice to see Jack Flaherty come in completely unprepared tonight.

    I haven’t been able to watch tonight so I guess I’ll ask…what made him seem unprepared? Is it just the lack of Ks?

    Personally, I’ve been of the opinion that Flaherty is more #3 starter than future ace like some believed after last year. He doesn’t have elite velocity or command, and his one great pitch is the one pitch that gets hammered when you miss your spots more than any other. While I’d say he’s been a bit worse than I would expect going forward, his profile is exactly the type you’d think would suffer most from a juiced baseball. Coincidentally, the Cards have several of those types on staff right now (Mikolas, Wacha, Waino now).

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 62 thread: Fri 6/7 at Cubs #93747
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    I’m not sure what else Shildt was going to say there. The team is full of streaky hitters and almost all of them are in a cold stretch right now. I’m sure eventually they’ll get hot again, but who knows if they will be able to stay in it until then. I haven’t been watching as many games of late because of other commitments, but hopefully will have more time soon and the team will play better baseball to watch.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 62 thread: Fri 6/7 at Cubs #93712
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    Cy Hamels is shutting down the Cardinal offense and Mikolas is out after 4 innings and 74 pitches. Is he hurt?

    in reply to: 2019 draft #93686
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    Nope. Mo said they focused on pitchers that would get to the majors early in the draft. They were drafting for NEED. They’ve also stated in the past that they target positions.

    It is a fallacy that you always draft best player available, especially for the Cardinals.

    Yep. The pitching has been so bad through the system that their hand was almost forced.

    Also, nice to see you here, C2016. It’s been a while.

    in reply to: Dallas Keuchel free agent thread #93631
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    in reply to: Cubs thread #93596
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    Here’s my conclusion: in the last 100 years, the Cubs have 6 NL pennants and 1 World Series win. The Cards have 19 NL pennants and 11 World Series.

    Take heart, gscottar…the Cubs will always suck even if they have a good team once in a while for a stretch. 😁

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 61 thread: Thu 6/6 vs. Reds #93590
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    Nice win there. Could still use more offense but it’s nice to win a pitching duel.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 61 thread: Thu 6/6 vs. Reds #93577
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    A Dejong bomb makes it 3-1!!

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 61 thread: Thu 6/6 vs. Reds #93565
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    Ks are killers…after two singles put runners on the corners with no one out, Wong and Wieters strike out and the intentional walk leaves it up to Hudson, who battles but Ks on the 8th pitch. That one hurts.

    in reply to: Cubs thread #93546
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    stlcard25, don’t you remember the concern that came out of Chicago when the Cards “tinkered” around and acquired Goldschmidt? All the current angst is because of who made the most recent move. Today is June 6. Almost two months remain until the trade deadline, when many teams finally get serious about throwing in the towel on the season.

    Surely you don’t imply that fans are a “what have you done for me lately?” bunch?

    Signed, the kettle.

    😂😂😂

    Seriously though, I concur that the angst comes from the last move. Yet if the Cards were sitting at 10 games over .500 like they were May 1, it’s likely the fans would be going a little easier on Mo and Girsch.

    in reply to: Cubs thread #93540
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    Cargo isn’t what I’d call a “win now” acquisition. He became a must when Zobrist left (have we found out why yet? Hope he’s ok). I doubt he really moves the needle.

    Where I think gscottar and others have expressed some frustration is with the little tinkering that the Cards seem to do. I understand it, although I don’t quite get to that same level. The players that St Louis seems to add are average or slightly above and then underperform. Then Chicago nabs an elite closer and it feels like the Cards are sitting in place. A nice stretch of winning would start to cure the ills, I think. The talent is there for St Louis to challenge, but it just can’t seem to come together at the same time.

    in reply to: 2019 Weekly Team Reports #93526
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    I like the scouting informaton when it shows up. Like the scout, I’m disappointed that Montero has been hurt. I thought it could be a big year for his development (especially in prospect ranking circles) as a 20 year old in Springfield. Hopefully he can come back and salvage the year, although injuries of that type can be tricky. Nolan Gorman could be breathing down his neck by the end of this year if he can’t get traction at AA. That might precipitate an early move to 1B as I’m sure Gorman will be the priority 3B wherever he is at moving up.

    in reply to: Minor league thread – Thu 6/6 #93524
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    Somehow I missed the first few games of the DSL season. My guy Ludwin Jimenez is one to watch, as I predict he will throw the next St Louis no hitter sometime in 2022 or by the latest, 2023.

    in reply to: Cubs thread #93521
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    The Cubs clearly are spending to win while their core of talent is still young and cheap. It makes sense…in a couple of years their ancient rotation and paying the piper on guys like Bryant, Baez, Contreras, etc means Theo will be looking for some other downtrodden franchise to “miraculously” tank from the ashes to the mountaintop and back to ashes.

    in reply to: Minor league thread – Wed 6/5 #93518
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    Looks like Alexander the Great marches on, but Shew didn’t fare very well.

    in reply to: StL 2019 Game 61 thread: Thu 6/6 vs. Reds #93515
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    My one contribution for today: Ozuna is open and probably pressing for an extension but if nothing comes soon he may be waiting for free agency. I see a lot of improvement in him this season and would hope he is extended. I think that price will be more reasonable than trying to match free agent offers.

    Interesting thought, MM3. I believe he recently moved on from Boras so maybe that was the reason. We know that Boras clients rarely give their teams a break, so perhaps Marcell thought he’d have a better shot with another agent.

    I wonder how the team feels about him, though. I know that Mo was a bit critical of his off-season routine, or at least seemed to indicate that he wasn’t hearing much. apart from that, they might be open to talking about an extension, but my feeling is that they are probably more interested in the qualifying offer / draft pick and going with a younger talent from the system in the outfield next year.

    Personally, I have been interested in breaking the log jam in the outfield since the beginning of this year at least. Ozuna seems like the lowest hanging fruit of that bunch, so maybe I have just assumed that that is the direction that it is going to go. However, that is not to say that the Cardinals couldn’t break it some other way if they were to give Ozuna and extension. Martinez or Fowler might be pieces that could be traded to open up space for O’Neill and later Dylan Carlson.

    in reply to: 2019 draft #93498
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    C27, I believe with the current CBA, the Cards get a pick after the second round if Ozuna leaves. Teams that get revenue sharing get picks after the first and teams that pay luxury tax after the 4th. This quote is from 2017 regarding the Cards:

    If the team that loses the player does not receive revenue sharing and did not exceed the luxury-tax salary threshold the previous season, its compensatory pick will come after Competitive Balance Round B. The value of the player’s contract doesn’t matter in this case. The 12 clubs that fall into this category are the Angels, Astros, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Mets, Phillies, Rangers, White Sox and Yankees.

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