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@jj-cf-stl . Thompson is 2nd b/c of the Dodgers heavy lefty lineup. According to KatieWoo with the Athletic :
“That leaves either Thompson or Gibson for No. 2 behind Mikolas, but with a predominantly left-handed Dodgers lineup, Marmol opted for the left-handed Thompson.Gibson goes No. 5 and will start the first game against San Diego on April 1.”
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“Matz needs one more ST start (bc of his planned slow progression) to get him to 80 pitches, so the earliest he slot into the rotation is No. 4. “
I’m going to agree with Bicyclemike. Not enough people in their prime. Well said.
Cards will eek out a 3rd if they can get out of their own way and move Goldy behind the likes of Contreras. Contreras is undervalued, or maybe he’s in his proper spot of 5th in the lineup? Either way, he should be batting 3rd, or dare I say 2nd? He’s going to hit, might as well take advantage of it. If Jordan Walker is going to hit, burying him behind your ancient DH is problematic in itself.
Lineup gets better once Noot and Edman debut, so there’s that.
Pundits seem to like our BP, I think MLB.com ranked them 7th. The problem is will we ever get to a point where we can utilize the back end of the BP? Or will it be more of the Pallante show and mop up duty?
4th in the central, outside chance of 3rd if the lineup management improves.
bccran typed ~ What about Gallegos, 8ball? He’s seems like he’s back on track to being a good setup man.
oversight on my part. Those 4 will be your backend of the BP.
bccran typed ~ That may make Libby and Pallante pretty important pieces.
Cranny, I think Helsley is your closer with Romero and Kittredge as his setups.
And I hope and pray that Pallante has fixed his ills from last season, and whatever he’s coined as his new pitch is more than effective. I can’t handle him being Oli’s first option again if he’s pitches like last year. Having 2 pitches, and neither are effective was his downfall.
Liberatore will go as far as his results will take him…he will probably be relied on quite a bit in long relief to subsidize the short outings from Matz and whomever is off their game that week.
Gray coming back will help the BP alot. Until then, it’s up in the air outside of the 3 I mentioned .
Gameday had Iadisernia, followed by Saggese in the lineup. They’ve since changed it.
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gscottar typed ~ By this time next week spring training will be forgotten. It is what you do in the big show that most people remember.
agreed, but I would’ve loved to have seen something resembling a pulse from Goldy after his regression last year from the 2022 MVP season. This is concerning, and I think fans have a reason to be concerned. Oli won’t move him out the 2 or 3 spot for LONG time.
Shady Typed ~ A clutch hit by Burleson in the ninth. A Saggase double ties it. Those two can really hit.
Saggese got the last out.
Alex Iadisernia doubled in Nick Dunn for the tying run. Oli KNOWS that Burleson likes to get thrown out at HP this season.
Good hit by Burleson off the Nats middle reliever.
@Mudville, will Goldschmidt be moved to Starting Pitcher with that 4 year extension from the Giants?
My Bold and Spicy predictions:
The Cards will go 80-80. After being eliminated from playoff contention in late September, they will not be required to play 2 make up games against the Cubs and Pirates, b/c the Pirates will win the division, and Cubs will be eliminated well before July.
Also, I’m looking at the stats line for Spring Training and I see Jose Fermin had a high average and he hits RH. It seems he would then compare favorably to…let me randomly pick someone here…Ryan Ludwick?
1toughdominican typed ~ “Not sure if this requires statistical validation, but Prieto rhymes with Nieto… ”
Would you say “Render unto Brendan?” That’s where Brendan and Cesar are different.
Shady Typed : “It seems like Prieto could be comparable to Donovan as a hitter.”
give specific examples, please. Besides the obvious : “bats left handed”
Strikeouts were/are never an issue, the issue is hitting or his lack thereof with RISP and Runners on base. Anemic has been his tendency …just like his 2nd AB.
Stats back this up.
Burleson still can’t handle RISP properly against tough RHP pitching. Strikes out. Against weak pitching with no one on, he can hit doubles all day.
@Shady, that lineup looks good, all they need to do is sub in Carpenter and Contreras at 5 and 6 and that’s likely opening day lineup.
I wholeheartedly agree with sticking with topics, I was just following other leadership. And Shady was being extremely aggressive towards people and their opinions. “Taunting” as it was called line by line by other leadership.
Burleson hitting well is a good thing. I’m just afraid barring extreme attrition ahead of him in the pecking order, he won’t get the chance. A good hitting Matt Carpenter will eat into his chances. And Brendan Donovan will likely play a bit of LF, too.
