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Carlson and Yepez come up with big hits….Helsley has been lights out this year….good save for Gallegos
Shift accounted for the 2 Giants runs and the last Cardinals run I think
Question for the board on Donovan can he play shortstop?
Did a little looking at the Free Agent shortstops from this past Winter and none are exactly tearing it up.
Story and Semien are really struggling
Story hitting .210 and no HR’s, 9 RBI coming into tonight
Semien hitting .179 and no HR’s, 8 RBISeager who would have been my pick for the Cardinals to add but he got ridiculous $ by the Rangers was off to a hot start but has cooled off some is hitting .258 with 4 HR’s, 12 RBI
Baez is .233 with 2 HR’s, 11 RBI
Correa is .255 with 2 HR’s, 11 RBIStory and Semien have moved to second base
Still early
Good win….fun fact Cardinals used 4 pitchers all w/ ERA’s below 2.00 in the game (Mikolas/Pallante/Wittgren /Whitley)
I think Ozzie Smith/David Eckstein/Gary Templeton/Royce Clayton/Jose Oquendo/Edgar Renteria/Rafael Furcal/ Pete Kozma could currently hit better than .121 ….they might need an Icy Hot sponsorship but good grief .121
Just looking at shortstops on bad teams the pickings are pretty slim…Newman (good glove) may be a possibility with the Pirates but not sure they would trade him he makes about $2 mill a year…depends I guess what you would give them….maybe a package deal for some prospects if they throw in Bednar
I can’t remember to many position players hitting in the 120’s range this many games into the season….the failure to address shortstop in the off season is starting to become an anchor on the offense, especially when the OF is struggling
If I am the Cardinals I’m inquiring about former Cardinal Zac Gallen, and possibly Melancin this weekend in this dbacks set.
will be lucky if they add 1 starter, I assume they are going to wait around till the trade deadline to make a move. They definitely need someone, if nothing else to limit the innings of Wainwright/Hudson/Flaherty and Mikolas.
2.5 million is pretty reasonable for a LH reliever, compared to what they paid Miller and Cecil, would have no problem bringing back Garcia on similar $….his big issue was throwing strikes apparently he went more exclusively to the 2 seam FB this year instead of the 4 seamer…..from what I observed in the postseason the bullpen is about different looks you can give hitters with a different arm slots and power pitchers mixed in.
Ex Marlins president said Yelich has always had back issues…so that could be interesting to watch considering the $$ they have tied to him
I’m ok with this trade, Thomas wasn’t going to do anything as a Cardinal, Lester is worth taking a flyer on
Marcus Semien might be a free agent as well, thought he was
The Cardinals have to get a shortstop that can hit, that has to be a top priority
The 2 Clemson recruits (Taylor and Chandler) not going in the first 29 is a bit of a surprise, also Madden not going in the first 29
I’m not sure starting Dejong is a good idea his bat is awful and it appears to be affecting his fielding
The question on Buy and Sell is how far are they off for next year (can’t see them making any run this year). While they may look past it this year, the same case could have been made the last 2 years for the Giants and now they are the best team record wise in the league.
They definitely need a shortstop in free agency, they need a starter in free agency, they need another Outfielder who can hit consistently. I would also think they need another relief pitcher or 2 but there track record for free agent relievers is abysmal so I’d rather just go with a younger player(s) their.
They have some $85 million coming off the books, but they will have to pay Arenado next year so they should have some money. I can’t see many people showing up to watch this if they don’t invest in better players.
I really think Cardinals would be better served with a new GM/major league talent evaluator type. The Offense has been bad for the last 4 or 5 years and this taxes the bullpen b/c they are mainly in close games, and they have just wasted money on some terrible relief pitchers who either can’t pitch or are always hurt
This team needs a shortstop that can hit over .200…, hopefully they are targeting one of the 2022 free agents with the Carpenter/fouler money coming off the books
I’m not sure I would want this front office making any desperation trades at this time, the best thing to do I think would be to clean house in the front office and start fresh next year
