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I’d think the 2 likely candidates to take Stanek’s spot in the pen are Gastelum and Rajcic…I am good with either one….Stanek will give me an ulcer at this rate by the All Star break.
Crooks with another HR and 3 RBI hitting .375, Blaze Jordan with 2 more hits up to .467, Bryan Torres hitting .400 so far, Prieto also off to a good start at.452
Bernal hitting .310Good start from Dobbins 5 1/3, 1 earned 5 hits and 7 K’s
Rincon pitched 2 IP in releifMaybe if Crooks keeps hitting he gets promoted, since Pages and Pozo and Herrrera are off to slow starts and then Bernal could catch full time, he has been DH and 1B with a few games at catcher
Memphis wins 9-4 they are 9-1 on the year
Springfield
Cjintje with 5 2/3 IP, 1 hit 7 K’s, 2 walks, 0 Earned
Dakota Harris with 2 HR’s and 7 RBI’s
Peoria
Franklin 3 2/3 IP, 1 hit, 9 K’s 2 Walks 0 Earned, 2 runs allowed
Peete with a HR and 3 RBI
Rainiel Rodriguez, 2 hits with a HR and 2 RBI
Bruhil with a good bounce back inning in releif
Solid start for Liberatore
Roycroft…may be back in Memphis soon
At some point would think they would have to give Crooks a look as he is smoking the ball at Memphis in 5 games…3 HR’s, 6 RBI’s and hitting .533
Crooks with 4 hits and a homer today…his average is at .533
Raquet with 2 good innings in releif
Matthew’s control issues today
Memphis 5-0
Dobbins pitched tonight in Memphis 5 innings 3 hits 3 earned, gets the win….would think he may take a little time to get his legs under him
Crooks is off to a hot start at Memphis hit his 2nd Hr of the season, hitting .364
Bernal played 1b he is hitting .316
Hence pitched 1 inning out of pen gave up 1 earned run
Blaze Jordan is off to a good start hitting .545 had a HR tonight, playing 3rd base
Memphis is 4-0
Maybe Fredbird can throw out of the pen
Not sure Roycroft, Pushard, Bruhil bring much to the table
Soriano at least looked the part
On the Rays runner that scored from 1st I didn’t really see that much of a misplay by anyone, walkers throw to Winn was lower than you’d like at the shins….credit to the Tampa runner for good base running and being fast
I don’t think Stanek has much trade value …his Era has not been below 4 since 2022, the first game he gave up 3 walks and game 2 he gives up 3 hits and the lead.
I think with this bullpen right now Romero has to be the closer, though I think Leahy could do it as well but they have him starting for now.
I have never felt since Marmol has been here that he has a good understanding of his bullpen. With both how to use it and personnel. Not sure Svanson is a guy I would want in the 9th b/c of the # of people he lets on base by hit or walk, don’t care if it is a 4 to 6 run lead.
Stanek is going to give fans a heart attack with his pitching unless the 1st 2 games are an aberration.
Got to think Roycroft, Bruhil and now Svanson are on a short leash, as I think those 3 are easily replaced with (Gastelum/Raquet/Graceffo) from Memphis
Big hit by Weatherholt to win it and overcome an awful bullpen outing.
Tough break for McGreevy … no hits allowed thru 6 is strong as he faced a lot of lefty hitters.
Some quick thoughts from yesterday
Liberatore not too bad, it looked like he was clearly running on fumes before they pulled him….7 hits and 2 walks is a little to much traffic on the bases though.
Bullpen
I would think Roycroft and Bruihl need a couple of good showings or Graceffo, Raquet or others may be up soon from Memphis. Svanson has at least a better track record so maybe a longer leash.
Stanek has good stuff but needs to get some control (3 walks in an inning will put the whole forum in the psych ward)…may just be opening day jitters
O’Brien… thought he looked pretty solid
Hitting
Only 3 strikeouts but zero walks.
Winn in the 4 spot is something I didn’t think to see….
really think it’s important Gorman/Walker/Scott get off to decent starts.
3 hits for Scott and Church is good to see.Good to see some base stealing from Scott as well…going to need more of that from more players
Church with a really nice catch at the wall.
Matthew’s spring performance has been pretty encouraging after injuries and performance issues last year
This team is going to struggle to hit, small sample size or not, it is not like this should be a surprise with what they are putting out there…the opening day OF could possibly be the worst hitting OF in team history.
Cardinals may have found something in Ledbetter…may not be this year and he may be doing it against guys that will be in AAA but his approach at the plate is good
Not sure how much I would put into spring training but thus far the pitching has been pretty decent both starting and relief that will likely make the team…that could change as the starters pitch more innings.
That being said, the offense has been and looks pretty woeful…a lot of strikeouts, not enough guys on base, and little power. I guess you don’t steal bases in spring training but Marmol needs to address this deficiency in his management in the regular season. He does not have enough high average/power type hitters to keep playing station to station like he has done the past few years.
If I were guessing they may be able to win a few more games than I originally thought just on Pitching and hopefully a decent defense (jury still out on defense) but I can’t see them getting over 75 wins with the Offense that we have seen up to this point in spring.
Be interesting to see if Chase Davis can kind of replicate what Josh Baez did last year in the minors with the new emphasis on player development….Davis has had a pretty good spring in limited action in the main spring games.
Mautz is 6 1/3, 5 hits and 5 walks, 2 earned runs this spring…he has pitched multiple innings and every 5 days so he may be a starter in AAA or AA
Raquet might be the leader for the #2 bullpen lefty….that role seems unsettled
you could make an argument that Mautz has been the 2nd best lefty reliever this spring, but it is a real concern the # of guys he lets on base
Just looking at the Catcher hitting #’s thru 11 games of spring for the presumed major league roster contenders.
Pages is 1-10 with 1 RBI, 0 HR
Pozo is 4-11 with 4 RBI, 1 HR
Herrera is 0-2 no RBI in at bats as a Catcher, had 2 AB’s at DH
Crooks is 4-9 with 4 RBI, 1 HRMautz has looked pretty good outside the walks so far
Not wild about Marmol’s catcher rotation…Crooks starts hitting and then doesn’t play last 2 games
Yellow Ledbetter may be their best OF bat this spring….3 hits in last 4 including walkoff today
