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Reds doing us a solid the past two nights, lol.
Can we catch the Cubs again?
Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of As The NL Central turns….
Well, that completes the 0-5 west coast road swing. 3 1/2 back of the Cubs now.
Flaherty has to be pissed. He basically will have to pitch a complete game shutout to get a win.
Fairly disgusting.
“Incremental improvements were not going to push this team to a division championship. This team isn’t good at anything, and “incremental” improvements aren’t going to change that. Just look at the specifics I posted.”
The Cards are current MLB rankings are 25th in Batting Average, 23rd in runs scored, 9th in ERA, 11th in Quality Starts, #1 in Fielding Percentage (they have the fewest errors and the most double plays turned).
It appears to be the offense that’s killing this team although I think the limited range of some of the fielders, while not showing up in the stats, has allowed some runs to score that might otherwise not have.
It’s desperation time for this season for sure. The Cards are really lucky they are still in the hunt for the division and not sitting 8-10 games out just playing out the string.
On paper this looks like a complete mismatch in favor of the Dodgers so I’ll go with the Cardinals to win.
Goldschmidt may be wishing he had signed somewhere else. He’s 31 and probably only has 3-4 good years left.
Uh oh.
They really need to take 2 of 3 from the Dodgers……
Well, We’ll see. As long as they don’t fall further out than 3-4 games there’s still a legitimate chance.
Sure, we’ll always have 2011 but how often will something like that happen?
If you look at the pitching and hitting numbers being in or near first place in the division is a miracle.
Should the Cards make the playoffs they will get caught on both sides of the pitching squeeze.
Starting rotations get cut to basically the top 3 starters. For now, I don’t see either a number 1 or a number 2 pitcher on the Cardinals staff.
Maybe Hudson and Flaherty grow into those roles but what starting pitcher do we have that’s better than the 3 on a real playoff caliber team?
Need a bounce back game today if they have it in them.
Time for the Cubs to lose too.
If the Cards can get out of LA no more than 1 1/2 out that’ll keep them in contact.
Well, that was a regular ass whipping there.
Always enjoy beating the Cubs.
I hope Schildt is very thoughtful about introducing Molina and Carpenter back into mix; especially 1-24 on his rehab Carpenter.
I think they know; the numbers don’t lie.
I just think they botched whatever deals they were looking at and maybe were looking at guys they were never going to be able to get….
This team could use hitting and pitching. I am really surprised they did absolutely nothing.
If they don’t win the division heads have got to roll – not that winning this divisions will be all that great this season….
Nice way to start the series.
Puigs bat would have looked great in our line up.
Looking at the numbers (batting and pitching) I don’t see how this team is winning but I’ll take it.
Been a real good run since the ASB. Houston looks like a tall order over the weekend but it’s at home and the team is red hot and riding high. This beats the hell out of the heaping helping of .500 baseball we’ve been treated to for most of 4 years.
I hope the lads can keep it up and roll on.
Today’s lineup is as light a hitting bunch as can be imagined. I’m sure Flaherty is just thrilled.
Now watch them go collect 20 hits and a dozen runs, lol.
The Cards are (somehow) right in the thick of the Division and Wild Card races.
Of course, the WC (particularly the 2nd slot) will go to a pretty average team and is designed to keep teams and more importantly their fans that may be getting smoked in their respective division races something to be interested in.
We went from 1987 to 2004 between World Series appearances and from 1968 to 1982 although the split season in 1981 screwed us.
Still the mediocrity year after year is beginning to have that lost in the baseball wilderness feel to it…
Hopefully, this is the beginning of ‘the hot streak’ that will put this team over the hump.
We shall see.
On one hand I’d like to see him traded to a contender and get a prospect or two. On the other hand the Cardinals are still in contention even at 46-45.
He’s been a great Cardinal so, in this case, I’d be for letting him have a lot of input in how and where he finishes his career.
Cardinals are in a tough spot.
If they were 10-12 games out and well under .500 they could start dumping dead weight and play prospects.
As it is, they are hovering at .500 and right in the thick of the divisional race. Do they fish or cut bait?
Almost any decision is justifiable. Personally, I think a rebuild is on order but I don’t have much confidence in either the FO or the current manager. To be fair to Schildt though, what does he have to work with?