Bruce Dickinson
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Hitting second sure agrees with Matt Carpenter. Helped Holliday out a lot, too.
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***Official 2018 St. Louis Cardinals Thread*** -- Matheny gone (1 Viewer)
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
It's not fair.
The pitching carries them through the first 20+ games, then the bats wake up just as the starting pitching has a couple bad outings.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
I don't know who that guy was pitching the 9 th, But they should make him closer.
Wrigley
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Clearly Wainwright was holding them back.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Just got so used to seeing a win every night.
ffldrew
Footballguy
Shame that the clock struck midnight on Reynolds in the 9th - just had to make good contact.
RnR
Footballguy
No kidding. With that shift on and the tying run on third with one out, you have to shorten up and put the ball in play to the right side somehow. A push bunt isn't out of the question there either.
Oh well. He was still a net asset over the course of that series. I like him. He brings a power dimension off the bench that the Cards have been lacking in recent seasons.
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Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Kluber with 9K through 4?
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
One hit? All we got was one ####### hit?
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
You can't say ### #### on here.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
It's OK there's no one reading this anyway.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Bryan ####### Price approves this ####### thread
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Needed that one.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
13 LOB is no way to go through a pennant race, son.
Good to see Lynn could pitch through pain but his fastballs did not let have their usual late movement. The thought of both Waino and Lynn on the DL makes me sad.
Good to see Lynn could pitch through pain but his fastballs did not let have their usual late movement. The thought of both Waino and Lynn on the DL makes me sad.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I am glad to see that it was only back cramps, because his delivery definitely looked strange to me last night.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Two weeks of a healthy Garcia should ease your pain.
You know that Cardinals' black magic will create an ace from somewhere.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Yadi called the trainer out in the first inning. Usually Lynn throws his fastballs right at the catcher's mitt, then they dive or tail away at the last second. There's so much action on both of them, he rarely throws a slider and doesn't bother with a curve. Last night both ones went straight to the glove. Sometimes he drops his arm a little to ride one in towards a right-handed hitter hanging over the plate.
He was keeping the ball down as usual - he had only given up two HRs all season going into last night - but without the movement he relies on, Morales took him deep twice.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
LOL. My Tap Sports Baseball team recently drafted Garcia - no idea who he blew to get a 5-8-6 rating in that game. I fully expect to have to put him on the DL soon even though to the best of my knowledge injuries don't occur in Tap.The guy with Ace stuff is Carlos Martinez - the ball just explodes out of his hand - but he's still a work in progress from the neck up.
I wonder if ATL would take Heyward back for Shelby Miller.
RnR
Footballguy
It is only 50 innings, but I already have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach about this.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
To be fair, I was all for that trade when it happened. I figured Heyward is a plus defender in RF who got his swing f'ed up by ATL making him hit leadoff, Walden filled the void left by Neshek's departure as the 8th inning pitcher with weird-### delivery, and Miller seemed to have plateaued. If you can add a six-win outfielder and a cheap, capable setup man for a back-of-rotation starter, you have to do it.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Still hard to figure out Miller. Here is a good article from Fangraphs the other day: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/shelby-miller-the-cutter-and-quality-of-opposition/
His BABIP is .183, he is definitely outperforming his FIP, and all but one of his opposing teams this is below league-average this year.
On the other hand, he has radically changed his pitch mix this year, He's throwing 34% four-seamers this year vs. 61% last year. Replacing those pitches is his two-seamer (10% to 33%) and his cutter (5% to 19%). He's getting 30% of his Ks on the cutter and he has greatly increased his GB%.
I guess the Braves figured this out for him, but we will see if he can sustain it.
His BABIP is .183, he is definitely outperforming his FIP, and all but one of his opposing teams this is below league-average this year.
On the other hand, he has radically changed his pitch mix this year, He's throwing 34% four-seamers this year vs. 61% last year. Replacing those pitches is his two-seamer (10% to 33%) and his cutter (5% to 19%). He's getting 30% of his Ks on the cutter and he has greatly increased his GB%.
I guess the Braves figured this out for him, but we will see if he can sustain it.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Between two runners taking third on balls hit to Holliday and Peralta hitting into that inning-ending, official-game-making-with-rain-coming-down double play, it's been quite a night.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Nice to get a W and avoid the sweep. Even nicer to score a bunch of runs without Holliday in the lineup and with Kozma in it.
Totally support the decision to sit Holliday today. He got hit by pitches Friday and Saturday, and Ventura is capable of tagging any hitter in the league in the back of the head with a 98 MPH four seamer. No heroism in keeping an HBP streak alive.
Best play of the day had to be Peralta's single in the first. Tried to check his swing, couldn't get the bat back out in time... and pretty much bunted one into center field to drive in a run and put Ventura on tilt.
Totally support the decision to sit Holliday today. He got hit by pitches Friday and Saturday, and Ventura is capable of tagging any hitter in the league in the back of the head with a 98 MPH four seamer. No heroism in keeping an HBP streak alive.
Best play of the day had to be Peralta's single in the first. Tried to check his swing, couldn't get the bat back out in time... and pretty much bunted one into center field to drive in a run and put Ventura on tilt.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Nice ode to Holliday in Grantland today. One of the few $100MM contracts in baseball history where the player is still earning his salary at the end of the deal.
Showed that Holliday is losing power, but not at the expense of OBP. Some balls he used to pull into the gap for doubles and homers are singles to right now.
Showed that Holliday is losing power, but not at the expense of OBP. Some balls he used to pull into the gap for doubles and homers are singles to right now.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Nice catch by Bourjos for the last out.
What's with these 1-2-3 innings from Rosenthal?
What's with these 1-2-3 innings from Rosenthal?
gianmarco
Footballguy
No kidding. The change to pitching from the stretch seems to have made a huge difference. I actually feel good about him coming in now.
Man, big win tonight. Same with two nights ago. They just never quit.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Record doesn't show it, but Garcia has been huge for the whole staff imo. I was starting to get worried about the workload and whether they would be forced into an acquisition, but he seems to have calmed the waters for now. If Gonzalez can get all the way back before Jamie's next injury, they might just be OK.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Scruggs? Piscotty? Ty Kelly?
ffldrew
Footballguy
This is getting crazy - I'd give the reins to one of the young guys to see what they could do with the lead in the standings they have vs losing the power and going Bourjos. And maybe platoon Grichuck while one of the youngsters is there and see if he can respond to become a better day to day player.
Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
So, 39-21 if they play .500 ball from here forward, they get to 90 wins and at least a wildcard. 39-21 is pretty impressive considering they lost their ace, 1B, and now Holliday. Matheny is doing something right.
Wrigley
Footballguy
Gotta be a deal with the devil
RnR
Footballguy
Were you celebrating the Holliday injury too or were you still hung over from the Wainwright/Adams benders?
RnR
Footballguy
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Team will wear 1985 throwbacks this Sunday against the Royals.
Doubtful they will bring back the 1985 Busch II turf and configuration.
Doubtful they will bring back the 1985 Busch II turf and configuration.
Eephus
Footballguy
Don Denkinger has been added to the umpiring crew
