The only thing I get out of Motter being back up is he doesn't need the reps every game. Don't think they want the young guys up just sitting and playing every 3-4 days.
Offense is sputtering along and he is instant offense. Yepez is one of those guys where his position was locked up by studs. Something to keep an eye on this season is Yepez has only played DH/OF in AAA so far.
Yeah he was getting some pretty impressive exit velocities but hitting them on the ground. His ground ball rate is 58.5% (MLB average is 44.8%) and his fly ball rate is just 17.0%. (MLB avg. 23.1%). When you hit the ball 100+ mph in the air it's gone. When you hit it 100+ mph in the ground it's a single or out. If he can make these adjustments at AAA I think we'll see him back up soon enough. Last year Gorman got sent back down for a stretch to get more regular playing time and it seems to have done him a lot of good.
Not sure if being sent back down or his off-season prep but Gorman looks like a different hitter (in my few chances to see him). Definitely made some adjustments and had to cut down on # of swing and misses. last year 103k's and 28bb So far this year 23k's and 11bb.
I gotta agree with you on that. If he thought this pitching staff had potential I should have been hired. If Marmol is letting Contreras call the pitches then maybe he needs to get Yadi and add him to the staff pronto! Actually glad YouTube tv doesn't include Bally.
Montgomery is having an excellent start as well. Now get him some run support for the love of pete....
Said news indeed. While stationed in New York City, I saw Shannon hit a home run in the 10th inning to beat the Mets. Fond memory.
April saved the worst for last for the Cardinals.
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R.I.P MikeSaw him play in person many times as a young man, must have listened to several thousand broadcasts by him. I remember a bench clearing brawl by both teams against the Mets in St. Louis at a game I attended as a lad. Mike grabbed Dal Maxwell, our shortstop who was wafer thin, and threw him behintd him. Mike was a large man and had been the starting QB for Mizzou. All of the Mets looked for someone else, no approached Mike lol. Most people at Mizzou felt he had a better future in football, but baseball was his passion.
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