It was actually 3 seasons (2011-13).
Well they lost 87 in 2010 and 89 in 2014 so I guess they were just regular bad those years...
It was actually 3 seasons (2011-13).
This warmed my heart, thank you!Well they lost 87 in 2010 and 89 in 2014 so I guess they were just regular bad those years...
Well they lost 87 in 2010 and 89 in 2014 so I guess they were just regular bad those years...
It was actually 3 seasons (2011-13).
Oh and then there's this: https://twitter.com/craigjedwards/status/952939910662631425
Yadier Molina plans to retire when his contract ends
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/01/15/yadier-molina-plans-to-retire-when-his-contract-ends/
...Molina plans to hang up his spikes when that contract ends after the 2020 season. “Three more years, that’s it,” Molina said.
Grichuk traded to Blue Jays
Grichuk traded to Blue Jays
Leone, a 26-year-old righty, has bounced around the league some but is fresh off of an excellent 2017 season. In 70 1/3 innings, he posted a 2.56 ERA with 10.4 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9. He’ll join an increasingly deep relief corps that perhaps will still be boosted by another late-inning arm.
Leone has had similar success previously — in his 2014 debut with the Mariners — but struggled notably in the ensuing two seasons. All said, though, there’s plenty of reason to think he’ll continue to represent a quality asset. In 2017, he delivered his average fastball at 94.9 mph, recorded a personal-high 14.5% swinging-strike rate, and tamped down on the homers that had come to plague him.
Better still, the cutter-heavy Leone was equally effective against both righty (.208/.267/.357) and lefty (.181/.261/.366) hitters. The Cards will have the ability to control him for four more seasons. Leone reached arbitration as a Super Two, agreeing earlier this winter to a $1.085MM salary for the 2018 season.
Greene is a notable part of the deal as well. Still just 22 years of age, Greene has long been credited with interesting tools. He is said to possess a big heater, quality change, and useful slider. That said, there’s still quite a bit of polish needed and questions persist as to whether Greene will make it as a starter.
Last year, Greene struggled to a 5.29 ERA in his 132 2/3 innings at Double-A, managing only 6.2 K/9 against 5.6 BB/9 on the year. That showing obviously did not help his stock. Still, the Jays placed him on the 40-man roster at the end of the season in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
It seems reasonable to expect that Greene will be given another chance to work out the kinks as a starter in the upper minor. But he might also take up a place on the Cards’ relief depth chart.
Less Hrabosky and more Brad Thompson on Cardinals TV broadcasts this season: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/othe...tent=F9EAA91236962CD453F6CC587E8BA41779510BF9
Cardinals bringing back former closer Edward Mujica on a minor league deal that does not include an invitation to the major league camp.
Holland was miserable for the last month and a half of 2017. Posted an 8.47 ERA in his last 19 appearances. Sure, coming off injury and pitching all year in Coors has to take it out of you. So he had reason to be out of gas at that point. But there are enough warning signs there that I can see a lot of teams not wanting to give him "Big Time Closer" money.