Errors and bad base running.
Didn’t realize until last night they lead the league in runners being thrown out on the bases. When Fowler gets on base, a rarity, he still screws up!
Didn’t realize until last night they lead the league in runners being thrown out on the bases. When Fowler gets on base, a rarity, he still screws up!
Good question, I don’t know who you are referring to. I can only remember Diaz, Wong,Peralta, Gyrko, Carpenter, DeJong, Martinez, and Garcia getting work in the infield last year.
Diaz traded and Peralta is done.
It wasn’t any of those listed. I just remember him being really good defensively.
Forgot about google!
Alex Mejia. Looks like he is still in the organization, in the minors.
Correct. Mejia played shortstop for the Memphis Redbirds tonight, and is hitting .276.
Leading the league in runners thrown out on the bases doesn't surprise me at all. The Cardinals have had pretty awful base running for the past several years. They keep vowing to improve but it never happens.
How about the pitching tonight! I was happy about Flaherty’s pitch selection and his ability to stay cool when the heat was on him. Overall a much better game tonight. Everyone looked more relaxed. What was with ARods comments about Fowler not being comfortable yet in his new surroundings? He made it seem like he didn’t like the clubhouse atmosphere or something.
its been a serious problem. Honestly, It really frustrates me. The errors in base running and in defense just are not acceptable to me. Living out here in Colorado, watching Nolan Arenado's defense makes me sad for our current crop of players. Bader has made some plays, but the in-field stinks...
It's all a symptom of Matheny wanting to be "aggressive" on the bases, but him also not really knowing what that vague term means or what the risk/ reward profile looks like when being "aggressive".
I think it's equal parts allowing the green light for steals, extra bases, etc. in the first place and also not having the personnel to be a good base running team.
Matheny gets the statpacks that the nerds in the front office give him, that probably pretty boldly say "steals have to be successful 80% of the time to be worth it, which only the best base runners are able to do", and he throws those in the trash because "taking the extra base/ being aggressive" is just good old school baseball in his mind.
There's a difference between being "aggressive" and being stupid. Apparently Matheny doesn't know that difference.
That's funny. I haven't seen Matheny on the bases yet this year. How many guys have been picked off first? Did he tell Tommy Pham to get picked off 3rd?
Ozuna with a bad play in LF after Mike Matheny Intentionally Walking the winning run on first base. You can't make this up. Something drastic has to change.
Leaving historically high contact/ low strike out rate Bowman in when it looked like he was having trouble locating was bad.