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St. Louis Cardinals 2022
On yesterday's radio broadcast Ricky Horton said Hendick was not at the reunion. I don't know about Landrum.
The next two weeks they only play the Dodgers or the Cubs.
Cardinals are going to be busy until the next day off. Playing 17 games in the next 16 days is crazy. At least the Brewers lost today and we are up a full 2 games heading into the next series. Rockies, D-Backs, Cubs and Reds with our toughest team being a 3 game homestand with the Braves. Keep chipping away and winning series.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals’ recurring carousel of center fielders turns to Dylan Carlson. Can he stick?
For 70 years, center field defined continuity for the Cardinals, especially for title teams. Since 2008, it’s been in flux, from Rasmus to Jay to Grichuk to Bader and now
Derrick Goold
The outfield wall isn’t as deep and the turf isn’t as broiling or, obviously, as artificial, but looking out from the Busch Stadium dugout toward the position he played so well for so many years, Cardinals coach Willie McGee saw more similarities in center field than changes.
The route to remaining there feels the same.
“Shoot, our center field was 414 (feet), 385 to the gaps, but I don’t think it’s all that different, to be honest with you. You’ve still got to go catch the ball,” McGee said. “I think it’s just an athletic position. If you can play, you can play. I was told if you can catch the ball, hit .250, steal some bases, you’re going to play for a long time. You got a guy who can hit the ball, hit .250, catch the ball, steal some, run the bases well? He’s going to play a long time.”
Well, there is that difference.
Runs as the Cardinals’ center fielder have become shorter.
Dylan Carlson emerged from the trade deadline as the Cardinals’ current and preferably future center fielder, the latest in a line of young outfielders who have had center cleared for them by the Cardinals trading the guy ahead of them. In the coming weeks, Carlson will start his 50th game of this season in center, nearly matching his starts there a year ago. He will be the sixth Cardinal in the past 15 years with at least that many starts in two different full seasons. Four of the previous five were traded. No Cardinals center fielder has had more than two seasons with at least 100 starts in center since Jim Edmonds had his seventh in 2007.
That’s a remarkable turnover for a franchise that could boast a lineage of five — that’s five total — steadfast, everyday center fielders who covered a majority of innings there from Terry Moore’s debut in 1935 to Edmonds’ departure in 2007.
“It was,” manager Oliver Marmol said, “steady.”
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The bolded above just blew my mind.......5 CF's in 72 years in steadfast play............wow
Cardinals’ recurring carousel of center fielders turns to Dylan Carlson. Can he stick?
For 70 years, center field defined continuity for the Cardinals, especially for title teams. Since 2008, it’s been in flux, from Rasmus to Jay to Grichuk to Bader and nowwww.stltoday.com
Derrick Goold
The outfield wall isn’t as deep and the turf isn’t as broiling or, obviously, as artificial, but looking out from the Busch Stadium dugout toward the position he played so well for so many years, Cardinals coach Willie McGee saw more similarities in center field than changes.
The route to remaining there feels the same.
“Shoot, our center field was 414 (feet), 385 to the gaps, but I don’t think it’s all that different, to be honest with you. You’ve still got to go catch the ball,” McGee said. “I think it’s just an athletic position. If you can play, you can play. I was told if you can catch the ball, hit .250, steal some bases, you’re going to play for a long time. You got a guy who can hit the ball, hit .250, catch the ball, steal some, run the bases well? He’s going to play a long time.”
Well, there is that difference.
Runs as the Cardinals’ center fielder have become shorter.
Dylan Carlson emerged from the trade deadline as the Cardinals’ current and preferably future center fielder, the latest in a line of young outfielders who have had center cleared for them by the Cardinals trading the guy ahead of them. In the coming weeks, Carlson will start his 50th game of this season in center, nearly matching his starts there a year ago. He will be the sixth Cardinal in the past 15 years with at least that many starts in two different full seasons. Four of the previous five were traded. No Cardinals center fielder has had more than two seasons with at least 100 starts in center since Jim Edmonds had his seventh in 2007.
That’s a remarkable turnover for a franchise that could boast a lineage of five — that’s five total — steadfast, everyday center fielders who covered a majority of innings there from Terry Moore’s debut in 1935 to Edmonds’ departure in 2007.
“It was,” manager Oliver Marmol said, “steady.”
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The bolded above just blew my mind.......5 CF's in 72 years in steadfast play............wow
That is a crazy stat I never thought about.
I was a big Colby Rasmus fan and was hoping he would take over the CF spot for a long time. Unfortunately, I think Carlson is very similar to Rasmus. Has all the tools, but can't quite put it together to become a true star.
And to be fair, Rasmus had a pretty solid career. But IMO he always left you wanting a little more.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Carlson is definitely not a head case though, with his dad controlling his swing.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
That's a pretty accurate comparison Rasmus -Carlson...........I see the potential in Carlson but am left wanting more from time to time.....His production since the Bader trade is concerning......I hope it is related to trying to prove that the cardinals did right by not trading him in a package for Soto , but he needs to improve his offense production big time ....the homer Sunday was a good start.........................
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
First Pitch: Cardinals lineup begins to take shape for home stretch
The Cardinals' lineup is starting to take shape for the stretch run.
First pitch is 6:45 p.m. at Busch Stadium
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol's lineups are beginning to take shape for the stretch run. With a lefty on the mound Tuesday, the Cardinals continue to place Albert Pujols in the five-hole, as he has seen vintage success in that situation. Similarly, Lars Nootbaar has established himself as the everyday right-fielder, including today in the nine hole, despite the left-on-left matchup.
The lone change to the lineup from the last time the Cardinals saw a lefty on Sunday was that Paul Dejong hit sixth, and Tommy Edman hit seventh. They are flipped in today's lineup.
Yadier Molina was also reinserted into the eight-hole, which now seems to be reserved for catchers, as that is where Cardinals backstops have hit since Molina's return off the IL.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Read the full transcript of Cardinals beat writer Rick Hummel's Monday chat
Bring your Cardinals questions and comments to Monday’s 11 a.m. live chat.
Greetings,
Seven weeks to go and Cardinals have a slight leg up in the standings. But the Brewers start playing the Dodgers a bunch in the next two weeks, including a series starting tonight in Milwaukee. Tell me what you're thinking.
Commish
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I love to read the commish chats with the fans .....when I have the energy I am going to participate in one of them ............
GO CARDINALS................
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Arenado and Goldie with a top ten defensive gem..........Arenado dives to his right , fields the ball and from his knees fires a bullet that Goldie has to come off the bag and tag the runner out .....And , he tags the runner in the genitals..........Ouchie wowwa...........could leave a mark..........
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
It might be.....It could be................It is....................................A walk-off HBP by TON with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th.....Cards win....Cards win.....
Cards win......................................................
THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cards win......................................................
THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice game by Carlson and O'Neill. The one time TON didn’t reach base would've been a homer in 2/3 MLB ballparks.
Hopefully he and Carlson can build on this.
Hopefully he and Carlson can build on this.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals slip past Rockies 5-4 in unconventional fashion
Two walks, a bunt hit and a hit batsman enabled the Cardinals to beat the Rockies for 33rd time in past 39 meetings at Busch.
The Colorado Rockies almost never win here. Since June of 2009, the Rockies have lost 33 of their past 39 games at Busch Stadium. But none probably left a worse taste in their mouths than Tuesday night’s 5-4 triumph by the Cardinals, who didn’t put a ball in play with a full swing in the ninth inning but didn’t really have to.
After Nos. 8 and 9 hitters Andrew Knizner and Lars Nootbaar both coaxed full-count walks from Dinelson Lamet, who is known to have some control issues, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol summoned Dylan Carlson for a brief conference at the dugout. Marmol told Carlson that if he saw something in the way the Rockies’ infield defense was aligned “to go ahead and be an athlete."
“They were running a certain bunt play where the pitcher is going to have to field the ball,” said Carlson. “I was trying to get something firm, to make the third baseman field it or get it past the pitcher.
“At that point, you’re just trying to sacrifice. It’s not about you getting on first. That’s a benefit. Getting those guys to second and third was the big thing.”
Carlson bunted toward the right of Lamet, who fielded the ball but threw off balance and wide to first. So the Cardinals, who had lost a 3-0 lead earlier in the game, had the bases loaded with nobody out. Tyler O’Neill was up, with meal tickets Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado to follow.
They didn’t have to follow. For the second at-bat in succession, O’Neill was hit by a pitch on the left elbow guard, and though oft hurt this season, he painlessly forced in the winning run as the Cardinals raised their home record to 36-12 against the National League West since 2019, moving to 13 games over .500 for the first time this season.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Tipsheet: Once-promising Cardinals outfielder Piscotty fades onto waiver wire
Outfielder Stephen Piscotty had one strong season in St. Louis and one big campaign in Oakland before his career went south.
Jeff Gordon
Back in 2018, Cardinals fans really missed outfielder Stephen Piscotty.
He hit .267 with 41 doubles, 27 homers, 88 RBIs and a .821 on-base plus slugging percentage for his hometown Oakland A’s that season. The Cardinals traded him after the 2017 season so he could be closer to his family while his mother, Gretchen, battled Lou Gehrig’s disease.
In return for Piscotty, the A’s sent the Cardinals utility player Yairo Munoz – who delivered two decent seasons before flaking out – and spare infielder Max Schrock.
That was not an exciting return for Piscotty, but the Cardinals and A’s did right thing by making that trade.
Unfortunately Piscotty’s career took a negative turn in 2019 that eventually led to the A’s cutting him loose Tuesday.
Piscotty, 31, was batting .190 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 42 games when he hit the waiver wire.
“I wasn’t planning on having to reflect on my time with the A’s so soon, but when I do think back, I think immediately to 2018 and how grateful I am to this organization for bringing me home to be with my family while my mom was sick,” Piscotty texted to the San Francisco Chronicle. “I will forever be grateful for that. Surely there have been a lot of ups and downs over the last few years, I think for now I will just focus on the ups and how lucky I was to wear the uniform of my hometown team.”
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals notebook: Dakota Hudson slated to rejoin rotation Saturday in Arizona
Left-handed batters haven't hit him well, but Hudson has walked too many of them. Also, Flaherty impresses at Springfield.
Rick Hummel
The Cardinals’ pitching rotation is set through next Monday, at least, with manager Oliver Marmol’s announcement Tuesday that Dakota Hudson, bypassed for the Colorado series, would start Saturday in Arizona.
That means Miles Mikolas will pitch Friday night in Phoenix and new acquisition Jose Quintana, who started here Tuesday night, will work on Sunday. Jordan Montgomery, another left-hander recently acquired, will pitch Wednesday against Colorado and Monday in the opener of a five-game series in Chicago. Adam Wainwright will pitch Thursday’s series finale against Colorado and then one game of a doubleheader Tuesday.
Marmol said the other game Tuesday likely will involve Jake Woodford and several relievers or someone from Memphis.
“It could be a combination of some of the faces we’ve seen in the past,” Marmol said.
Hudson, who last started in Colorado this past Thursday, has been working in his bullpen sessions on attacking left-handed hitters better. A cursory look at the batting averages against Hudson wouldn’t necessarily reveal his issues with left-handed hitters, who are averaging only .217 against him while right-handers are batting .290. But Hudson has walked far too many left-handed-hitting batsmen. He has walked 32 and struck out only 28 left-handers, covering 221 plate appearances.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
There were some incredibly hard hit balls in that first inning.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
I really liked him. I understand why the trade was made. Hopefully he was able to sign a nice contract.Tipsheet: Once-promising Cardinals outfielder Piscotty fades onto waiver wire
Outfielder Stephen Piscotty had one strong season in St. Louis and one big campaign in Oakland before his career went south.
Jeff Gordon
Back in 2018, Cardinals fans really missed outfielder Stephen Piscotty.
He hit .267 with 41 doubles, 27 homers, 88 RBIs and a .821 on-base plus slugging percentage for his hometown Oakland A’s that season. The Cardinals traded him after the 2017 season so he could be closer to his family while his mother, Gretchen, battled Lou Gehrig’s disease.
In return for Piscotty, the A’s sent the Cardinals utility player Yairo Munoz – who delivered two decent seasons before flaking out – and spare infielder Max Schrock.
That was not an exciting return for Piscotty, but the Cardinals and A’s did right thing by making that trade.
Unfortunately Piscotty’s career took a negative turn in 2019 that eventually led to the A’s cutting him loose Tuesday.
Piscotty, 31, was batting .190 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 42 games when he hit the waiver wire.
“I wasn’t planning on having to reflect on my time with the A’s so soon, but when I do think back, I think immediately to 2018 and how grateful I am to this organization for bringing me home to be with my family while my mom was sick,” Piscotty texted to the San Francisco Chronicle. “I will forever be grateful for that. Surely there have been a lot of ups and downs over the last few years, I think for now I will just focus on the ups and how lucky I was to wear the uniform of my hometown team.”
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I really enjoy the stats on ball velocity off the bat , launch angles and of course distance on homers and what not.....I really really do.............
BillyBob1
- Champaign
They should be able to figure out how far the ball would travel. Albert’s first home run Sunday definitely would have gone further than 390 feet!
Our strength defensively up the middle has stayed good in center but everytime we put Dejong at short we lose a step. The other night Keith Hernandez was on the telecast and didn't know the corporate line. He said " Dejong is solid, he fields everything that's hit at him". i got in trouble here for telling people a year ago that Edman was our every day shortstop, then he proved it, now were back where we started. You're asking pitchers to produce ground balls but not placing your best fielder in a key spot. I just don't get. Unless the front office thinks they look bad if he doesn't play short.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals up on the Rockies 2-0 going into the bottom of the second.......
I know it;s only been 2 games and the game so far tonight , but if I was the Cardinals brass I would do everything possible to sign Montgomery for say 3-4-5 year extension.....................he is already signed for 2023 but I wouldn't let it go very long without starting contract negotiations and lock him up .........
Same with Quintana........Those 2 trades have fortified the Cardinals rotation and we need to keep them in the fold...............
JMHO.................
I know it;s only been 2 games and the game so far tonight , but if I was the Cardinals brass I would do everything possible to sign Montgomery for say 3-4-5 year extension.....................he is already signed for 2023 but I wouldn't let it go very long without starting contract negotiations and lock him up .........
Same with Quintana........Those 2 trades have fortified the Cardinals rotation and we need to keep them in the fold...............
JMHO.................
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals beat the Rockies 5-1...............Montgomery with his third win since coming over to the Cardinals and has only given up 1 run in 16 2/3 innings..
Gorman with 3 RBI's.................................Pallante with 2 1/3 innings , retiring all 7 batters he faced.......................
Tomorrow's game's first pitch is @ 12:15 pm.............................
THAT'S A WINNER................................
Gorman with 3 RBI's.................................Pallante with 2 1/3 innings , retiring all 7 batters he faced.......................
Tomorrow's game's first pitch is @ 12:15 pm.............................
THAT'S A WINNER................................
Nice win tonight.....plus picked up another game on the Brewers with them losing