pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
yep................that was my take on what Knizner said in the article .......i am less concerned with this being Yadi's last year now...............Smart catchers are priceless.
yep................that was my take on what Knizner said in the article .......i am less concerned with this being Yadi's last year now...............Smart catchers are priceless.
DeJong will be DFA'd soon. Mo's comments lately show that he is tired of them.The way this is going we'll probably see Gorman called up around June 1st. If it weren't for service time manipulation I have a feeling they'd have called him up for Sosa instead of calling up Yepez (I like Yepez a lot though and hope they give him some real opportunities)
They should've traded DeJong for whatever they could've got for him in the offseason, when someone may have thought he could rebound. Can't imagine you'd get anything for him now. I think the only reason they didn't was because the plan was to hold off Gorman until they could get another year of team control. They'd have sent him down to AAA even if he homered in every at-bat at spring training.
100%. Gorman can play 2nd, DH, and spell Arenado at 3rd when he needs a day off. He's also played OF on occasion so could probably take left when TON needs a day. He'd 100% be an every day player right now. Sure there's a question about strikeout rate and how he'd do against MLB pitching but if he struggles you can send him right back down to Memphis.DeJong will be DFA'd soon. Mo's comments lately show that he is tired of them.
They claim they aren't calling up Gorman because they want him to play every day but I'm not sure how he wouldn't be and Sosa/Edman at SS. Has to be service time like you said
I think it's a little early to give up on some of these guys. TON finally got something going with a triple and HR today, Bader' OBP is .317 which is respectable, and he's a great fielder and has become a very good base stealer, Carlson is young and has tons of potential, just needs to work on his approach, Noot hasn't had many opportunities yet this season, neither has Donovan. Pujols is crushing left handed pitching, but unfortunately bats .095 against righties and has more plate appearances against righties than lefties (24-16). Only ones I think may be worth giving up on are DeJong and Dickerson.From most AB to least:
Dylan Carlson .186
Tyler O'Neill .202
Harrison Bader .234
Paul DeJong .127
Yadier Molina .208
Corey Dickerson .178
Albert Pujols .225
Edmundo Sosa .160
Lars Nootbaar .125
Brendan Donovan .167
There is no reason whatsoever for an MLB player to be hitting below .100. It is an embarrassment. Even horrible hitting all glove Dale Maxville hit .217 in his career. No one should even be hitting lower than .250.
Bring on the minor leaguers.
Hitting is down league wide. The batting average for all the MLB is .232 right now so Bader is technically "above average" right now as is the Cardinals as a whole (team average of .234).From most AB to least:
Dylan Carlson .186
Tyler O'Neill .202
Harrison Bader .234
Paul DeJong .127
Yadier Molina .208
Corey Dickerson .178
Albert Pujols .225
Edmundo Sosa .160
Lars Nootbaar .125
Brendan Donovan .167
There is no reason whatsoever for an MLB player to be hitting below .100. It is an embarrassment. Even horrible hitting all glove Dale Maxville hit .217 in his career. No one should even be hitting lower than .250.
Bring on the minor leaguers.
Well , he did have a very sub par spring training, below .200 BA............But , I read he was experimenting with a change to his batting angles........Edman is such a good player. Don’t know why he wasn’t batting lead off from the beginning.
He was actually a very poor leadoff batter last season. One of the lowest on base percentages on the team. His approach has improved a ton, and now he's great. The biggest difference is his walk rate, which was just 5.5% last year. This year it's 13.8%! I think removing him from leadoff duty was the right move, and I think reinstating him based on what he's doing right now was also the right move. If he keeps this up he'll be batting leadoff for a long time.Edman is such a good player. Don’t know why he wasn’t batting lead off from the beginning.
As I said before, stats don’t matter in spring training. Look at DeJong. He was tearing it up and now he can’t buy a hit. Edman is just the opposite.Well , he did have a very sub par spring training, below .200 BA............But , I read he was experimenting with a change to his batting angles........
He is tearing it up right now , for sure..........................
It wasn't because of spring training, it was because of last season. A leadoff batter's job is to get on base. Here's how Tommy Edman ranked in that category last season:As I said before, stats don’t matter in spring training. Look at DeJong. He was tearing it up and now he can’t buy a hit. Edman is just the opposite.
He's been incredible. 1 hit and no walks, with 20 strikeouts, in 10 innings of work. Beastly.I know they mentioned it on the broadcast last night but man has Helsley looked good this year. Starting to get his pitches going high 90s to low 100s with 20 Ks already in his first 8 appearances.