Cardinals now carrying 3 catchers after Tres Barrera was called up from Memphis. Contreras to mainly DH while also getting some work in the outfield and still catching every so often. Knizner will be the primary catcher going forward. Barrera allows them to not lose their DH if they decide to pinch hit for Knizner late in a game and have Contreras catch.
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Cardinals To Shift Willson Contreras Off Catcher
TODAY: St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak specified that Contreras will be a designated hitter rather than an …
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If we just wanted a solid defensive catcher and a DH, we certainly could have gotten that without signing Contreras. We have plenty of potential DHs already on the team. And why put Knizner's bat in the lineup everyday? This is a head scratcher to me.Cardinals To Shift Willson Contreras Off Catcher
TODAY: St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak specified that Contreras will be a designated hitter rather than an …
My hunch is that Knizner is better calling a game behind the plate than Contreras has shown at this point. I think like 4 or 5 of the games that the Cardinals have won have been when Knizner was starting at catcher.
It happened again
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Yes Mr. Hanks , there IS crying in baseball......
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Quick Hits: Tigers ruin Adam Wainwright's season debut as Cardinals lose in extra innings
The Cardinals dropped their eighth in a row with an extra-inning loss to the Tigers at Busch Stadium as Adam Wainwight made his season debut.
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Longest losing streak for Cardinals since they lost nine straight in September 2007. First time they've been at least 14 games under .500 since they finished 16 under .500 at the end of the 1997 season.
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I had a first communion to attend today, what'd I miss?
Also, has it been discussed as to why we went through so much change on the coaching staff? Maddux has me the most perplexed and then we bringg a guy in from I think Duke. I love this organization, but I think they have gotten too cute the past 5 years or so and it is catching up. Our sh*t does stink. I hope they start acting like it and get back to putting a world class product on the field.
Sorry for the text wall here, but while I'm at it. The Central division is a cake walk, it really is. The only threat long term is the Cubs and until they start acting like a major market team, there is absolutely zero threat in this division. But, here we are with the 3rd worst record in the league.
Also, has it been discussed as to why we went through so much change on the coaching staff? Maddux has me the most perplexed and then we bringg a guy in from I think Duke. I love this organization, but I think they have gotten too cute the past 5 years or so and it is catching up. Our sh*t does stink. I hope they start acting like it and get back to putting a world class product on the field.
Sorry for the text wall here, but while I'm at it. The Central division is a cake walk, it really is. The only threat long term is the Cubs and until they start acting like a major market team, there is absolutely zero threat in this division. But, here we are with the 3rd worst record in the league.
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What recasting Willson Contreras at DH, outfield reveals about Cardinals' pitching woes
'I take the losses personally because I came here to win,' says Contreras, the high-dollar All-Star catcher who will see more time at DH and some at outfield.
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In an attempt to pivot away from the awful losing streak, check this out.
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Adam Wainwright’s return not enough to stop Cardinals losing slide as they drop eighth in a row
Not even Cardinals veteran Adam Wainwright is immune to the frustration of the club's eight-game losing streak after a loss to the Tigers.
Hochman: The Cardinals stink. So I watched a youth baseball game instead.
The Cardinals are 10-24. So I spent the day in Edwardsville, where I watched some youth games to recharge my spirits, replenish my soul and reassure myself that there is,
There are 30 catchers in the league that can call a better game than Contreras. Why do you think the Cub’s starting staff has improved on every matrix so far this year. I was so glad when we let WC go. 243 hitter with Wrigley power. He is the Cards multi million dollar problem now.
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Cubs are calling it the Dexter Fowler syndrome.........put the tuxedo on the pig...it's still a pig....
Does that also mean Cubs fans will treat him as a traitor and boo him prior to his first AB at Wrigley tomorrow night?
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I’ll never forget his home run in his first at bat as a Cub, and while he was his liabilities as catcher calling pitches ,and I never saw anyone with a better snap throw to first while on one of his knees , nor his frozen rope throws to second base
That didn’t happen.
Ok, the booing part may not have happened but there were plenty of Cubs fans that thought Fowler was a turncoat for signing with the Cardinals.
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