my impression is he's a "who gives a shit, its just baseball" guy. which is fine if he could roll a .500 win pct and 4.50 era, eat innings and get sent to long relief in the playoffs. In his defense, he's supposed to be a ground ball pitcher and the cardinals fielding is very bad.
― bnw, Monday, 18 April 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
So it all went about as expected ●︿●
― bnw, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
yeah, when i was advocating Diaz just upthread, i kind of forgot that he doesn't know how to play SS. yikes. the infield D would be bad enough with Diaz/Gyorko pretending to be shortstops and Holliday/Piscotty handling 1B a significant amount of time, but Wong has seemingly lost the ability to field routine grounders. nothing against Carp but when he's your standout defender in the IF, you know you have problems
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
if wong keeps this up he's gonna endure the entire wrath of al hrabosky. i have the game on mute but i can only imagine the sublimity of his concern
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link
there was no evidence of a racial slur is the best cards news of the week. go team!
― bnw, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
grich
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
i appreciate pitchers whose batting stances involve a leg kick
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
he used to be a SS back in the day
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
bobby? 2B
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
aledmys diaz, 5 for 5!
if he can only learn how to be a better SS, :D :D
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:44 (eight years ago) link
wonder what it will take to get him out of the 8 hole
― bnw, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:32 (eight years ago) link
although it always seemed apparent hazelbaker's success is (was) a fluke, for some reason i have like full-on aledyms fever right now
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
viva el birdos @vivaelbirdos 1 minute agoAledmys Diaz wRC+ of 267 leads MLB (Manny Machado 2nd)Aledmys Diaz SLG of .875 leads MLB (Bryce Harper 2nd)BA and OBP 1st, toomin 50 PA
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 April 2016 22:49 (eight years ago) link
omg aledmys diaz
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 03:07 (eight years ago) link
wong has to be really nervous right now
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 03:08 (eight years ago) link
anyway his BABIP of .500 will proooooobably regress but for now O_O
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 03:11 (eight years ago) link
@Cardinals.@EliasSports says Aledmys Diaz is the first MLB player to debut in the modern era to have a batting average of .500 through 50+ career ABs.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
Wong's ISO is still 0.00.
Among hitters with enough PA's to qualify, there's only one other player at 0, and that's Chase Headley.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
Aledmys Diaz O_O
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 April 2016 04:13 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChI7d34WIAEcLB5.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
i keep waiting for the floor to drop out from under him, but enjoying it while it lasts. obviously the BABIP won't stay like this forever but he's making legitimate hard contact in nearly ever PA, so it's not totally flukey either
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
http://i64.tinypic.com/4zw2uw.jpg lol xposts
― bnw, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4TcPWft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/4TcPWft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/4TcPWft.jpg
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
looks like he has a mustache coming out of his nostrils in that pic
<3 aledmys
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
that's a Hornsby-like start, i'm sure enough to get him elected as an All-Star by TBFIB.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
Fangraphs examines Diaz and other hot debuts of the decade
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/pitchers-cant-seem-to-get-the-aledmys-diaz-out/
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
this prooooobably won't last, but at this point, 4 of the top 10 in avg. flyball distance are cardinals, including moss at #2, piscotty at #4, holliday at #7 and hazelbaker at #10. (heyward is last, at #233, which means he is a bad baseball player)
http://www.baseballheatmaps.com/graph/distanceleader.php
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 30 April 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15434472/st-louis-cardinals-looking-allegations-pitcher-carlos-martinez
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 30 April 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
.500 with +39 DIFF
― Andy K, Sunday, 1 May 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
This is a funny starting lineup.
Yadi's playing 1B (i'd rather just see him get a rare night off, especially with adams, moss, piscotty, and holliday all capable of playing 1B)
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:19 (eight years ago) link
never put piscotty at first
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link
interesting stat on the broadcast just now
they've scored 7+ runs 13 times, most in MLBthey've scored 1 run or less 9 times, second most in MLB
and that lines up with the experience of watching them so far this year. either blowouts against bad teams or incredibly frustrating near shutouts.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/51231442/v660805583/?game_pk=447291
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
it began with such promise
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 May 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
fyi pete kozma is hitting .172/.274/.237 for the yankees' triple-a club
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 May 2016 01:06 (eight years ago) link
his best ISO in several years
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 May 2016 02:08 (eight years ago) link
*drudgesiren* Matheny pulls head out of 2014 stat sheet *drudgesiren*
Jenifer Langosch @LangoschMLB 3m3 minutes ago
#STLCards, who have gotten an awful .186/.270/.333 slash line from their cleanup hitters, try Piscotty in the spot tonight. Diaz to bat 2nd.
― bnw, Thursday, 19 May 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
but...Piscotty isn't a big first basemen?
?!!??!
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
although on second thought, maybe matheny can use Piscotty at 1B tonight. then all will be right in the world
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
looks like Peralta is expected to get rehab work in at both SS and 3B. hoping they go for something like:
Diaz: SSPeralta: 3BCarpenter: 1BKeep one of Moss or Adams, and trade the other.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
maybe peralta should get some work at 2B as well
btw reyes is making his first start for memphis on sunday; maybe waino heard the footsteps last night
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 May 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Marp at 1B today. Matheny reads ILX!
― bnw, Friday, 20 May 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-kxwJES7yA
featuring the world's most unbearable play-by-play announcer
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 May 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
omg you're not joking. holy shit, that guy
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 23 May 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
that was satisfying
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
they're really into dumping the gatorade on each other this year aren't they
cardinals acquire Jose Martinez from KC for cash considerations. Jose Martinez is the son of Carlos Martinez, which sounds absolutely amazing but it's the former MLB outfielder Carlos Martinez, not el gallo. he won the AAA batting title last year and had a wRC+ of 177, but he's 27 and has never played in the big leagues.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
unrelated, and not blaming his recent 0 fer 17 entirely on this, but hey matheny why don't you give aledmys diaz a game off every once in a while. he's played pretty much every game since he came up
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
gotta run those kids into the ground
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
he'll give him two days off, relegate him to pinch-hitting for a few days, then put him back in the 8-hole. diaz is not allowed to hit anywhere except for 8th or 2nd.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link