on of them is on the red sox and is recovering from TJ, one is also on the red sox and seemingly overmatched by major league pitching on the offensive and defensive end, ummmm, does sal perez on the royals count at only 25?
i dunno shit about draft prospects either lol
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:07 (nine years ago) link
josmil pinto on the twins (26) was highly touted, currently in AAA
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
it's cool how MLB is trying to hype the draft a little more and make it exciting, but it's really tough to get interested in hundreds of players that no one knows and won't see the big leagues until 2020. unless you're a scout or work in the business or having an abnormal interest in college and high school baseball, it's just pointless. i skim through a dozen draft previews and can never remember a single name afterward.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
padres called up austin hedges last week; apparently so good behind the plate that it barely matters if he hits at all (which he may not, much)
cubs have kyle schwarber, who's kind of the opposite; same with rangers' jorge alfaro (does have a cannon, tho)
it's tough -- if a guy can really hit, teams don't want to wear him out by making him catch, e.g. wil myers was a catcher at first. the cubs had schwarber working in the outfield some, but i guess they're so loaded that they'd rather stick him behind the plate
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
https://mlblogsbensbiz.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/0232.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
Haha, where'd you find that? Very useful reference imo
― kobold gin gimlet from a goblet with a dragon head on it (Karl Malone), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
it's on the wall at the spring training complex in palm beach (i'm told)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
during last night's broadcast mozeliak said that grichuk was on the plane back to STL, would be here for today's game. and langosch just tweeted that Jaime Garcia is at Busch Stadium as well.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 16 May 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
you really needed a Mets fan w/ you at that torture tonight, KM
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/your-racist-uncle-will-love-this-picture-of-the-cardina-1705776536
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
well, that sucked
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 May 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
lance lynn is listed as TBD for his start on wednesday. he had back pain during his last start and told reporters it was just normal day-to-day soreness but ugh.garcia is a timebomb.marco gonzalez is missing his next start in AAA with renewed pain.wainwright already downholliday and heyward have both sat with day-to-day injuries over the last few days (although they're both in the lineup today)jay is eligible to come off the DL soon, but who knows
dudes are banged up
― Karl Malone, Monday, 25 May 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
the underrated one
With almost 200 plate appearances in 2015, Holliday is more than a third of the way to a 10th consecutive season of qualifying for the batting title while delivering a park-adjusted offensive line at least 30 percent better than league average. Since World War II, only 13 other hitters have managed such a streak. Six of them are Hall of Famers: Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, and Reggie Jackson. Two more are on the verge of induction: Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell. Another two will be elected when eligible: Jim Thome and Albert Pujols. And the final three would be shoo-ins or strong candidates if not for their ties to PEDs: Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield, and Alex Rodriguez. That group of 13 hitters includes more than a third of the 500 Home Run Club, and its least prolific power hitter, Piazza, went deep 427 times.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-matt-holliday-st-louis-cardinals/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link
never touched the plate
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
he'll be going for pujols' franchise record of 42 straight games reaching base to start the season, tonight
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
<3 thank you
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
good lord, this team and baserunning
i can picture the st louis cardinals team collectively getting lost in tthe halls of heir hoteljust totally confused, running around, weeeeee
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 02:46 (nine years ago) link
where is my room, which room is yours, where is homeweeeeeeee /hardcut to jose oquendo, pissed
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
good lord, baserunning must really be costing this 30-16 team, which is also 17-5 at home
if only the pirates had been in town; a walk-off would have been tres-exciting
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
if there were any justice in this world they would be 46-0 right now and the entire NL would just cancel the season
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link
weeeeee
http://i.imgur.com/tp42i3T.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
rip Matt Adams
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 May 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
classic mathenaging going on right now, with holliday, jay, and grichuk starting today. unless heyward is injured (he's not), he's just getting straight-up benched in favor of grichuk.
looks like it's up to mozeliak to resolve the situation since matheny is incapable, again. shades of the allen craig situation last year.
granted, with jay back, it is a difficult situation as all 5 OFs have value. and grichuk has definitely been playing very well. way over his head, but very well.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 30 May 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
grichuk is LEADING OFF TODAY
holliday playing, despite sitting for the flu the other day and being removed halfway through last night's game after feeling sick
both bourjos and jay on the bench
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NxjHo7n.gif
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
i guess matheny had second (only?) thoughts and updated the lineup:
Peter Bourjos, CFMatt Carpenter, 3BJhonny Peralta, SSRandal Grichuk, LFYadier Molina, CMark Reynolds, 1BJason heyward, RFPete Kozma, 2BCarlos Martinez, P
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
It's gotta be tough being a Cardinals fan.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 May 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
It's agonizing, I tell you
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
holliday taking grounders at first!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
really hoping that's just as an emergency backup kind of situation, or maybe for late game situations where one of the 4th or 5th outfielders pinch hits, takes over LF to improve the OF defense, and Holliday moves over to 1B to keep his bat in the game. but he has no business playing there for a full game. there's a perception that 1B is a relatively easy position, but i think playing him there for a full game on any sort of regular basis would give away quite a few runs.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
i favor a trade for adam lind. he and mark reynolds would actually make for a pretty sweet platoon. and i think lind could be obtained without giving up one of the few standout prospects that the cardinals still have.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
yeah. pedro alvarez is a minor disaster at first, even after having once been a serviceable third baseman. (i don't recall a team using a late-game defensive replacement on a first baseman, but he is regularly subbed out for sean rodriguez.)
mark reynolds does kinda look done tho? no power, no cred
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah. i really hate watching him play. he has the slugger reputation because he somehow manages to hit 20 HRs, but his SLG was .393 in 2013, .392 in 2014, and now .393 again so far in 2015. he's consistent with that, at least!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Does Holliday always argue balls and strikes like that?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
not like THAT. i was smdh at that, ugh. he does tend to do a lot of the whiny face whenever he strikes out (so do a majority of the cardinals. it's the worst thing about them imo). there was an article a week or two ago showing that holliday and matt carpenter really HAVE been getting completely screwed by umpires this year, so it's not like they're completely wrong. but although the pitch he struck out on last night wasn't a strike, it wasn't THAT bad, and he looked like a complete douche.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
also though, i think whenever joe west is behind the plate the players on any team are more likely to notice shitty calls because that's joe west's thing
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
tbf, he was the victim of the worst-umpired single at-bat i've seen this season:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/numlocation_io.php?pitchSel=434538&game=gid_2015_05_02_pitmlb_slnmlb_1/&batterX=50&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb&pnf=&zlpo=
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
i remember that one! who was the home plate ump for that game?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
I didn't see the game, but apparently West saddled Braun with an even more egregious strike zone earlier in the game? The Cardinals replay kept showing Braun's reaction from the outfield as Holliday was tossed
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link
This tweet is otm though:
Kyle Lobner @BrewFrostyMug 1h1 hour agoToday I learned: Taking five minutes to leave after an ejection is ok for Matt Holliday, but ~5 extra seconds on a home run trot is not.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 16:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/numlocation.php?pitchSel=572788&game=gid_2015_06_02_milmlb_slnmlb_1/&batterX=47&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb&pnf=&zlpo=
doesn't seem *too* egregious, but as with the liriano at-bat, ppl get pissed when the zone is expanded on both sides, and holliday no doubt thought the second pitch was outside. also that was the only inside strike west called against right-handers the entire game
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
starting pitching + OBP = slow grind of wins
Jay proves this wrong every year but why MM starts our 5th best OF every day is weird.
― bnw, Friday, 5 June 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGwCFzvWwAAA8q5.jpg@KyleMcClellan46Bruce Sutter being a good sport while our team is beating his team #TeamWillieMcGee #CardsFantasyCamp @Cardinals
#TeamWillieMcGee
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VrNmcMc.gif
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/lrtpfh0.gif
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
I might be more sour if Shelby Miller hadn't been pitching well for ATL, but naaaah, I'll always love that guy.
― WilliamC, Monday, 8 June 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i'm trying to soak up his presence while i can. even though he's been slumping he's still really fun to watch
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
lol red sox just drafted matheny's kid as a fourth round pick
god, i hope he becomes the most boastful player ever in like 7 years or whenever (if ever) he makes it to the big leagues and plays the game the most bat-flippingly "wrong way" possible, plz baseball lords grant me this
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
You got a Tate!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
lol from over the monster:
Father Mike requested that St. Louis not draft his son again, though...Matheny is "one of the best all-around outfielders in college baseball" according to MLB.com, and Baseball America rated him 107 on their pre-draft top-500. BA does not see him as an every day center fielder, though, believing that his future is at second base if he wants to start every day, or as a fourth outfielder who can fill in at any of three outfield spots with ease. There is some obvious downside there, but Matheny has some of that Cardinals' blood in him, so this will all look silly in five years when he's a perennial, scrappy all-star because that's just how it works for St. Louis baseball.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link