He just doesn't have a position. And with Tavares and Adams potential, seems he'd be a prime move candidate.

With that contract though, it's not likely

I actually just looked up the details of that contract. Of the $43 million in the total deal, 33 is in the last three years, and the final year can be bought out for $1 million. He's only making $2.8 this year. That makes him more movable, but it's also below market value.

You also have to consider what you'd get back, what problems you may have with the development of Taveras and Piscotty, how Holliday will decline, and if Adams will ever be able to hit LHP.

I don't think you move him this year, now, if you are to move him, to many unknowns.

I'm not sure he'd be viewed as valuable in a trade as he is to the cardinals.

Damn, good looking inning went to pot there.

Two hard hit balls lead to outs

At what point in the year do you look at piscotty,Tavares, or grichuk to come up and provide something off the bench?

September?

Yes, but think about how hard those balls were hit compared to our everyday CF and SS last year.

Yeah

Seems Peralta has had some back luck early this year. I'm to laY to look, but I'd imagine his babip is pretty low

We cannot ever get mosorocca out.

I bet that ****er hits .400 against us

No real point to start the clock on Piscotty this year unless two of Adams, Holliday, and Craig go down simultaneously. September call-up and bench bat in the PS? Possibly. Grichuk has all of six games in at Memphis. Too soon to know. Oscar is still young, but probably the least mature.
It wouldn't surprise me if none of them come up pre-September, barring injuries.

Also, terrible managing by the Reds there. Mesoraco is not a fast runner, and with the pitcher up you can move him over to third with the ultra fast Hamilton at the plate. Hamilton could hit a squibber and still leg it out. Instead, now he needs a legit base hit to have a chance to score the run.

Lynn missed his spot by a foot, but got an out.

I don't figure any of the 3 would be up before September barring injury. No point really. I'm anxious to see how fast they move along the left handed pitchers recently drafted.

We really need Shelby to further turn the corner this year.

Good to see Wong off to a good start

****. I think Yadi could have beaten that out.

I don't think Craig is healthy

3rd baseman lays on it, throws it to second, Phillips dances around the bag, still gets Craig by a step

That ball gets to the wall if Jay is in center.

Be nice if our 3/4 hitters could do something

Jeez man. Enjoy the loaded team they have now. No need to move Craig.

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Nicely done, Scroate.

Yadi learned that from Albert. Pujols was one of the only guys I've seen who could keep his hands inside and keep that ball fair. Excellent piece of hitting.

Yadi is now a triple away from the cycle, which is to say he's just as far away now as when he started.

We got Bourjos and Grichuk out of Freese and Salas. That's just amazing.

Forgot all about that turd Salas

Martinez just fitted Ludwick for a pair of clown shoes.

Carlos Martinez is so filthy we might have to call him Ass to Mouth.

With Votto and Bruce looming, Siegrist should be stretching out.

Ball game

:shake: I'll stick with baby Pedro.

We should have traded Miller while his stock was still high. :(

His fate is not decided yet. If we were to play what ifs, then drafting Mike Trout is a much bigger what if/do over/go back in time mistake.

Damn. Miller is already light years better than someone like Homer Bailey was at his age. Give it a rest, guys.

I'm probably jumping the gun but I'm starting to get nervous.

Who would you rather have:

3.63 ERA/ 4.42 xFIP/ 6.00 K/9
3.06 ERA/ 3.73 xFIP/ 8.78 K/9
3.66 ERA/ 4.17 xFIP/ 8.17 K/9
4.84 ERA/ 4.70 xFIP/ 7.30 K/9

Pitcher #1 is Justin Verlander, age 23
Pitcher #3 is Justin Verlander, age 24
Pitcher #4 is Justin Verlander, age 25

Pitcher #2 is Shelby Miller, age 22

Buehrle for Miller seems fair. Mark would love playing back home in St. Louis. :)

Good point. It's early after all.

On a side note I had no idea Verlanders ERA was that high even in a single season.

Verlander didn't become elite until his age 26 season. Takes a while sometimes.

You can't be serious ROFL

I'm not nervous about the team, I'm nervous for Miller. I had very high hopes for him last year.

Miller is going to be fabulous, his ceiling is very high if he can get his off speed stuff to work.

Yeah u just sounded like a Royal fan for a bit ;)

I'd be more nervous about where our consistent power threats are going to be than any single one of our starters.

We are Cardinal fans. Why worry at all? It's like listening to the beakers whine, but we actually win championships that matter.

Hey now, I happen to be both a Cardinal fan and a beaker :D

Blasphemy! !!!

That would be awful, ROFL.

Waino said in spring training that he believed that out of all the pitchers on the staff that Miller has the best chance to the win the Cy Young and throw a no hitter first.

Shelby's still a baby in terms of baseball development. Give the kid time to learn to pitch, if in 2-3 years he's plateaued at where he is now, he's a 3/4 fettle starter, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Just needs time.

I don't know what was better the initial post or the response. ROFL

Man, what is going on with Craig?

If we can get him and Peralta going the offense will be pretty solid.

Scrubs threatening late

Jeez man. What's with baseball fans and overreacting? In other news the Blues are absolute horse shit right now.

Kelly must have some mental thing about the 7th inning. Cruising all game then just starts nibbling at the plate.

Overreacting?

He's not exactly a young pup anymore, has an injury history, and isn't hitting the ball with any authority (something he normally does).

Wong error didn't help

Kelly's pretty much the anti sabermetrics pitcher

Thanks for running on Yadi...dumb****s

April 11th

JFC the Cubs are dumb.

Losses in April are still losses

Has nothing to do with a slump in a 162 game season. Sound like the royal guys crying about Belly

Yes but they arent as significant as losses in October.

This Martinez is pretty pretty prittay good.

Statistically incorrect.

Maybe emotionally more significant

Edit: not technically statistically, as with more potential games you have more potential wins/losses

Not true, you need to think about what games are played in October.

TrollOcity

Winning games in April further increase the chance of games being played in October.

I don't really understand why Martinez isn't the 6/7 inning guy and Siegrist the 8th inning guy , all te time

Got it out of the infield, improvement

Ass to Mouth can go any inning. Plug him in where there's the most danger. Leave the rest for Siegrist.

Peralta's pressing

I've hated that one who sucks the penis Serbian since he played at notre dame

That turd Mujica closing in Boston?

Cubs have had atleast 4 or 5 duck snorts fall in for hits tonight

this ****ing umpire behind the plate...

Zone has been ****ing terrible tonight

Our offense has been pathetic

Talking to a Cubs fan friend about it. Terrible both ways today.

Roll one over

Nice cement mixer he tossed up there to Rizzo

Just one of those nights, I guess.