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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Matheny and Mo met for a 1/2 hour in his office after the game behind closed doors. Today they called up Grichuk and sent down Robinson. Was Mo asserting himself? Coincidence? whatever......
There is no way they are calling him up to ride the pine. He had better get the vast majority of starts in center. His first 0-4 and he rides the pine the next day.......Mo needs to have another meeting. Grichuk is our best chance to get a regular CF.
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Grichuk was called up because they needed someone to play right while Adams is on the shelf.
Ultimately, it won't really matter, because this team cannot get out of its own way.
Peralta is hitting .100 with RISP and just grounded into another double play. A lazy fly ball to left scores the run easily, but they can't even do that right.
The Cardinals have no power, in part due to Mabry's approach, they have a bad bullpen, they have lackluster defense, and deficient speed. They have good starting pitching, but they are decidedly below average in every other part of the team. Factor in the worst manager in baseball, who has cost the team between 4-6 wins this year already, and this is a team going nowhere.
Mozeliak needs to fire the entire coaching staff. Lilliquist does nothing to help out his pitchers (it's all Yadi), Mabry thinks that lifting weights somehow hurts hitters (and why was it that all those guys on 'roids were jacking bombs, John?), Matheny is a tactical buffoon and Aldrete can't seem to get through to him, or is just as stupid.
They're paying Ty Wigginton $2.5 million to sit at home. Next year they can surely afford to do that for Matheny.
Just read the above tweet. My guess is that Adams is going to the DL. Hopefully this means that Jay is getting traded, Descalso cut, and Martinez and Maness sent to Memphis with Cooney and Aardsma coming up.