Cardinals ***Official 2015 STL Cardinals Thread II*** - Page 38

**BigRedChief** · 10:46 PM

2011 World Series Championship
2012 NLCS. One win from another WS appearance.
2013 World Series. Two wins from another World Series Championship
2014 NLCS. Three wins from another WS appearance
2015 Clinched Central Division title and Home Field advantage in the playoffs. First team in MLB to win 100 games since 2011.

Made the postseason 11 times in the last 15 seasons.
Only 1 losing season since 2000.
Reached the World Series 4 times since 2004 and won as many championships (two) the past eight seasons as it did from 1965 to 2005.
Made the NLCS 9 times including the last 4 years 2011-2014
Three million attendance? Take it to the bank.
65 post season wins since 2004. 22+ wins more than any other team.

Marcellus · 07-27-2015, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

And when we score 2 or under runs we are 9-23 or something like that.

I guess that makes sense when you have 2.65 team ERA.

4 runs equal win.

2 runs equal loss.

ChiefsCountry · 07-27-2015, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by O.city

Put it in the but type?

Lol you can tell I've posted too long on here.

DJ's left nut · 07-27-2015, 07:53 PM

Hey guys! Good news!

Dan got another ****ing chance to remind us that Pete Kozma is the emergency ****ing catcher!

Question: does Mike Matheny know that Kolten Wong actually played catcher even as a freshman at Hawaii? If he knew this, would it impact Pete's roster status? Because with as often as we're reminded of it, I feel like it's the first line on Kozma's resume at this point.

DJ's left nut · 07-27-2015, 07:56 PM

RABBLE! RABBLERABBLERABBLE!!

Royals fans would have demanded a congressional inquiry after that slide from Bruce into Wong.

Because...yknow...****ing reeruns and all.

O.city · 07-27-2015, 08:04 PM

You know who should be our backup catcher? Vogt.

yeah **** you all.

O.city · 07-27-2015, 08:43 PM

Just DFA Dan Johnson and let's move along

Pasta Little Brioni · 07-27-2015, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by O.city

You know who should be our backup catcher? Vogt.

yeah **** you all.

Why do you keep mentioning guys that teams would be dumb to deal?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 07-27-2015, 11:17 PM

The Blue Jays just got Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins for Jose Reyes and three minor leaguers.

Those ****ing minor leaguers better be the Jays' best three prospects, because that is goddamned theft.

Miles · 07-27-2015, 11:50 PM

Fairly surprising and agree the prospects better be good or the Rockies got fleeced a bit. Wonder if Jays' ate some of Reyes remaining deal as well.

Pasta Little Brioni · 07-27-2015, 11:55 PM

Trade for Jeff, so we can have a White/Black Frenchy platoon.

SPchief · 07-27-2015, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Miles

Fairly surprising and agree the prospects better be good or the Rockies got fleeced a bit. Wonder if Jays' ate some of Reyes remaining deal as well.

Saw no cash was involved

'Hamas' Jenkins · 07-28-2015, 01:08 AM

The Blue Jays gave up two hard throwing 20 year olds and someone else. One guy, Hoffman, is coming off of TJ but was a top 10 overall pick even knowing that he needed TJ. The other, Miguel Castro, seems to have good velocity but control problems.

Miles · 07-28-2015, 01:23 AM

Doesn't sound terrible I guess but Tulo can be one of the best players in baseball but a big caveat of when healthy. A 5.3 WAR just last year in only 91 games played shows what he is capable of. Seemingly dropped off a bit this year but has rebounded from a bad May and been largely healthy. Also, as you'd expect, home/away splits are not good but that division also has some very pitching friendly parks from the CA teams.

Swanman · 07-28-2015, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Hey guys! Good news!

Dan got another ****ing chance to remind us that Pete Kozma is the emergency ****ing catcher!

Question: does Mike Matheny know that Kolten Wong actually played catcher even as a freshman at Hawaii? If he knew this, would it impact Pete's roster status? Because with as often as we're reminded of it, I feel like it's the first line on Kozma's resume at this point.

And before the Koz, it was Descalso that we were constantly reminded about being the emergency catcher. How often does that 3rd catcher actually get used? I would say it's about as often as a position player being forced to pitch, so right up there with the odds of a perfect game. It's amazing that a team with a near .650 winning percentage has literally the 2 worst players in all of the major leagues on its bench.

DJ's left nut · 07-28-2015, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

The Blue Jays gave up two hard throwing 20 year olds and someone else. One guy, Hoffman, is coming off of TJ but was a top 10 overall pick even knowing that he needed TJ. The other, Miguel Castro, seems to have good velocity but control problems.

Castro got a shot at closing this year and despite throwing insanely hard, simply can't miss bats. His fastball is razor straight. He looks like an 8th inning guy to me unless he can find a way to get some movement on that heat.

Blue Jays fans love Hoffman but still had him behind Norris for the most part when discussing their prospects. That said, it's hard to take them that seriously, they were refusing to part with Norris OR Hoffman for Cueto AND Chapman. Fans are idiots.

Reyes is owed another $50+ million over the next 2+ seasons. That's friggen insane. He has to carry a TON of negative equity in trade talks.

To my eyes Kaminsky, Tuiavaila and Piscotty for Tulowitzki and about $20 million destroys this deal. Now there are still reasons for the Cards not to make it given what it would do to their payroll structure going forward, but the Cards could have easily trumped this and with the state of their offense, they probably should have considered it.

Hell, maybe they did and decided to keep the payroll $$ clear. It's still a little disappointing.

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07-27-2015, 08:04 PM	#560
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07-27-2015, 08:43 PM	#561
O.city In Search of a Life Join Date: Jul 2009 Casino cash: $-595936	Just DFA Dan Johnson and let's move along
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'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7229572	The Blue Jays just got Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins for Jose Reyes and three minor leaguers. Those ****ing minor leaguers better be the Jays' best three prospects, because that is goddamned theft.
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07-27-2015, 11:50 PM	#564
Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $-1557600	Fairly surprising and agree the prospects better be good or the Rockies got fleeced a bit. Wonder if Jays' ate some of Reyes remaining deal as well.
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07-28-2015, 01:08 AM	#567
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7229572	The Blue Jays gave up two hard throwing 20 year olds and someone else. One guy, Hoffman, is coming off of TJ but was a top 10 overall pick even knowing that he needed TJ. The other, Miguel Castro, seems to have good velocity but control problems.
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07-28-2015, 01:23 AM	#568
Miles MVP Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Casino cash: $-1557600	Doesn't sound terrible I guess but Tulo can be one of the best players in baseball but a big caveat of when healthy. A 5.3 WAR just last year in only 91 games played shows what he is capable of. Seemingly dropped off a bit this year but has rebounded from a bad May and been largely healthy. Also, as you'd expect, home/away splits are not good but that division also has some very pitching friendly parks from the CA teams.
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