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06-12-2013, 01:21 PM | #1906 | |
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We've really pushed on the paths, going first to third noticably more and generally just being aggressive, which is great, but Craig being on base the amount he is, he needs to be better there. I'm not really sure I ever see him being a 40 HR guy, but power wise, he hasn't been what you'd like, but he's still driving in runs and getting on base, but you'd like a bit more thud there in that spot. I'm not a huge fan of the "platoon" there having Craig do as I tend to think that might correlate to some of his defensive blunders, but you've got to have Adams in the lineup right now the way he's swinging the bat. I'd like to see Adams in the 4 hole a little bit to see how that would go. |
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06-12-2013, 01:29 PM | #1907 | |
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He was pretty bad in May, but has rebounded in June. Craig, to me, is a perfect No. 5 hitter. Honestly, I'd probably set up the Cardinals lineup like this: Carpenter Beltran Molina Holliday Craig Jay Freese Kozma
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06-12-2013, 01:33 PM | #1908 | |
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He doesn't have enough power, he's too slow on the bases and really, he's not good enough at getting on base and working pitchers for guys like Molina and Freese behind him. He has a nice enough OBP, but its largely BA fueled and that BA comes on the strength of a .357 BABIP, which is exclusively luck given the fact that he isn't beating out any infield base hits. If you equalize his BABIP to .300, he loses 13 basehits. Suddenly his BA drops to .259. At that point he's sporting an OBP of barely .300 with nominal power. He's not actually been very good this year. He's been very lucky. He needs to start drawing walks or hitting for power because expecting him to continue to hit .400 w/ RISP or put up a .360 BABIP is just folly.
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06-12-2013, 01:36 PM | #1909 | |
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I think Craig settles as a cleanup guy, he just doesn't seem to have the power this year as normal, but he's driving in runs there and getting on base. Holliday hit cleanup while Pujols was here, I wasn't a fan of it, as I think Holliday is a prototypical 3 hole hitter at this point. |
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06-12-2013, 01:42 PM | #1910 | |
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06-12-2013, 01:43 PM | #1911 |
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I don't trust Jay hitting 6th right now either, but I understand it duncan.
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06-12-2013, 03:13 PM | #1912 | |
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I've always believed that pitchers need to be able to move the ball in both directions. That means a pitch that bores in on the hands of batters on both sides of the ball. Wainwright's repertoire is nearly perfect. He throws a two seamer to get in on the hands of RHB, and a cutter to get in on the LHB. Both can still induce weak contact in batters of the opposite hand, and he obviously still has the curve as an incredibly effective out pitch and the fastball as a dependable "get ahead" pitch without being a melon.
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06-12-2013, 03:29 PM | #1913 |
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Craig's flyball distance last year was 287 feet. It is 275 feet this year. That (obviously) suggests a loss of power, which is why his HR/FB rate is half of what it was last year, but he's also hitting the ball to RF more (an average angle of 9 compared to 2 last year. Zero is center, -45 is left line and 45 is right line.
Combine that with the dramatic increase in his LD % and that could suggest that his high BABIP is fueled by line drives and a different hitting approach rather than just mere luck.
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uhhhh Freese quit for a year.
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I've slowly come to the conclusion that Packerin' might be a mouth-breather.
He sometimes neglects to think before he speaks.
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Just like the Royals more (and get tired of dealing with frontrunner fans... which really aren't present in any of my other fanbases).
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06-12-2013, 04:27 PM | #1918 | |
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If I believed that utilizing a cutter doesn't take away from the effectiveness of a pitchers other pitches, I'd get on board with it. However, I've seen way way too many pitchers that start to lose the feel for their fastball and end up using that cutter as a primary pitch. It does more harm than good for most pitchers, IMO.
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Miller vs. Gee and the shitty Mets, I like our chances, Go Cards!!!!!!
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Correct me if I'm wrong: wasn't that in college? If not, I stand corrected.
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