2018 STL Cardinals Thread

[BigRedChief]

Opening day lineup

Fowler RF
Pham CF
Carpenter 3B
Ozuna LF
Martinez 1B
Molina C
Dejong SS
Wong 2B
Pitcher

Edit:
Matheny fired 07/14/2018




Opening Day Roster

Spoiler!

St. Louis has opted to carry 12 position players and 13 pitchers to begin the new season, with a four-man bench and eight-man bullpen.

Outfielders:
Dexter Fowler
Tommy Pham
Marcell Ozuna

Infielders:
Matt Carpenter
Paul DeJong
Kolten Wong

Catchers:
Yadier Molina
Francisco Pena

Utility:
Jose Martinez
Greg Garcia
Yairo Munoz
Jedd Gyrko

Starters:
Carlos Martinez
Michael Wacha
Luke Weaver
Miles Mikolas
Jack Flaherty

Relievers:
Dominic Leone
Tyler Lyons
Bud Norris
Brett Cecil
Sam Tuivailala
Matt Bowman
Jordan Hicks
Mike Mayers

On the DL:
Adam Wainwright
Luke Gregerson

[BigRedChief]

Out exercising and ran out of my "go-to" podcasts so I turned on the STL Today's podcast. Usual trivial talk with no insight, But, one tidbit I didn't know.......

Molina is a big backer of Pena. He has went to not only Matheny and Mo but also to Dewitt to talk up Pena's intelligence and skills. He texts him to talk all the time.

[VAChief]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

happy but come on man, Carp is the worst hitting player in all the major leagues after a 1/4 of the season gone. Batting that player 1st or 2nd is insane.

I was glad to see him go to LF. I think doing that regurally is the only way he bats .250 this year.

Good to see, he at least recognizes what could help him. Whenever a player is in a funk, one of the first signs that things begin clicking again is their ability to take a ball up the middle or to an opposite field. It usually means they are staying with the pitch and not trying to do too much.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by VAChief

Good to see, he at least recognizes what could help him. Whenever a player is in a funk, one of the first signs that things begin clicking again is their ability to take a ball up the middle or to an opposite field. It usually means they are staying with the pitch and not trying to do too much.

I'm not a MLB player but I have played my share of baseball in my youth.

For the life of me I can't understand how MLB hitters cant adjust to going the other way with the ball when the shift is on. I get they are pitching inside as much as possible but seriously bunt the ****ing thing a few times.

They have entire off seasons to prepare for this kind of thing.

Molina is awesome at poking the ball into right field.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

I'm not a MLB player but I have played my share of baseball in my youth.

For the life of me I can't understand how MLB hitters cant adjust to going the other way with the ball when the shift is on. I get they are pitching inside as much as possible but seriously bunt the ****ing thing a few times.

They have entire off seasons to prepare for this kind of thing.

Molina is awesome at poking the ball into right field.

I dont understand it either. You have one side of the field wide open. As a professional baseball player, you should be able to put the ball in play to half the field where they ain't.

You do that, guess what happens? they stop the damn shift against you.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

happy but come on man, Carp is the worst hitting player in all the major leagues after a 1/4 of the season gone. Batting that player 1st or 2nd is insane.

I was glad to see him go to LF. I think doing that regurally is the only way he bats .250 this year.

Do you remember Carpenter having a 71 wRC in June of 2015? He did that in a season where he was worth over 5 wins. Players are going to have bad stretches. They're going to decline with age, and they're going to fight their swings at times, but it doesn't mean that they will just suddenly lose everything. Give it time. He will be fine.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Frazod

Happy. I was never a fan of Lynnderella. He's not even waiting until the All Star break to shit his pants anymore.

Lynn is probably the most underappreciated Cardinal of the last 25 years. Since 1980, there were four Cardinal pitchers with more WAR than Lynn: Wainwright, Carpenter, Matt Morris, and Bob Tewksbury. And he did it all on a cheap contract.

[BigRedChief]

Carson Kelly to the DL. Hamstring.

[George Liquor]

Getting blanked by another 5+ era pitcher

[kcpasco]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Getting blanked by another 5+ era pitcher

Yep and Weaver is pitching a really good game also.

[Marcellus]

Every one of these guys look like they need contacts.

[kcpasco]

Cardinals are wasting a good starting rotation. This offense is just ass.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Yep and Weaver is pitching a really good game also.

13 innings 1 earned run. Nice run.

[kcpasco]

Nice noodle arm Marp.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Cardinals are wasting a good starting rotation. This offense is just ass.

I remember in spring training when Matheny was talking about how explosive the offense was going to be and I thought oh shit its going to suck.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Every one of these guys look like they need contacts.

Last time through, Pham struck out on a pitch around his shoulders. Martinez on one that bounced in front of the plate. Oaxuna on one that was in the opposite side batters box. WTF? It looks they are guessing instead of just seeing the ball and spin.