It seems that Oli is more prone to one-inning-plus outings by his late men than was Mike Shildt. Outs, however obtained, always have impressed me more than stuff.
Liberatore and Thompson are not untouchables. Walker is. You can't dangle O'Neill much when he's hurt.
This is the life of a specialty reliever who thrives on ground balls. Many of the ground balls that turned into double plays last year have turned into singles. McFarland also seems to be walking more hitters to compound the matter.
I wouldn't either. I was referring to generalities. I never trade a starting pitching prospect for a middle reliever.
There's a possibility. The team has thought of him as a starter but he was good out of the bullpen in the spring.
Why is beating San Diego a fluke? The Cardinals won games started by Snell and Darvish. You can't cherry-pick here. Many of the Cardinals' 'good team" losses have come against American League teams. The AL has been uniformly better for years. The Cardinals even lost two of three to Baltimore here. The Cardinals are 4-4 vs. Brewers and 4-3 vs. Giants. The Mets, however, are 5-2 against the Cardinals. The other good teams--Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia--they haven't played yet.
Mid-to-high 90s fastball, curve, slider, changeup. Big-league stuff. He's smart, unflappable. Just needs experience.
He is not the same player, that's for sure. But perhaps this down time will enable him to get healthy enough where he can go out on a high note.
No. Herrera was one of the top catching prospects in the minors. Three strikeouts doth not constitute a career.
They've had a lot of upside for most of their careers. I predict you haven't seen the last of them yet.
Three players, two of them position players, and one of your top pitching prospects, is too much to give up in that swap. Not that it couldn't be re-worked.
I'm sure they're keeping up with those numbers. Sometimes, the pitchers haven't thrown the ball where they're supposed to.
I don't get to hear many of the broadcasts because I'm at the game. But, St. Louis has been blessed--from Harry Caray to Jack Buck to Joe Garagiola to Mike Shannon to Joe Buck to John Rooney as play-by-play men on radio and some of the aforementioned and Danny Mac on TV.
Yes, sports stars usually seem to try to wring one more year out of a career, often unsuccessfully.
Oliver Marmol's style of play doesn't call for many bunts. If you see one, the hitter may be bunting for a hit, such as Bader tries to do. But he is not a great bunter.
