Donovan is like Edman a couple of years ago. He's an everyday player. Position? TBD.
That certainly was a rocket off Edman's bat last night. Since he has shortened his swing a bit, he has been more effective as a left-handed hitter, also, He probably always will be more productive right-handed but I don't see any reason for him to switch now, especially since he has the speed to beat out hits on the ground when hitting left-handed
Gibson, of course, is one of the several players with a statue on the corner in front of the stadium. On a Mount Rushmore of Cardinals stars, Musial still is first and I'm a big Bob Gibson admirer.
I haven't seen any other teams' fans respond the same way to a former hero returning. Just as I haven't seen any other teams' fans applauding an opposing defender for a good play in the field. I'm sure the Yankees' players were impressed mightily by what they saw and heard on Carpenter Weekend.
I know that Paul Goldschmidt, not a fan of extra innings, likes the contrived format after nine innings. He says strategy becomes much more important as the visiting team really has to try to score two runs instead of one because the home team will start with a runner at second, also. I do not share his enthusiasm for the rule.
This season shouldn't affect Molina's Hall of Fame chances very much, if at all. He still has increased some key numbers like games played and innings caught, in addition to padding slightly his impressive hit total for a catcher.
As long as he is here, Wainwright will have a spot in the rotation. At age 40 and 364 days, he still is in the top five for innings pitched and his ERA is a spiffy 3.09. The Cardinals don't have five starters better than Wainwright.
If Burleson were a catcher, then you might have something. If the Cardinals thought Burleson could handle big-league pitching and. more importantly, have a position. . . then he would be here. They already are overloaded with DHs.
Tyler O'Neill will have to be that guy--or Albert Pujols against left-handed pitching--in the middle of the lineup.
This never has happened in the NL before. The Dodgers are a shoo-in and the Mets are close. The Braves would have to go 21-12. I hope baseball doesn't have "super teams" and too many "have nots."
Brendan Donovan, without too much argument. He has been the most consistent and the most used.
I think vaccinations would have to be done at least a couple of weeks before crossing into Canada. Perhaps, the restrictions will be lifted by then. A Cardinals-Toronto series seems a little unlikely what with all the land mines each team would have to traverse.
A 20-14 record the rest of the way would get the Cardinals to 94 wins and they do have 24 of those games against the Pirates, Cubs, Reds and Nationals
"All in" is a tough one but I would stay in the hand as long as I could.
They need two to tie with one of those this weekend against the Cubs.here. They could tie in a game against either Washington here or at Pittsburgh next week and break the mark, which would be 325, against ether Milwaukee or Cincinnati the week after that at Busch Stadium.
Never hesitate to ask a question. Players are paid every day they are on the active roster or the major-league injured list. Hard to say what it is per day because some players choose to be paid twice a week during the season and others elect to have their payments spread out over the entire year.
I didn't really notice that Mike Shildt ran his players into the ground. Oliver Marmol may just have some better players, like Donovan and Gorman, that Shildt didn't have. I thought both did/have done well.
I didn't say that I wanted Gorman to go to the outfield full time. I think it would help his versatility. All these outfielders of which you speak aren't going to be here next year. At least one will be traded. And Goldschmidt plans to play another five years, I suspect.
The Cardinals probably are best off playing the Padres, whose bullpen is a mess.
Players who are impact hitters generally are left to their own devices to make the right decision but Marmol had his eyes opened a bit with O'Neill's call.
Carlson is not a .200 hitter.
I've never seen a ball off the bat on TV like Edman's last night than was for sure gone at contact. Should he work this off season on batting RH full time as he's again shown great power there and maybe evolve into what everyone hoped Dejong would be as the everyday SS? I know his speed plays but not if he can't get on base batting LH.