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Does it seem like Corey Dickerson's days are numbered here now or what? It seems a little baffling why he is sort of being singled out. After all, guys like O'Neill and Bader are not exactly setting the baseball world on fire either, particularly against right handed starters where a veteran lefty bat would seemingly have an edge on many nights.
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Tyler O'Neill and Harrison Bader are elite fielders. Corey Dickerson is not. So with Brendan Donovan and Nolan Gorman giving the team an offensive lift as left-handed hitters, Dickerson could be the off man out if everybody on the current roster stays healthy and keep hitting.
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I follow golf very casually and find the whole LIV "controversy" very interesting. The PGA strikes me as a sanctimonious organization as likes to market itself as such with a customer base who eats that banding up. Its reaction to the PGA players who are going to the LIV has been the predictable attacks on their integrity. But it seems to me the real issues is that the PGA's own fiefdom is being threatened and their sponsors may have to fork over more money to be competitive with the Saudi cash. Everyone claims to love the free market until costs go up. Thoughts?
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Golf had a rival tour come along to challenge the PGA Tour. Of course the PGA Tour took exception, just as the NFL, NBA and NHL fought against the rival leagues that challenged them. In this case, the rival tour has insane money behind it. So ultimately the PGA Tour may have to decide whether it can live with the rival tour or whether it will continue fighting it by forcing golfers to choose. How many big name golfers will have to defect before the PGA Tour changes its stance?
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Nolan Gorman could use a big game or two for sure. He has survived in the last five games -- 6-for-21 with a bloop double and two RBIs -- but he could head back to Memphis for more work if doesn't star barreling up more pitches. At some point the Cardinals will want to take another look a Paul DeJong.
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Jeff, I’ve read in some of these chats and heard on the radio about Matt Carpenters resurgence. Let’s not forget Luke Voit went to NY and was the toast of the town staring in car commercials, etc. before he came back to earth and eventually fell from grace due in part to injuries. I think Yankee Stadium is better suited to Carpenter since all of his home runs have come there. Away from Yankee Stadium he’s hitting .111 with no extra bases.
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Yes, that is a good ballpark for a dead pull left-handed hitter. And, yes, Carpenter is due to quit hitting homers at his current pace. The question will be what he does when he is not hitting homers. Can he draw walks and get some singles and doubles too? He hit OK at the Triple-A level for Texas earlier this season, but he didn't exactly terrorize minor league pitching.
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Would a guy like 27 year old Orioles pitcher Tyler Wells be of potential interest to the Cardinals? Per fan graphs, in his 13 starts this year, he has won 4 games, got a 1 WAR, decent whip/era and although his swing and miss rate is only 15.1% he still manages walking slightly under 2 batter per 9 innings. And that's for a very bad team. So seems like St Louis's elite defense would give him a lift too...
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He is an interesting guy. He was a late-round pick from college, progressed fine in the low minors, came back from Tommy John surgery and made the Orioles last season as a reliever without having worked at the Triple-A level, He also had some shoulder issues last year. His 13 starts this season are his only 13 at this level. I imagine Baltimore will hang on to him because he is low-cost pitcher who isn't likely to fetch a whole lot in a trade.
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I imagine if Ivan Herrera hits well and holds up well behind the plate, he will get more of the work. Oliver Marmol hasn't been thrilled with Andrew Knizner's hitting. On the other hand, Andrew has rapport with the pitchers after getting so much work this year. So if Herrera is just OK in his first look at this level, Knizner could get most of the work.
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Thanks for the chat! So if Flaherty keeps up this, basically, Carlos Martinez career (hurt a lot, more downs than ups, kind of a media circus) do you see the Cards keeping him on past his current contract? I don't care as much about his views as others may but when I hear "Flaherty is the starter" it doesn't really make me jump up and down.
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The Torts troll will live on, just as the Jon Jay Troll lived for many, many years. Maybe this is the same guy. As for Mike Yeo, he will likely kick around as an assistant coach but I imagine he could have a tough time earning another NHL head coaching job after three tries. There are lots of up-and-coming coaches out there.
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Jake Neighbours plays a strong overall game, so he could work into a regular Top 6 role if he can finish at the NHL level. Otherwise he is a classic third liner. Zachary Bolduc's ceiling is scoring winger. He has played center, but scouts like him better on the wing. He can really dangle with the puck but, like Kyrou, he will need to get much stronger to reach his full NHL potential. That's why NHL teams have weight rooms.
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You see the Cardinals perhaps justifying giving Pujols a little break via a short stint on the DL around the all star break to refresh/mend up his aging body, especially if the Cardinals find themselves with a mini-rooster crisis with suddenly too many other healthy "bench" guys ready to go (DeLong / Dickerson)?
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If everybody on the current roster is healthy hitting when Corey Dickerson is back to 100 percent, then Dickerson would seem to be the odd man out. That's a big if, because guys get hurt and Nolan Gorman is just surviving at the plate at this point. Let's see how the next 10 days play out.
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