| bottom of the 8th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pittsburgh Pirates
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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St. Louis Cardinals
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ♦ | 6 |
game 104 - PIT @ STL - 7.31.10
by tom s. on Jul 31, 2010 6:30 PM EDT
823 comments
wet paper sack* v. jeff suppan
5.76 ERA 6.18
5.43 FIP 5.57
5.62 xFIP 5.38
5.22 tERA 5.80
* as of press time, the pirates still had their intended starter as TBA. the sack's stats are made up. sadly, jeff's are not.
no word on whether the cardinals will attempt to trade for pittsburgh's wet paper sack prior to game time.
this series is a good chance to improve our standings. don't fuck it up, guys.
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Westbrook/Ludwick Trade Overflow
by azruavatar on Jul 31, 2010 3:08 PM EDT
666 comments
The discussion continues. . .
Cardinals Acquire Jake Westbrook and Trade Ryan Ludwick
by azruavatar on Jul 31, 2010 12:07 PM EDT
1167 comments
Update: It's a done deal. Ludwick to Padres. Westbrook to Indians. Padres giving up to prospects. It's unclear who the prospects are but it's probably one to Indians Indians get Cory Kluber, one to Cardinals. Nicholas Greenwood to the Cardinals. Unclear how the $$$ is shaking out.
It looks like the Cardinals are getting Jake Westbrook from the Indians and may or may not be sending Ryan Ludwick to the Padres.
Original Story below.
the deadline
by tom s. on Jul 31, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
145 comments
hmm, so the astros now have brett wallace? i can't say i care for that notion. the idea of watching the walrus take over from fat elvis and play us regularly gives me some minor heartburn. that's assuming he stays in houston; wallace is now a well-traveled fellow (STL, OAK, TOR, HOU). as has been pointed out before, he's hitting an .872 OPS in AAA, but in a ridiculous hitters' park (.921 OPS @ home; .816 away). it's way too early to call him a bust, but i would be a little concerned about his continued value.
as of press time (friday lunch), the cards have not sealed any major deals. i still continue to believe that pitching rather than offense is the area for improvement. not because our offense doesn't need a kick in the pants, but because the options are just not very good for offensive improvement. first base, catcher, and the outfield starters aren't going anywhere. and there aren't any substantial upgrades available in the infield, unless florida comes off its recent love affair with dan uggla.
VEP had a good comment thursday regarding boog's struggles at the plate in light of his BABIP. basically, both brendan ryan and skip schumaker are most likely to regress to an improved outcome (BABIP of .293 v. career .324 for skippy; BABIP of .226 v. career .293 for ryan). suppan is replacement value at best, and not coming back from it (ERA 6.18 v. xFIP 5.38). hawksworth is somewhat better and may have a little regression to replacement value for us to look forward to - ERA of 5.38 v. xFIP of 4.78. as painful as it may be to sit tight while we get shut out by the cubs, etc., we may well be looking forward to improvement just by sitting still.
my mantra is to never trust that a cardinals pitcher is healed until he's made at least 3 ML appearances and pitched competently in each. kyle lohse is allegedly on the way back after another rehab start. if he can show up healed, that would be a big bump for us. my confidence in both kyle's healthy return and in blake hawksworth's improvement are sufficiently limited that either cook or westbrook would be worth the attempt, as long as major talent is not demanded.
Overflow Vengance
by Valatan on Jul 31, 2010 1:06 AM EDT
458 comments
It's the Pirates... the PIRATES. Do this.
Game 103 Has Finally Started Thread
Karstens v. Carpenter
i don't know who this karstens guy is, but i'm glad we've never faced him and had embarrassing results before
Game 103 Pirates at Cards RAIN DELAY THREAD
go crads! 9:35 tentative start time
some links to keep you satiated until the game:
radar link courtesy of nota bene
cards are zeroing in on westbrook
berkman is a yankee
cards have signed supplemental pick seth blair
freese close to rehab, could be back in STL in a week
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prophetjohn
886 comments
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Anatomy of a Curveball
by stevesommer05 on Jul 30, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
633 comments
Hello everybody, with Dan on vacation the VEB higher ups were kind enough to ask if I would be willing to pinch hit for a day. I jumped at the chance to put some analysis in front of you guys.
As a quick comment on yesterday’s game, here is a chart on run distributions comparing 2009 and 2010 actual runs scored.
Clearly these are actual data points and don’t necessarily speak to true talent; however, it does confirm the common talking points. Yes the offense is scuffling. Yes the Cards have been shutout or held to one runs more frequently than last year. That being said that graph even looks "flukey" (and I'd venture to say not representative of the true talent of our offense). Hopefully the guys will get if figured out.
Being the optimist that I am I wanted to talk about something a little more uplifting though, Adam Wainwright’s curveball. I’ve always been fascinated by good 12-6 curveball be it Darryl Kile’s, Matt Morris’, Wainwright’s, or Carpenter's, but I haven’t put much analytical effort behind what makes them effective.
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
St. Louis
|
57 | 46 | .553 | 0 | Won 1 |
|
Cincinnati
|
58 | 47 | .552 | 0 | Won 1 |
|
Milwaukee
|
48 | 56 | .461 | 9.5 | Lost 3 |
|
Chicago
|
46 | 57 | .446 | 11 | Lost 3 |
|
Houston
|
43 | 59 | .421 | 13.5 | Won 3 |
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Pittsburgh
|
36 | 66 | .352 | 20.5 | Lost 2 |
(updated 7.31.2010 at 7:21 PM EDT)
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