the merry merry month of may

  Larry, last winter there was as you called it 'agent speak', that Mulder would be ready in June. Is there any word on his re-hab? How about Carp is he still on track for August?

 the next 18 out of the next 21 games against sub .500 clubs. Oakland might or might not be. I think they can win every series. The Dodgers might be tough. It is nice that there are 6 games against KC.

 Now that the bats seam to be waking up it is time to get hot and go 15-6 over the next 21! That will make the Cards 37-35 as they hit Shea.

by nybirdfan on Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 08:58:58 AM EDT
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Larry Bigbie, who was hitting .349 for Triple-A Las Vegas, was dropped from the Las Vegas roster hours before a June 1 escape clause in his contract kicked in.

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Given Dunc's injury, perhaps the Cardinals should try for him?

i will say that he looked impressive in working himself out of a 3d-inning jam last night, pitching very intelligently against the top of the rockies' order; once he got a big lead he stripped down the repertoire and just started chucking it in there, which is when the rockies began to hit the ball harder. in other words, the kid pitched to the situation; brainy.

So how much credit can we give pitchers for their pitch selection? The defense of Reyes seems to hinge on the perception that he never shook off Molina, that he was "pitching to the gameplan," and that therefore when he was getting rocked, it was the fault of the gameplan but not the pitcher.

Moreover, what is the difference between this assessment of Thompson as a brainy pitcher for pitching to the situation, and a comment like Bernie Miklasz's that Reyes is dumb as a rock when it comes to "pitching acumen?"

Seems the D-Rays would like to trade Elijah Dukes for a solid reliever.  A few teams might bow out because of Dukes' past, but in my experience most don't care.  I could see a match with the Padres, as they will need a center fielder if Mike Cameron leaves.

He's been a problem child, but I can't believe all they would want is a solid reliever for him.

4 2/3 innings, 11 hits, 2 walks, 0 Ks, 5 runs allowed... and the Braves have stranded 6 and had a guy thrown out at home.

They were treated to a chorus of Boos from the Wrigley faithful after a big inning by the Braves that pushed their lead to 7-1.  That's with Zambrano on the hill btw

Keep in mind, those two teams are in "win now" mode.

http://www.ocweekly.com/features/features/the-boras-factor/27177/?page=1 (Top of second page. Hat tip to www.mlbtraderumors.com)

Somehow, I don't see Jeff Weaver's 14.32 ERA as the missing ingredient on this team.

Let's see... Give them Encarnacion for Jones.  Trade  for Barrett then ship him off to the AL.  Give them Kip Wells for Zambrano.  They can keep Big Red and Eyre.

Len Casper: "thank you for that"

I'm in Portland, OR, so I never got my hopes up, of course.

no, it's freakin hilarious.

in other news, any one else think it's time us Cards fans lowered are expectations for the Cards this season? I really want to believe they will make the playoffs, but I just don't see it. not with the starting rotation they keep rolling out day after day. the last two games were nice wins, but tonight they go up against Roy, who always shuts them down. the game probably won't last two hours tonight because he'll mow right threw the line up like he always does, and fat elvis could hit a cheap homer run to the boxes in left for the only run of the game. it does not matter that Roy has been ruffed up, at least by his standards, in his last few starts. he owns the Cards. they are the reason why his owner bought him some huge caterpillar bulldozer.

I don't know. maybe I'm too much of a pesimist, but I don't have any faith at all that the Cards will win tonight.

hmmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O64BqGsVwM

all in all, he looked and sounded depressed. your typical flub manager attitude i guess.

The kid was 0-8 and was in a funk needing a break from the discouraging results of some good as well as some less than good efforts. I also think that had the Cards scored a bunch of runs and got him a couple of wins along the way, things would/might be different. Hence, no need for discussion here, at all. So maybe he WAS a victim of numbers...the teams dreadful at bats?

In terms of numbers, the most important number in the eyes of management, the (0-8)W/L was indeed not good, ...and secondly....rampant conjecture about a disagreement was drawn from a statement by Ducan about "throwing a certain OUT-PITCH to get ground balls" the day after or the day he was sent down, which in my mind meant NOTHING!!...more LaDuncan fodder and propaganda for the media. I personally dont think Duncan knew WHAT to say! The kid was going down and he gave an excuse based on some discussion he'd probably had with Reyes at some point in the past (maybe he thought it was better than saying "the kid was bad and he cant pitch out of the pen, we had to send him down"???)

I believe it was probably damage control, get the guy a break, some wins and confidence...I dont think punishment was involved, he fit into the rotation at Memphis wherever he fit it, period.

I also dont think he's a bonified major league pitcher yet, not when he folds up with runners on base and starts walking batters. I think he has a ways to go to get consistent command of his pitches from game to game, or even inning ti inning.. (and so does Wellemeyer, for that fact!) He has very little trade value at the moment, maybe thats ANOTHER aspect of the damage control side of it?

Carlos Zambrawlo strikes again, what a picture show he is...whines and complains, then he gets more money (6 + million increase), then promises a Cy Young award AND a WS to Chicago..now he blames his performance on Barrett (the Cardinal killer)! Maybe if you go after the other guy on the team with a rep for punching back, you look more justified?