I’m still not sure the Dodgers are going to make the playoffs.

Dayn Perry’s article had a nice stat comparison on ‘clutch’ performances. NO CONTEST!

seems to be his walk rate is down.(looking at AAA stats) Keeping his whip down. So that might be something that stays with if Duncan leaves

how does that suck? why won’t people admit that we have had a lot of injuries, our ace was out for a long time, and our bullpen imploded a few times. sure our offense could be a tad better, but it would seem like trying to compensate for other mistakes rather than fixing the root of the problem.

although maybe hardcore was just referring to “sucking” in certain situations… ie against lefties, offense going to sleep after posting 3 early runs, etc.

If Burnett opts out he’s walking away from 2 yrs / $24 M, as per Cot’s.

if the owners are serious about making an upgrade to the team, that’s the easiest place to add about 2-3 wins to the club and maybe more than that. I, too, am skeptical that he’d take a 3 year deal but but I’d hope the Cardinals would at least look at something like a 3/45 deal similar to the Jason Schmidt deal the Dodgers made. It’s impossible to know how those negotiations would play out but I’d be far more keen to dump money on Burnett than sign Wellemeyer to a Pineiro contract.

Remember that his peripherals are far better than Wellemeyer’s and that he’s posting those numbers in the AL East. It’s a significant difference

while i do like Lowe better than Burnett i wouldn’t go more than 2 years with him. Burnett i wouldn’t touch based on his price tag and injury concern. there is no way to get him for 3 years and that is the most i would give any pitcher on the wrong side of 30.

Play it in Houston with a double header on Sunday and a game on Monday (which is an off day for both teams).

I was being retarded

Announcers, coaches, and players love to talk about “getting strike one” as if it’s some kind of choice the pitcher makes.

Ever notice that?

Nobody ever goes into the analysis of “how” you throw strikes. How does Wellemeyer throw stirkes? And why is he better at it now than before?

Some love for the organization here – obviously, last year Wellemeyer was released by KC for poor peformance. Someone, or ones, in the Cardinal organization made this deduction:

1. Welley has not had success because he can’t throw strikes
2. I believe he can throw strikes, if only he’d do “X”
3. We have the ability to teach him how to do “X”
4. He has the ability to learn fro us how to do “X” and in turn do “X”, which leads to throwing stirkes, which leads to success.

Aside from the “velocity” comment by Hugo, which is prescient, nobody has taken a shot at explaining what Wellemeyer’s “X” is. Can anyone do so? (And frankly, this could apply to any pticher, couldn’t it?)

Thanks.

3-4 games. We don’t play Monday, so he won’t play until Tuesday at the earliest.

I went sledding in college and my leg hit a rock going down a hill. I tried to tough it out and played Snow Football. I couldn’t even walk for a week and couldn’t run for a month. I got physically sick from the amount of pain I was in. Driving a clutch about killed me.

At the beginning of the month, I was totally against bringing up these guys, but at this point it’s almost a no-brainer. What was once a drive to make the playoffs has now become a bit of a desperate situation. They’re actually running out of players. Starting the clock on Rasmus and Freese really hurts nothing and gets them some pretty good experience. Plus, if the team happens to overcome this deficit by some stroke of luck, they’ll make the playoffs.

I really don’t see an issue. The only one I would have a problem with is Anderson since I really think he’ll be spending a majority of his time at Memphis (or Alberquerque or Las Vegas or Omaha where ever they play AAA ball next year).

the only thing i can come up with is having freese have his full MLB time ahead of him might make him a bit more valuable in trade scenarios this offseason.

Isn’t on the 40 man. So someone would have to be removed from the 40 man. It would also cost $60,000 or so in salary. Which would be a bit much for just a few innnings. Though if Glaus is going to miss time than money shouldn’t be an issue.

and i talked about it early this morning in last nights game thread, so i’ll keep it short here.

i think MO needs to take a stand with this team & become the clear leader of the organization. Tony is never going to change, he is who he is. he can’t help himself. if you give him washed up vets, he’s going to us them 100% of the time over younger, better players no matter what. if MO would simply cut the washed up vets from the team, call up the younger & better players to replace them, Tony would have no choice but to use them. MO can take charge & take the power out of Tonys hands that is clearly costing the team much needed victories.

for a variety of reasons MO won’t do this. but not a single one of them are the right reasons. if Tony can’t see that playing the younger & better players over the washed up vets is in the Cardinals best interests, then he isn’t the right man for the job. it’s that simple.

Barden at 3rd and Barton in left. Miles at 2nd. And I guess Iz2 at ss.

i typed too soon

didn’t you say we need an overhaul earlier today?