2nd best record in baseball since June 25th, only 4 wins shy of the dodgers during that stretch. Still gotta clean up the defense. And with Contreras out for a couple weeks and our week schedule we gotta step on the gas.
Don't look now but here comes the Cards
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I think if we had made a move to get a power hitter in the middle of the lineup and a shortstop we would probably be in first place right now.
Having a healthy Alex Reyes would help too.
If we make the playoffs that would be great but I don't see the Cardinals lasting long.
Having a healthy Alex Reyes would help too.
If we make the playoffs that would be great but I don't see the Cardinals lasting long.
I know Dejong has some work to do as far as his on base percentage and cutting down strikeouts but I like him. I hope the cards stick with him.
You know it's funny I posted on here the day Reyes MRI came back saying there likely went our shot at competing with Cubs for the division and I was lambasted on here many not so lovable losers who said even with Reyes we were a 3rd place team at best. Reyes will be a beast next year after sitting and watching/learning from Waino and Lynn, even Wacha. But I hope we're done seeing Oh in high leverage situations.
For a rookie, he has the most cool confidence and composure that I've saw since Pujols. He hasn't seemed surprised by his success one time, and that's the key to staying grounded, especially in a baseball first town like St Louis. Hopefully this means I'll never hafta see lil sweet wearing the birds on the bat. Very quietly our farm system has rebounded in a very nice way. I look forward to seeing them in the years to come and how this season turns out will clarify things a lot but with the logjam of outfielders and a great stable of young arms the pieces are there to go out and get that middle of the lineup bat. And unless Waino was to suddenly hang them up after the season then Lynn is gone. I know he is a reb but I'm gonna miss his grittiness.
I like DeJong and I think they will stick with him but I think I like him better at third base as opposed to shortstop. We'll see what happens in the offseason but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cardinals go after Cozart and move DeJong to third. That would allow Gyorko to kind of be a utility guy and it would improve the Cardinals infield defense quite a bit and it would also improve the bench as well.
It kind of depends on how quickly he recovers next year. Hopefully it will be more like Lance Lynn and not like Wainwright in terms of speed of recovery. They could start him out in the bullpen too or AAA. We'll see in the spring where he is.
Wainwright's injury tonight bears watching although the Cardinals don't seem too concerned about it.
I like the arms at the upper levels of the minor leagues- Reyes, Weaver, Flaherty, Hudson, and Gomber. Hudson can also pitch out of the bullpen and I think that's where Gomber will end up. They need to use some of those arms and their surplus of outfielders in the upper minors to try to get a 30 home run bat in the offseason. Now that the Marlins sale is close to ending we may see that happen.
The biggest problem is Mike Leake and Brett Cecil's contracts are pretty bad. They're going to let Oh walk in the offseason and as long as Rosenthal is pitching like he is I doubt they will go back to him as a closer. And certainly not against LH hitters.
Unless they fall apart down the stretch, this all but solidifies Matheny coming back as manager....yay. I like the guy but he's just too stubborn and he has had way too many blunders.
I wouldn't be opposed to that. I like Gyorko but I do think he's better suited for a utility player and not an everyday starter. Do you see Diaz getting back up?
I thought so too- and definitely think that is where he probably will start out in MLB. But then I read a scouting report talking about how he has refined his curveball and how his other pitches had improved as well and it makes me think he could possibly be a starter.
Some of it depends on how many starters the Cardinals have too.
I think they will give Diaz another chance but I'm skeptical about him sticking. He needs to improve both his hitting and fielding and at this point he is looking like a one hit wonder. He need to be a utility guy and I'm not sure he can beat out Greg Garcia. He needs to hope that Manerus Sierra can lock down the fourth outfielder spot or that the Cardinals sign another LH bench bat in the offseason to make Garcia more expendable.
If they don't sign a SS in the offseason- always likely with Mo as GM- he will definitely get a look at SS next year.
| Central | W | L | PCT | GB | E# | WCGB | L10 | STRK | HOME | ROAD | LAST GAME | NEXT GAME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y-Chi Cubs | 92 | 70 | .568 | - | - | - | 7-3 | L1 | 48-33 | 44-37 | 10/1 vs CIN, L 1-3 | 10/6 @ WSH, 7:30 PM |
| Milwaukee | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.0 | E | 1.0 | 5-5 | W1 | 46-38 | 40-38 | 10/1 @ STL, W 6-1 | -- |
| St. Louis | 83 | 79 | .512 | 9.0 | E | 4.0 | 3-7 | L1 | 44-37 | 39-42 | 10/1 vs MIL, L 1-6 | 2018 |
| Pittsburgh | 75 | 87 | .463 | 17.0 | E | 12.0 | 7-3 | W2 | 44-37 | 31-50 | 10/1 @ WSH, W 11-8 | -- |
| Cincinnati | 68 | 94 | .420 | 24.0 | E | 19.0 | 2-8 | W1 | 39-42 | 29-52 | 10/1 @ CHC, W 3-1 | -- |
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Had we just played .500 ball again the Cubs as we did last year when we finished with a winning record against the cubbies as we did last year when y'all were a much better club record wise we'd have made the playoffs. It's as simple as this, if you can't play 500 ball against the central then you have no business making the playoffs. Y'all are playing well at the right time,
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