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05-23-2019, 08:49 AM | #856 | |
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It screams not knowing the value of a player should you NOT extend right away. He wasn't going anywhere, his value was not going to INCREASE to other teams only decrease yet we paid him for an increase. Just flat out stupid! |
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05-23-2019, 09:20 AM | #857 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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Man, sometimes when you're right, you're right....
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The dirty little secret about offenses is that ALL of them are inconsistent. The good ones are simply really really good when they're on. There are a lot of studies done on this and ultimately the conclusion is that we would all be shocked by how much mediocre baseball even the great teams play. Just about every 'powerhouse' team in recent history plays .500 baseball for most of the season. Few of them are just constantly clipping off weeks where they're 1-2 games over .500 to get to a plus 40 on the season. Rather, most of them have a couple of white-hot stretches where they'll win 30 of 40 and over the remaining 120 games, they'll be just slightly above average. And in the static you'll find that they aren't generally going out there in those hot stretches and winning a bunch of 1 run games. They tend to just go piss-pound teams over those streaks and play pretty ordinary baseball in the other games. The problem right now is that the Cardinals have an offense and a bullpen that is good enough to go on a couple of those streaks and then play 'fine' baseball for the remainder of the year. But that goddamn starting staff continues to wreck them. And it's going to barbecue the bullpen as well. You cannot ask a team to go out there and dig out of a 3-4 run hole by the 5th inning every day. You can't ask the bullpen to throw up 4-5 zeroes every day. This starting staff is completely unacceptable and major changes need to be made. |
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05-23-2019, 09:23 AM | #858 | |
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05-23-2019, 10:56 AM | #859 | |
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Also speaking of Goldy, one very concerning thing is the big second half bounce isnt a career trend even though it happened last year. |
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05-23-2019, 02:16 PM | #860 | |
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It seems at least to me that developing young players is not the weakest area that they need to improve on. We have a lot more deficient areas. Like Mo, a cheapskate owner, a too rabid fan base willing to tolerate missing the playoffs 3 years in a row. |
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05-23-2019, 02:21 PM | #861 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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05-23-2019, 02:23 PM | #862 |
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05-23-2019, 07:23 PM | #863 |
Consuming CP souls
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Fire Mo...
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05-23-2019, 09:15 PM | #864 |
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As soon as he is healthy and has fastball command.... he needs to be in the rotation in St. Louis. Why waste his innings in Memphis?
—————————— Alex Reyes seemed to get stronger as he progressed. Retired last eight batters straight, including four of his six strikeouts plus four infield outs. In addition to his fastball that peaked at 99, he used his slider and curve. Of course, it is high-A. ——————————
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05-23-2019, 09:17 PM | #865 | |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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05-23-2019, 11:19 PM | #866 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Dexter Fowler not only cost the team a first rounder and 80 million, he cost Tommy Pham and continues to hamstring Bader's development. It's the worst move this team has made since the Mulder trade at the very least. |
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05-23-2019, 11:20 PM | #867 |
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05-24-2019, 04:34 AM | #868 | |
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The Pham decision was a mistake both in talent evaluation and fiscally. He was making peanuts and probably would be very economical for the foreseeable future. Another stupid move. Last edited by VAChief; 05-24-2019 at 12:52 PM.. |
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05-24-2019, 04:36 AM | #869 |
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At this point I’m just waiting for Mo to announce we have extended Wacha for 5 years and 65 million with a no trade and player option for a 6th year at 20 million.
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05-24-2019, 08:32 AM | #870 |
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