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***Official 2020 STL Cardinals Thread***
2020 Opening Day Lineup
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For the new Cardinal fans that joined the Planet since last year..... 2019 Thread https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=320239 2018 Thread https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=312812 2012 Thread https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=254619 etc. All the way back to 2006 WS https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=312812 Last edited by BigRedChief; 07-24-2020 at 02:44 PM.. |
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08-20-2020, 03:27 PM | #301 | |
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I've always felt like Mallex Smith would thrive in the right home. His 2018 season was a really nice baseline for a modern leadoff hitter. You give me an OBP above .360 w/ some doubles thump and the ability to steal 30+ bases, I'll give you a heck of a lot of rope to hang yourself with. I don't feel like there are as few of those kinds of guys as we are led to believe, I just don't feel like they're valued at all. Smith's been traded a half-dozen times and for marginal returns each time. And he's always had plus speed, a solid approach and good bat control. But nobody seems to care that much because he's not going to hit 10 bombs. |
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08-20-2020, 03:37 PM | #302 | |
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I would have targeted him over Pache because it doesn't feel like you are getting that much more with Pache who grades higher, 60 FV vs 55. Thought if you trade Bryant or Baez to the Braves you could have easily got Waters and either Riley/Swanson back in the deal to replace the guy you gave up and a reliever. |
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08-20-2020, 09:28 PM | #303 |
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Is that the 5th time Carlson has been up with the bases loaded this week? And he fails to get the run in. Again.
Kid is getting eviscerated. These pitchers are just toying with him and he’s completely out of sorts. |
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08-21-2020, 12:27 PM | #304 | |
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I’m assuming there’s a lesson learned going on here. Playing the long game. Maybe he’s had success at every level he’s been at. Labeled best prospect since Pujols. Show him it’s different here? Adjustments need to be made all the time? Must be some kind Jedi mind trick to get him to take quality AB’s by the start of next year when hopefully some kind of normalcy returns. |
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08-21-2020, 01:11 PM | #305 | |
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The league adjusted to him FAST. He was getting pitches to hit early and it took maybe 3 games for teams to stop doing that. And the worst part of it was that during those first few games when he was getting pitches to hit, he was hitting into awful luck. He was roping lasers right at guys and had an obvious bomb killed by the wind. Most young hitters come up, get 15-20 games of 'rookie' pitching where they get to feast on fastballs, pitchers adjust and they have a tough little adjustment period where they have to come up with a new plan. The good news is in that first 15-20 games they padded their stats so they look at the scoreboard and don't get down on themselves because things look fine on their statline. But Carlson got no padding in his 'rookie' period and his rookie period was SUPER short. So his line looks like ass, pitchers are pitching to him like he's an 8 year vet and things are just wearing on him. I'm really not sure what you can do about it because you don't have an Albert Pujols in the lineup to put him in front of and ensure he gets fastballs like the old days. There's just not a truly scary bat here that can take pressure of him and get him pitches to hit. When all you have to do once you get past him is pick on Fowler, Weiters, Carpenter, Bader, etc.... you realize that there's just no reason to let him beat you. The guys behind him aren't gonna if you pitch him tough and lose him. |
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08-21-2020, 02:00 PM | #306 | |
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08-21-2020, 02:31 PM | #307 |
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08-21-2020, 02:48 PM | #308 | |
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Yeah, he can probably play CF for a few years, but he's simply 'big guy' athletic rather than strictly athletic. It's not as bad as Tavares, who people said could play CF in the minors and when he got to the show he was positively cringeworthy even in the corners. But all the "CF OTF" truthers aren't being completely honest with themselves here either. You put him in CF and it's only because you have two other bad defensive OFers who's bats demand they be in the lineup. I can't imagine a world where he's much more than average out there over any appreciable timeline. |
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08-25-2020, 03:02 PM | #309 |
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Anyone see Molinas tweet? What a piece of shit
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08-25-2020, 03:19 PM | #310 |
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08-25-2020, 03:53 PM | #311 |
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08-25-2020, 09:54 PM | #312 |
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Anyone know when that pic was taken?
He looks awfully small in that pic compared to how he looks in a lot of other recent pictures and of course at bat during the games. |
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08-25-2020, 10:07 PM | #313 |
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It’s a recent pic. He went on to explain in a different post that it’s family members, his house keeper, and a Cardinals staffer. People he comes into contact with daily anyway.
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08-26-2020, 09:17 AM | #314 |
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08-26-2020, 09:25 AM | #315 |
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Yadi has gotten scrawnier for the last 2-3 years.
I can't agree with you at all - he looks TINY on the field these days. Hardly any muscle mass at all. Pudgy Yadi hasn't been a thing for a few years now. |
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