The Cardinals are also no stranger to the 28th selection in the MLB First Year Player Draft. In odd years from 2001-2005 the Cards selected Justin Pope, Daric Barton, and Colby Rasmus in that order. (Now that I’m typing this, perhaps the departure of all of these players from the organization is not a good [...]
With the 19th selection in this season’s First Year Player Draft, a selection that has produced benefit for the organization in multiple recent drafts, (also Michael Wacha last season) tonight the Cardinals selected another pitcher in the same 19 slot – LHP Marco Gonzales from Gonzaga University. (It’s Gonzales with an “s” at the end, [...]
Reading through Derrick Goold’s chat on stltoday earlier this week the following answer jumped out at me I see all stats as part of a larger picture. I don’t think there is one stat that tells me everything. Wins for starting pitchers have value because they make a starting pitcher accessible and we know by reading [...]
It’s tough going into a game with the mindset that, unless things break just right, you are going to have to lose the match. Not that you can’t win it, just that the cost involved is too high. You could go for broke, but why? You could win this game, perhaps, but at the cost [...]
John Nagel writes as the Prospect Preacher and is the owner of CardinalsFarm.com where he covers the Cardinals minor league system on a daily basis. While the big club was having issues with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Baby Birds had a solid night. Palm Beach and Peoria were winners while Springfield fell to Arkansas. Mike O’Neill and [...]
