Friday, May 30, 2014

Taveras to St. Louis?

Rob Rains is reporting that, per a source, phenom Oscar Taveras is now on his way to St. Louis. That would seem to mean Matt Adams would be placed on the DL.

SHANE ROBINSON OPTIONED TO MEMPHIS (AAA) ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 30, 2014 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have recalled rookie outfielder Randal Grichuk from Memphis (AAA) and optioned outfielder Shane Robinson to the triple-A club. The 22-year-old Grichuk hit his team-leading 10th home run last night for Memphis and is batting .315 (53-for-168) for the Pacific Coast League [...]

Descalso Switch

This post won’t try to explain why Mike Matheny insists on subbing Daniel Descalso in late in close games.  But, seeing as Matheny double-switched Descalso in last night, and Daniel got an at-bat, I was curious on his success rate.  To wit: He has finished 15 of the 34 games he’s appeared in; 16/35, counting [...]

When you have a game like last night’s game, it doesn’t take long for Twitter and other places around the Internet to erupt with Cardinal fans not exactly happy with those involved. Some blamed Peter Bourjos, believing he misplayed the hit that led to the eventual winning run.  Some blamed Trevor Rosenthal for giving up that [...]

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