I posted this idea in my Monday post here. Basically on one hand we have a veteran player who’s been around forever that is starting to show signs of aging. Our Goliath. On the otherhand we have a minor league journeyman who got a good chance this year and has taken advantage of it. Our David. [...]
Good morning all. I hope your week has gotten off to a good start. Matt Adams has rebounded nicely this year after last years injury riddled debacle where he has a .240/.280/.377 slash line. This year he has a .280/.340/.461 slash line with 4 homers and 4 doubles in 97 Plate Appearances, or PA’s. Those [...]
Morning all, been a while. Working on fixing that. Anyways, as I was trying to come up with an idea for today’s post, I tried to think of something or somebody going under the radar due to being overshadowed or having a disappointing year. The answer came to me quickly: Kolten Wong. Due to the [...]
Good morning all, hope your week has started off on a good note. After doing in-depth analysis on hitters making an impact in their first year with the Cards lately, I thought I’d switch sides and look at a pitcher who’s in his first year as a Cardinal, and who’d be a better candidate for [...]
Good Morning all. Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday, I appreciated it. :) I recently asked a buddy of mine, Scott (Twitter Handle TexasCardsFan1) to give me an idea for a post. He wanted to talk about lineup construction, and K Rates. Specifically, he wanted Jeremy Hazelbaker in the lineup, and wanted to [...]
Good morning all. I hope your week is off to a good start. I was trying to think of something positive to write about after we fell to 12-13 after yesterday’s loss to Max Scherzer and the Nationals, and my eyes fell on Aledmys Diaz and his .405/.437/.705 slash line. Wow. Remember when we all [...]
Throughout the course of the season, I’m going to monitor some of my favorite players, as you’ve already seen with Yadier Molina. Before we get into that though, I’d like to mention a new feature I’m adding: A Quick Hits section at the end of some of my posts. Just a few quick notes about [...]
I realize it’s still early, but a following Cardinals hitter has this slash line so far: .345 BA/.400 OBP/.473 SLUG. Guess who? No, no it’s not Matt Holliday (Though after a slow start he’s waking up himself.) No it’s not Matt Carpenter. Give up? It’s Yadier Molina. Personally, I’ve always looked at Yadi through a [...]
Good Morning all. I enjoyed doing my character profile of Aledmys Diaz so much, I decided to profile another unexpected contributor. Jeremy Hazelbaker. Hazelbaker has started off hot and stayed that way. There are many articles out there now about him, and I even saw one by Ken Rosenthal here at Fox Sports. So I doubt I’ll present [...]
Good Morning all. The Cardinals have started 0-3, but rather than focus on that and go all gloomy and doomy, I thought I’d take a look one of our youngsters who made his way onto the roster and may play a key role in the future. Aledmys Diaz. Diaz, as you probably know, came over [...]
Good Morning. Time For Division Preview Part Four: The Chicago Cubs Summary: Ahhh, the Cubbies. The team everybody seems to be picking not only to win the division, but to win the whole darn thing. Theo Epstein and Co. have certainly done a great job, assembling a lot of young talent, augmenting it some good [...]
Good Morning. Time For Division Preview Part Three: The Pittsburgh Pirates Summary: The Pirates, despite not having made the World Series, are one of the best stories in baseball the last few years. They’ve figured out how to win on a tight budget and have been a thorn in the Cardinals side. They’re a good [...]
