With a baseball draft movie as my background noise, the party has started for what is shaping up as a very exciting evening. This year’s festivities as well as the 2015 Rule 4 draft are stacked with talent, especially on the pitching side. We will start there first since the last three picks tonight for [...]
Today really should be a national holiday if you ask me. It is the first day of the MLB Rule 4 Draft with the Birds on the Bat stacked with multiple picks for the third consecutive year. And since our loyal congregation cares about all things Cardinals, it is again that time to hand out [...]
Before we play the “compare game”, it’s important to note there are many other variables involved, and by no means am I trying to imply that A = B = C. Just having a little fun. Listed below are minor league stats for Hall of Famer “X” , lifetime Minor Leaguer Rick Short, and Cardinals [...]
On a miserable, misty night in Springfield, a few fans (much less than the 3,000 announced) witnessed a 9th inning implosion. Previously untouchable closer Dean Kiekhefer had a night he would like to forget. The Cardinals built a 4-2 lead on the back of David Popkins four RBI night and a strong performance by starter [...]
The final installment brings us the outfielders. Organizational logjam doesn’t really begin to describe what is going on in the Cardinal’s system. At St. Louis, there are five outfielders getting most of the playing time. In left, Matt Holliday is signed through 2016 with an option for 2017. Allen Craig is signed through 2017 in [...]
The left side of the infield and catcher will be in the spotlight today. Shortstop: With Jhonny Peralta signed for this season and the next three, and the price tag attached, it’s doubtful he’s going anywhere. Though, with his current slump, it’s a good time to look at who is getting playing time at Memphis [...]
It’s well known how the Cardinals farm system has been the key to the incredible success of the Big League Cardinals. Home grown minor league talent has provided a large majority of players now on the St. Louis roster. Now, we are seeing some very good talent that is seemingly locked into the minor league [...]
As your faithful Preacher, most of my time is spent looking at how the best prospects can help in St. Louis sooner or later. But as happens on occasion, those posts take a back seat when the injury bug strikes at an inopportune time. Joe Kelly appears to be in danger of missing his next [...]
To the faithful flock, happy one week to the start of the 2014 campaign! Spring Training is officially ‘on the clock’ to steal from my other baseball passion, June’s Rule 4 Draft, and most of the players listed here the next seven days will have been selected the last few editions.
This look at Springfield has showed that the Cardinals were on the right path last year when they installed some veteran leadership on the club. Ruben Gotay manned the hot corner for all of 2013, earning much more than a AA salary in the process, and his career continues in part because not many former [...]
Taking all bias out of the equation, this was truly one post of the series that I looked forward to from the start. With Springfield roughly an hour away for the Preacher, it would have been easy to stack the AA rotation with a number of the best prospects such as Marco Gonzales. The problem [...]
Mike O’Neill really had to be thinking he was in the driver’s seat after an unbelievable 2013 campaign. Not only did he just keep getting on base and finished the season in Memphis, but O’Neill landed on the 40-man roster that was relatively barren of outfield prospects. Much can change over the course of a [...]
