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  1. hitterscount
    Soft tosser that cannot throw strikes, bad combo.
  2. hitterscount
    Wasn’t able to watch last night, sounds like another frustrating performance…. especially coming after the sweep and getting closer to .500…… you can’t win every game, however there is zero excuse for not hustling and putrid defense, there will be batting slumps but not fielding the ball at a MLB level shouldn’t be happening this late in the season.
  3. hitterscount
    I hear what you're saying.... however this isn't high school ball. Defense is important, given teams extra outs doesn't win games... extending innings through poor defense adds to pitch counts, extra AB’s, extra runs, and often losses. The opposite is true from playing better than average defense. Keaschall just needs to be average, making the plays that should be made. The same was true for Lee at SS and Wallner, who was so bad in RF he should never be put in that position again, at least for this organization. Expecting competent defense isn't piling on, it's what should be expected . Lee has become that defensively at 3rd, I would give Keaschall another month or two but he needs to make the basic plays.... which why is somewhat surprising with how athletic he is. Hopefully he can turn it around.
  4. hitterscount
    That’s a kick to the balls…. 1 out for qualifying for the W
  5. hitterscount
    They battled.... not much else to say. This BP is a joke, starting pitching has dug some deep holes early, however it wouldn't matter if the starters were given the team QS's, if you don't have a 4 run lead, at minimum, there is 1-2 guys that would have the ability to hold and close.... that's being generous. Get Culpeper up, Jeffers back and hope Royce is still playable at that point and they could be entertaining.
  6. hitterscount
    Not so sure guys with the cardinal hats are looking for a rally, just a thought.
  7. hitterscount
    If only they could figure out how to build the easiest part of a team we might have 5-6 more wins which would have them setting around.500. …. although we are not done dancing yet.
  8. hitterscount
    Well that just about ended any comeback hopes, trying to pull a ball about a foot off the plate.
  9. hitterscount
    Yep, BP’s are easy to piece together.
  10. hitterscount
    We were robbed…. these cash consideration acquisitions never materialize. Just like keeping Culpepper in the minors they will keep running him out.
  11. hitterscount
    Pretty sure there was a thread promoting sending him down…. he is near the bottom of this teams issues. Like Preliepp, Bradley let him play and try to figure it out, you will know by the end of the season if these are guys that will be part of the future.
  12. hitterscount
    And he will come back to earth. That will definitely define if he’s part of the team moving forward.
  13. hitterscount
    I was skeptical of Lewis getting his sh** together at AAA, he definitely has more confidence and has been smoking the ball and doesn’t appear to be mopey from the move to first, kudos to him…. now get Cullpepper up, watching Arcia and Gray is frustrating.
  14. hitterscount
    And there are Cardinal fans there…..
  15. hitterscount
    I believe that they need to keep going with Matthews, he has the arsenal to be a serviceable starter. There's two ways for him to get there, better command of the strike zone or an uptick in velocity. I don't have the numbers/data, but it seems when he is pitching effectively he is hitting 97-98, when he's getting torched his four seamer seems to be in the 94-95 range, huge difference in missing bats if he could maintain the higher velocity, it makes his offspeed pitches more effective. If he's just filling the strike zone with 94 mph fastballs he will continue to struggle unless he develops better command. Big year for him, hopefully he takes the next step.
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  17. hitterscount
    Especially if there’s a spot for them to play We currently have 3, maybe 4 underperforming 30 y.o. plus utility players that could be swapped out.
  18. hitterscount
    You might get get me to make the drive over with 4 tickets for $40 and 16 beer tickets.
  19. hitterscount
    It’s difficult to watch.
  20. hitterscount
    We are all smiles from a fly out to the warning track…. It’s the little things.
  21. hitterscount
    Ryan not looking good. Sweep looking like it could be on the way. So much to be down on with this team, one more thing that doesn’t make much sense to me…the batting order. Not sure why you lead off Larnach, wouldn’t someone with some speed make more sense? Buxton has 21 HR’s and 33 rbi’s maybe batting him 3rd some of those HR’s would have someone on base…. there’s more but watching Gray make a 8th grade mistake is too demoralizing.
  22. hitterscount
    I’ll give this game 3-4 innings, then they will likely be down. Than back to the Brewers game where in the first two innings of the game Misorowski has 5 k’s and hit 104 multiple times while being able to throw strikes consistently….. made me wonder if he would be able to win with this lineup. I can’t stand Milwaukee, but they play the game the right way. I can only hope we can get remotely close somehow.
  23. hitterscount
    I never said he was playing well, however hardly anyone is playing "well". You could send down or DFA 1/2,of the position players, Kreidler, Arcia, Bell, Gray, Jackson, Carantini, Martin and Larnach have dropped off significantly...Lee is average, there's nothing to work with. Point being is this season is over, I am willing to give a player like Keaschall the time to see if he can figure it out, he's young and was part of the future, same for Martin and Lee.... sending Keaschall down doesn't all of a sudden make this team competitive..... then there is a below average starting rotation and BP to figure out.
  24. hitterscount
    I'm not sure what this organization does well. I was one that believed that the starting rotation was the strength of the team, even after the Lopez injury. However, Ober's velocity never made it back into the low 90's and now injured again, Abel injured and much like Bradley cannot seem to find the strike zone consistently. Ryan has been really good, unfortunately one reliable starter won't get it done. A lineup with 5-6 utility players in their 30's is not serious. Another 1st base signing of a decent player 5-6 years ago leaves another hole.... at least Santana could play defense. The philosophy of moving guys around the field is lame and leads to the downfalls seen to often in the form of shoddy defense. Then there is the minors, there's Cullpeper who they refuse to call up and a bunch of injured players. I have concerns that if you can't stay healthy as a 20-22 y.o. in the minors you will have problems in the majors on top of stunting development by not playing Some promising position guys if they can stay healthy for any length of time.... however, the pitching pipeline is weak. The Brewers, Rays, and now the White Sox seem to have figured out how to stay competitive with a small budget, we are no where near fielding a competitive team.
  25. hitterscount
    He was hitting MLB pitching when called up last season, pitching has adjusted how they pitch him, now comes the crossroad for most MLB players, is he able to adjust, he certainly has the tools to do so …. he’s not correcting anything at AAA because 90% of the pitchers aren’t at a MLB level.
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