They're pacing themselves.

What a pathetic attempt at a swing.

artie_fufkin wrote:

I don't know if this video of Arozarena made the rounds in St. Louis. I saw it for the first time today and it's epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoXaziDcjPE

Infield triple!!! Lol

Is there not a better option in the system than wacha?

The Cardinals have struck out 14 times thru 29 plate appearances. Basically every other batter.

In 1943, Stan Musial was the NL MVP and won the batting title. He hit .357 with 48 doubles, 20 triples and 13 HR.

In 700 plate appearances in 1943, Stan Musial struck out 18 times. That’s once every 39 plate appearances or once every 9 games.

forsberg_us wrote:

Wait, the Cubs lost last night???

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Harper hit a walkoff grand slam that landed somewhere in Delaware.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

The Cardinals have struck out 14 times thru 29 plate appearances. Basically every other batter.

In 1943, Stan Musial was the NL MVP and won the batting title. He hit .357 with 48 doubles, 20 triples and 13 HR.

In 700 plate appearances in 1943, Stan Musial struck out 18 times. That’s once every 39 plate appearances or once every 9 games.

Per NBC Sports, Chris Sale this week became the "fastest pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts."
"Sale is the fastest to reach 2,000 career strikeouts, doing so in 1,626 innings. The previous record-holder, Pedro Martínez, got there in 1,711 1/3 innings. Others near the top of the list are Randy Johnson (1,733 1/3), Max Scherzer (1,784), Clayton Kershaw (1,837 2/3), and Nolan Ryan (1,865 2/3)."

Sale is a nice pitcher, but he's never won more than 17 games in a season. He's never led the American League in wins or ERA. The game has changed into all-or-nothing offense. The currency of the realm is launch angle and exit velocity. Home runs are nice, but I seemed to have much more fun watching the Coleman/McGee/Smith Cardinals create chaos in the '80s.
 

No doubt.  I remember being a kid and constantly being told to hit the ball on the ground, and I'm a big guy.  But the notion was anyone could catch a fly ball and there were a lot more ways for something good to happen on a grounder than on a fly ball.

Now ground balls are unacceptable.

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

The Cardinals have struck out 14 times thru 29 plate appearances. Basically every other batter.

In 1943, Stan Musial was the NL MVP and won the batting title. He hit .357 with 48 doubles, 20 triples and 13 HR.

In 700 plate appearances in 1943, Stan Musial struck out 18 times. That’s once every 39 plate appearances or once every 9 games.

Per NBC Sports, Chris Sale this week became the "fastest pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts."
"Sale is the fastest to reach 2,000 career strikeouts, doing so in 1,626 innings. The previous record-holder, Pedro Martínez, got there in 1,711 1/3 innings. Others near the top of the list are Randy Johnson (1,733 1/3), Max Scherzer (1,784), Clayton Kershaw (1,837 2/3), and Nolan Ryan (1,865 2/3)."

Sale is a nice pitcher, but he's never won more than 17 games in a season. He's never led the American League in wins or ERA. The game has changed into all-or-nothing offense. The currency of the realm is launch angle and exit velocity. Home runs are nice, but I seemed to have much more fun watching the Coleman/McGee/Smith Cardinals create chaos in the '80s.
 

No doubt.  I remember being a kid and constantly being told to hit the ball on the ground, and I'm a big guy.  But the notion was anyone could catch a fly ball and there were a lot more ways for something good to happen on a grounder than on a fly ball.

Now ground balls are unacceptable.

Probably because defense has improved.  Not because of range but because of the shift and hitters inability to hit to all fields.

I think with a defense playing straight up, Carpenter is a .280 to .300 hitter.  Because the shift has taken away a lot of his base hits and him being an incomplete hitter he is force to rely on the home run.