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4/5 Gamecrap
Diaz will get his first start. Molina is batting fifth for some reason.
1. Carpenter
2. Piscotty
3. Holliday
4. Grichuk
5. Molina
6. Moss
7. Gyorko
8. Diaz
9. Wacha
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I'll take an injury-free game.....
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tkihshbt wrote:
Diaz will get his first start. Molina is batting fifth for some reason.
1. Carpenter
2. Piscotty
3. Holliday
4. Grichuk
5. Molina
6. Moss
7. Gyorko
8. Diaz
9. Wacha
Molina is leading the team in batting average, after all.
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Holliday in LF, Moss at 1B, according to Hummel
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2-0 and I feel like it's over.
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I think the Cardinals traded the wrong pitcher.
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Wait, if the ball travels between the foul poles and lands in the seats, how do you score that?
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I'll take 15 more of those from The Gyork.
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Wait, if the ball travels between the foul poles and lands in the seats, how do you score that?
Matheny puts a frowny face in the box score.
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Righties just rake Wacha.
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Wait, if the ball travels between the foul poles and lands in the seats, how do you score that?
Matheny puts a frowny face in the box score.
A HR is an un-Christian gesture.
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What year does Matheny figure out how to run a bullpen?
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Matheny bingo will now include removing Holliday.
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Matheny bingo will now include removing Holliday.
He's played 18 consecutive innings to start the season. Besides we still have depth on the bench.
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I hate bunting with a runner on second and no outs.
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I suppose it's too late to trade Adams for anything of value.
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At least Maness finally has a real number now.
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Not saying Gyorko lacks range, but when I was a kid, I had a pet turtle that covered more ground.
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This is the second time in two games not having a real shortstop has cost them. They don't have to have Andrleton Simmons out there, but a guy who can get to a routine groundball would be helpful.
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If Diaz doesn't botch that routine , tailor-made double play ball , the Cardinals had a very good opportunity to take this one ....
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Very disappointing game. I just dont see how this team has enough to do much of anything. If i had to draft a mlb team idk that id pick a single player on this team. It is a very average group of players.
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Eh, that's probably going too far. I'd pick quite a few guys. Piscotty is definitely going to be a hitter. And throwing out McCutchen? That's insane. Molina is still great when the dummy in the dugout doesn't write his name fifth in the lineup.
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Well they dont have a player to build a team around. Thats for sure.
It is to early for a must win game but getting swept in the opening series would be disheartening.
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The problem with this team is for 3 years they've succeeded by doing something exceptional--something that can't be counted on from year to year. In 2013, they had a ridiculous batting average with RISP. In 2014, they won the division by winning almost 2/3 of their games in the division. In 2015, they had a team ERA under 3.00. None of those things are sustainable.
If this team doesn't do something exceptional, it's at best an above-average team. The problem is, I don't see where they can do anything exceptional.
I'd really like to sit down an have a beer with Moz (in his case, probably a Chardonnay) and figure out the concept behind the construction of the offense. They don't have any real power, and they don't have any real speed. In most innings they need 3 hits to simply score 1 run. It isn't a sustainable formula for success.
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Eh, that's probably going too far. I'd pick quite a few guys. Piscotty is definitely going to be a hitter. And throwing out McCutchen? That's insane. Molina is still great when the dummy in the dugout doesn't write his name fifth in the lineup.
I'd take Rosenthal over just about any closer not named Aroldis Chapman.