Absolutely not a Cardinal fan. But you yokels have nothing to complain about. After beginning with a 1/2 season of blah they gave you a a couple of stellar months and a lot of excitement. Examine your life if Cardinals pennants are the only thing you've got going for you.
“The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.”
-- Al McGuire
Solid logic “you guys shouldn’t be annoyed they played like crap here because they played like crap earlier in the year!”
Waino to start today. Haha. Rock City. Might as well have Weaver pitch. Plus Hendricks will make them all look silly with his 70 mph junk.
This team continues to need an overhaul. We have a lot of solid to good guys but we are majorly lacking in the “great” department
The one glaring need is 3b. You have the trade chips go get one. If that fails move Carp to 3rd and get 1b. One of the young pitchers, Kelly, Jose Martinez should land something
If Cole stays in, he may pitch a no no. The Cardinals are out of gas.
Spot on again I see.
Lol
We need an offensive focal point. Feel bad for ozuna being shoehorned into the role with a bum shoulder. Also need a starter or 2, 2-3 relievers, and a closer. Hicks can be setup, he isn't going to be ready to close.
Having to rely on the West Coast teams to get in this time of the year is an unreliable task.
I disagree with this in a way
if Reyes and made of glass Wacha are back starting pitching is fine
that puts weaver,Gomber and Gant in the pen
they need a big time corner bat. They need to stop batting Carp lead off. They need to push Fowler down a flight of stairs. I feel like Wong and Paul are good enough defensively. They are good bottom of the order hitters.
Reading today Waino may be back. If he can start Reyes could be the Closer
Reyes has missed 2 years, he isnt going to be a starter next year for a full season.
Wacha is made of glass, as you point out, sure cant rely on him.
Gomber could use more time in Memphis and should be their ace.
Weaver should be in the pen, Hudson should do the transition year in the pen before being a starter in 2020, and Gant should also be in the pen.
Martinez, Wacha, Flaherty, Mikolas, Poncedeleon, and a FA signing would be a pretty good rotation. Yes, i listed 6 as again it contains Wacha and 2 2nd year pitchers.
A rotation relying on Wacha, Waino, and Reyes is a rotation that is a dumpster fire.
Ok, let's gut this lineup. We need a big bat. While I will get pelted by most for suggesting this, I think Carpenter is prime trade bait. We need upgrade at 1st, 3rd and right field. Gut it and shake it up for a change.
Joe Kelly, Nathan Eovaldi are free agents - were great in the post season.
