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St louis post dispatch cards8/17/2023 Making the right hire will be important going forward, if only so they don’t need to go through this type of wide-ranging search again in the coming years. Simply enter your credit card information on our secure checkout page. The Cardinals should be looking for a long-term solution (like when the Dodgers hired Joe Davis as the eventual successor to Vin Scully), and the position is quite attractive because of the Cardinals’ strong local viewership and consistency on the field. Louis Post-Dispatch subscription on most major credit cards, such as MasterCard and Visa, although acceptance of American Express and Discover varies by newspaper. I fully agree with the comments made by Buck and Costas about the job. That’s everything you want as a broadcaster.”ĭan Caesar of the Post-Dispatch also reported that Cardinals radio broadcasters Ricky Horton and John Rooney were not jockeying for the TV play by play job, while former Cardinals broadcaster Steve Schlanger said he was “not that interested in baseball.” Caesar also floated a couple of national names that could be in the running – MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger and Aaron Goldsmith of Fox and Root Sports Northwest. “There is total interest from the fan base, the team is always competitive. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.“To live in this city, to do the Cardinals - who usually have the top-rated (local telecasts) in the country - people can’t get enough of them,” Buck said. Meanwhile, right now, the Cardinals are beneath all the NL teams. And this Cards team, even if it has all pistons firing and maximizes its talent, is still beneath numerous NL teams, notably the Dodgers and Braves. A lot could happen, especially if Walker emerges. Overall for the Cardinals, there are still 100 games to be played. As for some other players, Helsley has been too inconsistent and delicate Steven Matz was a massive disappointment Adam Wainwright has pitched six innings only once in his past 11 starts, dating back to last year Tyler O’Neill seems like a lost cause - his poor play and back injury makes him seem like the odd man out. His OPS is in the “7s.” He needs to be part of the solution. His strikeout rate has never been higher. Take out the pandemic season, and that is the lowest of his career. 211 batting average and the lowest OPS for any stat-qualifying catcher in baseball. Well, after those two days off, he went 1-for-12. The talk with Willson Contreras was that he just needed those couple days off to refresh. While the Cardinals have the ninth-best OPS in baseball, since May 22 it’s 26th-best - and that’s when the latest downward spiral began. But what about the many bad at-bats that could’ve led to something (and instead provided nothing)? Games can be lost in the quiet innings, and the 2023 Cards’ sure have lost many that way.Īnd the batting is getting bad. Incidentally, the Cards preach fundamentals, but right now, the Cards’ defense ranks 26th in Major League Baseball, per the stat site Sports Info Solutions.Īlso, after any loss, we always point out the big moment or big mistake. In just Monday’s loss alone, we saw a bullpen malfunction (Genesis Cabrera), bad base running and, surprisingly, unclean defense from Arenado. And for the mosaic of this miserable season, the Cardinals’ players deserve so much blame. But it’s the players doing the playing. Those often come down to managerial decisions, be it with Ryan Helsley usage or, in the infamous loss at Los Angeles, not pinch-hitting Nolan Gorman in the ninth. But this year, the Cards entered Tuesday with a 6-14 record in one-run games. And he sure won a bunch of ball games last year. And to his credit, he blends and balances analytics with the human element in his managing. Some people blame him for seemingly everything, but he is such a sharp thinker. Look, manager Oliver Marmol has a beautiful baseball mind. The Cards have two generational talents, yet they might never even crack the National League Division Series while on the Cardinals together. But when I think about these years with Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, it reminds me of the Angels, who can’t seem to build a winner around Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout (so, they’re basically wasting Ohtani and Trout). What I’m about to say isn’t apples-to-apples. The Cardinals did neither (except for signing a catcher because they needed a catcher). Louis entered 2023 with five clear-cut guys to start). Some said the Cards should bolster the rotation (even though St. As for additions, some people said the Cards should bolster the offense (even if it meant moving proven players to other positions). Privacy Policyįrom starting pitchers to sluggers, there have been so many free agents available in the past two offseasons.
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