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jimbo504 2
I don’t understand why the Cardinals insist on putting Adams in LF, I’d rather put Carp out there or Peralta if they really want to get Adams in, put him at 1B where he belongs.
seamaholic 2
They’re trying to sell him and no one’s buying first basemen/DH’s these days.
chesteraarthur
and him playing terrible defense in lf is helping that….how?
tdgstl
Tough to sell below the Mendoza line
tdgstl
Birds have no star and need to sell this summer. It’s pretty simple, there isn’t a solid team in MLB without a solid #3 hitter. I can’t understand the infatuation with Adams. Is there a reason to get him in the lineup? Does one decent year qualify? Carp should be at 3rd and Martinez at 1st. Adams, Perallta, Wong need to go.
teufelshunde4
They aren’t gonna sell.. Even it they bottom out in 2017 Mo will not gut the franchise. Peralta, Broxton,Adams,Lynn are all proly gone after this year.
I could see them trading Carp in the right deal. But he isn’t making a ton of money now or in future.
Best move Mo culd make is to fire MM. imo. it’s coming his team’s aren’t so lacking talent.. may not have star power but there is no reason for the type of play they have displayed over last 2 seasons.
Vedder80
They will try to bring Lynn back.
Philliesfan4life
The pirates should let Glasnow be in the bullpen. He’s a great young pitcher with a lot of upside but he needs to get control.. Imagine that rotation when all three are dominate
Cole
Taillon
Glasnow
then add Nova
timyanks
carpenter need to bat leadoff, since that’s the only place in the lineup he does o.k. leadoff hitters only get one guaranteed at bat to begin an inning, so i don’t know why he is mentally and physically challenged. adams needs to play first. , wisdom, at third. cardinal players aren’t hungry, except for garcia. diaz just hits. trade carpenter, while he has value. package him with grichuck, peralta, and wong. call up wisdom, bader and sierra.
Daryl125
It’s a different approach at the plate based on where you’re stationed in the lineup. Lead off guy has a different role than a 3-hitter. Also, having 2-3-4 behind him in that lineup is much, much different than having 4-5-6, potentially with 2 outs already.
timyanks
it’s all in carpenters head
timyanks
dyslexic fowluper was a terrible signing.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
The Pirates are a weird team. Swept by the Reds at home. Sweep the Cubs at Wrigley.
Yesterday’s outing was ugly on paper for Glasnow, but it was actually his most encouraging start by far…for one reason. He finally used his change up and it was effective. He’s now a legit 3 pitch pitcher, which he wasn’t 3 days ago.
The thing about Glasnow is he can basically “bust” 3 times before he’s actually a bust.
If he “busts” as a SP, he can still be a DOMINANT reliever.
And if he “busts” as a high leverage late inning type, he can still be an effective middle relief arm. And his success or failure will keep his price appropriate to his value.
There is zero reason to not be patient with him.
leefieux
If you can’t throw the ball over the plate, you’re a bust no matter where they use you.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
Only one walk on Saturday. Very encouraging progress.
callmemabry
Like Andrew Miller was as a starter?
playhard9
People need to calm down just a bit. I think we win the same number of games as last year, which was not quite good enough for the playoffs unfortunately. Only Matheny is in mid season form as always making horrible decisions that cost the team wins. As long as ownership puts up with his never changing/learning/adapting style, we will always be a mid tier team. Also need to just release Adams so Matheny can’t play him. He should not bat clean up for any team that is not beer league softball. He just cant hit. Apparently learning a new position in real games is making him struggle even more. We really need a real #3 and/or #4 hitter in our lineup. We are going to have to trade for one but it won’t be all of our garbage (Peralta, Broxton, Wong) for someone’s treasure like people are suggesting.