The Cardinals announced Friday that they’ve designated right-hander Ryan Meisinger for assignment. His roster spot will go to left-hander Andrew Miller, whose two-year pact with the Cards has now been formally announced.
St. Louis claimed Meisinger off waivers from the Orioles just last week. The righty made his big league debut with Baltimore this past season, pitching to a disappointing 6.43 ERA with a 21-to-10 K/BB ratio in 21 innings out of the Orioles’ bullpen. Meisinger did, however, enjoy a strong year between Double-A and Triple-A, where he pitched to a 3.13 ERA with averages of 10.8 strikeouts and 2.9 walks per nine innings pitched through 46 frames. Meisinger’s 91.1 mph average fastball velocity in the Majors this season checked in well south of the league average, though he still managed a solid 11.4 percent swinging-strike rate in that time.
So they’re gonna stick with Cecil and Gregerson then…?
I hope they stick with those two (for now) . Gregorson ran into bad luck last year, otherwise he’s always been a solid bullpen guy -that we’ve already paid for might I add . It would be silly to push him aside already …. now for Cecil, I could see that going either way … but call me crazy, I’m optimistic that he will have a decent year this year … I don’t know why, but I just think he may figure something out … some people are willing to be open to fowler getting another chance, I’m open to Cecil working his way back into the mix . You never know
Okay … I am calling you crazy. Cecil has to go. Eat the contract and move on.
Personally I’m ok with seeing if Gregerson is healthy and has anything to offer, but just DFA Cecil. Miller Shreve and Webb are enough lefties.
And just for the record – I think they need to sign/trade for another top reliever arm … I like Miller a lot, but it is a small gamble with health concerns. So one more top reliable arm might be a must
Glad a top FA has agreed to come to STL – welcome Mr Miller
It’s just like Goldy said. Every player in the majors would love a chance to play in St Louis and here they come.
Except Stanton, Price, Heyward wanted out…..
Don’t take the cliche answers at face value.
I guess he meant all good players want to come to St Louis
Trolol
Stanton wanted the New York lifestyle. Price wanted to come but Boston outbid the Cardinals by a ridiculous amount. Heyward didn’t want to be “the guy” I can’t say I blame him he wouldn’t be “the guy” on a little league team
matheny could have been one problem
Price was fine with St. Louis, Boston came in and offered more at last minute. Heyward chose a younger team and opt outs. Stanton said no. He’s only one on record that didn’t want to come to St. Louis. Only one. This narrative is tired and false.
Price thought he was signing with the Cardinals until his agent told him the Ref Sox outbid them. He had no problem being a Cardinal.
Yea everyone wants to play there… take it from the guy that got traded there and had no say in the matter
Be a good guy to stash in the minors and season just a bit more
Hope he clears. It’s easier to get someone past this time of year.
Hello cardinal fans. Are we excited about 2019 yet?
I had to find a new board to post on. Other one was getting to full. Lol
For fun….let’s guess homerun totals for our top 3?
Ok go…
Goldy – 32
Ozuna – 31
Dejong – 23
Carp – 23
Fowler – 2
Best guess lol
Lol
Might be close on Fowler….but, I’m pulling for the guy
Mixed feelings – if he does well this year, we will keep him for the last two years of his contract and he will continue to block RF … if he does bad, we may actually move on to a younger, more productive player soon …. so I’m torn … part of me wants him to get beat out in spring training, part of me wants him to bat .280 with 3 errors on the season
I hear ya…I would rather see oneil get his shot…and have a monster year. That with bader and Goldy…would get St Louis very excited…and then see ozuna and dejong play well. Lot to ask though
Ok…I’ll look silly first.
Carpenter-32
Goldy-33
Ozuna-35
Dejong-27
Those 4 will do some damage I think
I think we will have much more doubles this year than in the past – and we have baserunners to will make that work for us . But I love dingers ! Lol and I’m looking forward to Ozunas 108 mph ground balls to third – that just sounds scary
Something I’ve been thinking about..Goldschmidt has averaged 34 HR over the last 4 seasons. I haven’t looked up each stadium he has hit them in yet but it can be tough to hit in the NL and AL West.
AZ-Humidor
CL-Humidor-Higher BA than HR
SD-Pitchers Park
LA-Pitchers Park
SF-Pitchers Park
STL-Neutral
PIT-Neutral-leans hitter
CHC-Depends on time of year. Call it neutral
MIL-Hitters Park
CIN-Hitters Park.
Carp…26
Goldy..37
Ozuna..28
Dejong..23
No science behind it but I can’t see four Cardinal players flirting with 30+ longballs in the same season. Haven’t had a team like that since Pujols, Edmonds, Rolen, Sanders. Would be nice to see something that resembles that team again.
Wrong player to dfa Mo.
I wish we could DFA you to another franchise you wannabe GM. If you are smart you see what Cecil and Fowler bring to Spring Training first before you make any calls on big money investments. I’m betting you make a lot of bad financial decisions personally if you can’t think about the Cardinals as a business too. You want this business to be of sound mind, mainly the reason they don’t search chat boards for potential General Managers.
I will always remember the Meisinger era in St Louis fondly. Thanks for the memories Ryan!!!
Do you remember the time we got him from Baltimore and then he was on the team.. and then he wasn’t? I’ll never forget that.