Brad Thompson
Once a year, along with the rest of the United Cardinal Bloggers, we get to put this list together as a review of the Cardinals’ farm system. So far, pretty much every year has been an improvement over the previous. This year is no exception. The Cardinals have multiple prospects on the national radar, and [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brad Thompson, Brett Wallace, Carlos Martinez, Florida State League, Joe Strauss, John Mozeliak, Jordan Swagerty, Kevin Goldstein, Kolten Wong, Lance Berkman, Matt Adams, Memphis Redbirds, Midwest League, Oscar Taveras, Pacific Coast League, Palm Beach Cardinals, Quad Cities River Bandits, Shelby Miller, Springfield Cardinals, Texas League, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyrell Jenkins, Zack Cox
I learned a new baseball term (or maybe just a local one) on Thursday night, when Derrick Goold Twittered back at yours truly explaining that Adam Wainwright’s getting out of another bases loaded situation on Tuesday night in Milwaukee was known as a ‘Houdini’. (Get it? Escape? Good.) Well, of course, the Play Index at [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, B-R Play Index, Brad Thompson, Chris Perez, Derrick Goold, Houdini, Jason Kendall, Jason Motte, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Ryan Franklin, Todd Wellemeyer, Trever Miller, Twitter, Twodini
I’m trying to get myself into a regular habit of writing again, so I decided yesterday (with credit due to a lot of other blogs that do this and inspired me a bit) to start writing quick game recaps – just a few things from each day’s post-game thoughts. Unfortunately, I picked a bad day [...]
Posted in: 2009 Cardinals Game Notes
Tagged with: 2009 Cardinals Game Notes, Brad Thompson, Brendan Ryan, Chris Carpenter, Citi Field, David Wright, Joe Thurston, Johan Santana, Kyle Lohse, Matthew Leach, New York Mets, Skip Schumaker, Trever Miller, Twitter
Kyle Lohse left tonight’s game with further “discomfort” in his pitching elbow, likely (hopefully) stemming from the pitch that hit him in that right elbow a week-and-a-half or so back. Lohse’s lingering injury means Joel Pineiro is going to be counted on to make his next start as he claims he can. Brad Thompson will [...]
[Ed. note - I've revised the post to re-order all of the charts, ranked by the column that is the "pertinent information". I'm not sure why I didn't do that in the first place, but it was late when I originally posted, so forgive me. Hopefully this makes the information even clearer. Thanks for reading.] [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Alan Benes, Andy Benes, Anthony Reyes, B-R Play Index, Brad Thompson, Braden Looper, Brett Tomko, Chris Carpenter, Darren Oliver, Darryl Kile, Dave Veres, Donovan Osborne, Dustin Hermanson, Garrett Stephenson, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Marquis, Jason Simontacchi, Jeff Sackmann, Jeff Suppan, Joel Pineiro, Juan Acevedo, Kent Bottenfield, Kent Mercker, Kyle Lohse, Manuel Aybar, Mark Mulder, Mark Petkovsek, Matt Morris, Rick Ankiel, Steve Kline, The Hardball Times, Todd Stottlemyre, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Woody Williams, Yadier Molina
Obviously it took someone far smarter than I to prove it (kudos to Fungoes for imparting the knowledge), but I knew Brad Thompson was more valuable to this Cardinal team than he has gotten credit for. I wrote about Thompson round-about three weeks ago, and his ability to roll with whatever role the Cards asked [...]
Chris Perez is starting to get ‘that look’ when he pitches. Tonight, he seemed really pissed off that Brandon Phillips got that hit to left, and he took it out on Javier Valentin and Edwin Encarnacion. The slider was working, the heater was working, the control seemed to be working. CP63 has got it going [...]
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Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brad Thompson, Brandon Phillips, Carlos Zambrano, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Daryle Ward, Edwin Encarnacion, Felipe Lopez, Jaime Garcia, Jason LaRue, Ryan Ludwick
The news at ESPN.com is that and MRI has revealed that Chris Carpenter has a strain in his pitching *shoulder*, not a triceps strain as previously thought and reported. LaRussa and Duncan are already preparing to use either Brad Thompson or Jaime Garcia in Carpenter’s rotation slot on Friday. In yet another setback for a [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Brad Thompson, Chris Carpenter, Dr. George Paletta, ESPN.com, Jaime Garcia, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Mark Mulder, STLToday.com
First big-league save tonight for Chris Perez! This was a big one for the Cards, and it was even of the multiple inning variety (1 2/3)! Perez bailed out the bullpen after a marvelous seven inning start by Joel Pineiro. My boy Brad Thompson was ineffective in one-third of an inning, proving I should never [...]
You may have noticed by the lack of my wit and knowledge around here that I have already, by the middle of the week, had one of the longest weeks of the year to date. Work is keeping me hectic and on-the-go. Last night, that was a blessing in disguise. Having already listened to the [...]
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Tagged with: Adam Kennedy, Albert Pujols, Andruw Jones, Brad Thompson, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Dave Duncan, Jason Isringhausen, Joe Beimel, Kyle McClellan, MLB.tv, Rick Ankiel, Ron Villone, Russ Springer, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Tony LaRussa, XM Radio
