Ryan Franklin
As much as I enjoy the lead-up to the MLB Rule 4 Draft, the honest truth is way too much misinformation comes out in the week before Ryan Franklin represents the Cardinals. It appears picking 19th serves St. Louis well in the first round, however, with the 2013 edition looking to score the third potential […]
Posted in: 2013 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,MLB Draft
Tagged with: Carlos Martinez, John Gast, Keith Butler, Michael Blazek, Michael Wacha, Ryan Franklin, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyler Lyons
If you are interested in a time-consuming yet meaningless exercise involving baseball and geeky numbers, then you have come to the right place. If you are interested in silly Photoshop artwork involving baseball players, media members, and sometimes farm animals, you have also come to the right place. For the latter, you may need to […]
Up until last Sept. 28, when the Cardinals won in Houston and the Braves lost in Atlanta and the National League wildcard spot completed its logic-defying defection to St. Louis, May 1, 2011, would have been as good a day as any with which to sum up the Redbirds’ season. It was a day that […]
Posted in: 2011 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,Offseason
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Atlanta Braves, Brooks Conrad, Chipper Jones, David Freese, Derek Lowe, FanGraphs, Jaime Garcia, Jason Heyward, Jason Motte, Martin Prado, Matt Holliday, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Theriot, Scott Linebrink, Spring Training, St Louis Cardinals, Tony Cruz, Tony La Russa, Turner Field, Tyler Greene, Yadier Molina
Reading a couple of posts over at STLCardinalBaseball this weekend led me into a bit of a debate with Ray over whether the Cardinals routinely pay market value for their players or not. Spurred on by the ongoing discussions about what market value may look like for one Yadier Molina, Ray took a look at […]
Posted in: Blogs,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Free Agents,Non-Cardinals,Offseason
Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Adam Dunn, Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brad Penny, C.C. Sabathia, carl crawford, Carlos Beltran, Cesar Izturis, Cliff Lee, Dennys Reyes, Felipe Lopez, Gerald Laird, Jake Westbrook, Jason Bay, Jason LaRue, Jayson Werth, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, John Smoltz, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Lance Berkman, Matt Clement, Matt Holliday, nick punto, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Trever Miller, Yadier Molina
Let’s just dispense with the pleasantries and list them all here, shall we? This way, Cards fans have a repository to come back to game after game, without having to continue to come up with new reasons for a lost season. In no particular order: Moths Ryan Franklin Takashi Saito Rob Drake Tony Rasmus Dan […]
Posted in: Agents,Ballparks,Busch Stadium,Cardinals Coaches,Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Media,Minor League Cardinals,Non-Cardinals,Umpires
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Al Hrabosky, Albert Pujols, Alex Anthopoulos, Arthur Rhodes, Ballpark Village, Bill DeWitt, Brandon Phillips, Brendan Ryan, Brian Tallet, Bud Selig, Busch Stadium, Colby Rasmus, Corey Patterson, dan lozano, Fernando Salas, Heath Bell, Jaime Garcia, Jake Westbrook, John Mozeliak, Jon Jay, Keith Law, Mark McGwire, Marty Brennaman, Matt Holliday, Miguel Batista, Miller Park, Milo Hamilton, Mitchell Boggs, Pete Kozma, Rob Drake, Ryan Franklin, Ryan Theriot, Shelby Miller, Takashi Saito, Tony Rasmus, Tyler Greene
While it may be tempting for some fans to bid Ryan Franklin a not-so-fond farewell, I think it better to look at his time with the Cardinals as a whole. After all, the good came with the bad, and the collective sum is much more impressive than the most recent part. With that in mind, […]
In baseball, walks are far more frustrating than hits. In walking a batter, the pitcher removes all possibility for the defense to play a role in potentially preventing the hitter from reaching base safely. The walk creates an additional burden for the defense, and the person responsible for the walk might not even stick around […]
Posted in: 2011 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Brian Tallet, Chase Utley, Jason Motte, Jimmy Rollins, Kyle McClellan, Miguel Batista, Ryan Franklin, Shane Victorino, Tony LaRussa, Trever Miller, Trevor Miller
Daniel Shoptaw of C70 At The Bat joins us to discuss United Cardinal Bloggers, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Cardinal baseball and Baby Birds. On the agenda for Ep 2.0 – Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Shelby Miller, Zack Cox, Carlos Martinez, Chris Carpenter, Ryan Franklin, Chris Duncan – AND OH SO MUCH MORE. […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Podcast
Tagged with: Carlos Martinez, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Matt Holliday, Ryan Franklin, Shelby Miller, Zack Cox
Chris Carpenter once again pitched well enough to win, yet received a no-decision. See, it’s not that Carpenter hasn’t been pitching well – or well enough to be better than his 1-5 record shows, given his 3.57 FIP (including last night’s game) – it’s that he’s seemingly working harder than ever to be “successful”. Take […]
Posted in: 2011 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brandon Belt, Bruce Bochy, Chris Carpenter, Fernando Salas, Freddy Sanchez, Jon Jay, Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Nate Schierholtz, Pat Burrell, Ryan Franklin, Sergio Romo, Skip Schumaker, Tony La Russa, Trever Miller
Hellooo, TLR! Is this thing even on? Has anybody besides me noticed that Matt Holliday hasn’t exactly been pounding the ball since going 3/5 on May 13th against the Reds? Since that day, he’s gone 4/31 and dropped his batting average from .398 to .344. A hitting slump alone isn’t cause for concern, especially when […]