Shelby Miller
The Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation is on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated. Well, what WAS the Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation. Two-fifths of that photo are now on the disabled list. One for the season (Jaime Garcia) and one indefinitely or until the medical staff runs out of elbow injections (Jake Westbrook). Damn you Sports [...]
Shelby Miller: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K Adam Wainwright: 8.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Three total innings of relief in two games. This is an opportunity for the much-maligned Cardinals bullpen and their manager to reboot. Reset expectations. Survive and advance [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Edward Mujica, Fernando Salas, Joe Kelly, Marc Rzepczynski, Mike Matheny, Mitchell Boggs, Randy Choate, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal
[Ed. Note - Starting with today's post, John Nagel of Cardinals Farm will be regularly updating you loyal four readers of PH8 on the goings on in the Cardinals minor league system (recently ranked best in all of MLB by Baseball America, mind you). Please welcome John, and we hope you enjoy reading more about [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Farm,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Anthony Garcia, Breyvic Valera, Cardinals Farm, Carlos Martinez, Colin Walsh, Kolten Wong, Lee Stoppelman, Matt Adams, Michael Wacha, Mike O'Neill, Oscar Taveras, Sam Tuivailala, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal
Sporting the 2013 alternate home jersey, Al Hrabosky welcomed fans with his usual style for this year’s Cardinals Caravan. A new autograph format followed the festivities, and both the current and former players put on a good show. Seth Maness was introduced first as he burst on the scene to earn minor league Pitcher of [...]
Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch began a dialogue “with” the Cardinals. Er, maybe AT the Cardinals is more appropriate. The first installment was posted Wednesday and the completion of the regular season was posted yesterday. With Will’s permission, and [...]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Brandon Belt, Chris Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, Drew Storen, Foley's NY, Jaime Garcia, Jason Heyward, Jayson Werth, Jordan Zimmermann, Kyle Lohse, Lance Lynn, Marc Rzepczynski, Matt Adams, Matt Holliday, Mike Matheny, NYC Redbirds, Shane Robinson, Shelby Miller, Will Leitch, Yadier Molina
Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch began a dialogue “with” the Cardinals. Er, maybe AT the Cardinals is more appropriate. The first installment was posted yesterday. With Will’s permission, and maybe he’ll chime in with some of his own feedback [...]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Cardinals Coaches,Current Cardinals,Non-Cardinals
Tagged with: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Carlos Beltran, Darwin Barney, Davey Johnson, Dee Gordon, Fernando Salas, Jason Motte, Joe Blanton, Jon Jay, Jose Valdez, Josh Harrison, Josh Vitters, Luis Valbuena, Marc Rzepczynski, Mike Matheny, Mitchell Boggs, Pete Kozma, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Trevor Rosenthal, Will Leitch, Yadier Molina
Based on what we saw in 2012, feigned knowledge of the minor league system, and some tarot cards someone left in the driveway, I shall attempt to predict the future. Barring an unexpected retirement or alien abduction, the 2013 Cardinals have roughly $89.5M guaranteed in salary to 9 players. Add up some guesstimates for arbitration-eligible [...]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Cardinal, Chris Carpenter, Daniel Descalso, David Freese, Jake Westbrook, Jon Jay, Kyle McClellan, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma, Rafael Furcal, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, Trevor Rosenthal
The 2012 season for the St. Louis Cardinals came to a rather abrupt, sobering halt tonight. Taking time to reflect and collect one’s thoughts before writing a post-mortem might be a savvy move. I am not that man. So, please go elsewhere for brevity, hat tipping, and the usual exchange of pleasantries that often follows [...]
Posted in: National League,Playoffs
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Barret Browning, Cardinal, Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia, Jake Westbrook, Jason Motte, Joe Kelly, Kyle Lohse, Pete Kozma, Rafael Furcal, Sam Freeman, San Francisco Giants, Shelby Miller, St Louis Cardinals, Trevor Rosenthal, World Series
Jaime Garcia departed yesterday’s NLDS game after just 2 innings and 51 pitches. Though he appeared to labor through those 2 innings, his command and control didn’t appear all that bad, and his velocity seemed normal. He just seemed ineffective in giving up an earned run, 2 hits, and 3 walks. It was not until [...]
Posted in: 2012 Cardinals Game Notes,Playoffs
Tagged with: Action, Bryce Harper, Cardinal, Edwin Jackson, Games, Jaime, Jaime Garcia, Joe Kelly, Jordan Zimmermann, Lance Lynn, Magnetic resonance imaging, Mike Matheny, Shelby Miller, Skip Schumaker, St Louis Cardinals, St Louis Post-Dispatch, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Roll Pop, Video Games, Yadier Molina
As part of our membership in the United Cardinal Bloggers, we frequently participate in various projects throughout the year. While the “Capture the Virtual Flag”, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock”, and the “Rhino in a Hula Hoop” projects aren’t our favorites, we go along with whatever our illustrious leader cooks up for us. This month [...]
Posted in: Minor League Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Cardinal, Carlos Martinez, Jason Motte, Kolten Wong, Matt Adams, Minor League Baseball, Oscar Taveras, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, St Louis, Texas League, Trevor Rosenthal