Comments on: Daily Farm Report 3/22/09

By: Perry

Perry — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:45:07 +0000

Saw Allen Craig all last year in Springfield. Really dont understand why this guy isnt gettting more of a look. I know there are real concerns about his glove but that is the case with his competition as well.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:59:29 +0000

“WFAST” = “Waiting, former athletes suck terribly.” (That’s not unacceptably vulgar, is it? If so, feel free to redact.)

By: TimJ

TimJ — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:03:04 +0000

My opinion on the Anderson thing is that Tony really doesn’t like guys with flat billed hats.

By: shaneo69

shaneo69 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:27:38 +0000

“These guys, every one of them, [need to play every day],” said manager Tony La Russa. “Anderson’s got to play. Greene’s got to play. Jay’s got to play. They’ve got to get out there and play every day in Triple-A.”

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090322&content_id=4048684&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

By: Seals

Seals — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:59:50 +0000

As for Anderson, I would imagine the company line is that he needs to get more at-bats.

By: Seals

Seals — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:57:00 +0000

Amaury has gone by “Cazana” for at least a year but it’s a tough switch for some bloggers, established media, or the statistical Web sites. Most people go with the first name they were given on a guy and run with it. I doubt all of those sites will ever line up on a guy like Cazana. It has to be a big player like Albert (Joey) Belle before it catches on everywhere.

Tony Cruz gets listed as “Arnoldi Cruz” too much too, but most writers didn’t know he went by Tony until he reported to Florida.

Hopefully, both will break out enough for people to make the switch.

By: FreeRedbird

FreeRedbird — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:46:26 +0000

Sorry. I was thoughtless…

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:52:43 +0000

So are you going with Marti or Cazana I know the legend is strong enough to warrant 2 names but I think I remember Lunhow saying that Cazana was what he went by.

As for Bryan Anderson, I have to hope that they are sending him to Memphis to get regular playing time while they don’t mind having Pags wasting away on the bench during ST. To me this is much like sending Freese down to get some ABs while not competing with Mather.

Anyone have ST stats for Craig, Freese and Mather readily available? I would like to see their slash lines and counting stats to draw a true comparison. Everyone keeps talking about Craig hitting like crazy but I thought Mather and Freese have been doing pretty good too but I have been relying on game reports and haven’t had a good look at stats yet.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:16:31 +0000

Killjoy

By: FreeRedbird

FreeRedbird — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:02:11 +0000

WFAST seems to stand for the “World Free Agent Spring Training club.”

See below(last year’s Birdhouse article):
http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/741005.html