Hi All – by now we have all heard the news of the day in regards to Chris Perez being sent down to Memphis to work on some stuff.
Is it a case of Perez being caught between Motte’s excellent spring, his Spring Training injury and only one off day in the first half? Or is it the case of Perez (heaven forbid) being disliked by the Cards brass?
IMHO, I’m not worried and I think Chris Perez will be back up with the big club at the beginning of May. But look at the bright side, Chris Perez is back in the DFRs! The squads went 2-2-1 today.
Memphis 3, New Orleans 8
- Mitchell Boggs got knocked around a bit and what I like least about his line is the 5, count em, 5 walks in 3.2 IP. He also allowed 4 H and 5 ER and he only struck out 1.
- Matt Scherer begs and pleads to stay on the 40 man roster with 1.1 IP of 1 hit ball with 1 K.
- Pete Parise went one inning with one K.
- Tyler Norrick didn’t help the cause with 3 ER over 2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, but he did have 3 K’s
- Breakout candidate Sam Freeman finished off the game with 1 IP, 1 H, no runs allowed.
- Nick Stavinoha was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
- Bryan Anderson was 2-for-3 with a HR.
- Another country heard from as Jarrett Hoffpauir singled and had two RBIs.
Springfield 8, Jacksonville 6
- Adam Ottavino went 4.2 IP and gave up 6 runs, five of which were unearned, but he was not free of blame as he gave up 7 hits, 2 BB but struck out 4.
- Kyle Mura followed with a solid outing 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB.
- Ken Maiques – 1 IP, 2 BB, 1 K.
- Francisco Samuel – a three outcomes pitcher if there was one went – 1 IP, 1 BB, 2 K’s
- Daryl Jones reinforces his press in the local Springfield paper and he was the hero today going 3-for-3 with a triple, homer, walk, 2 runs and 2 RBIs. He was a double short of the cycle.
- Daniel Descalso 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
- Tyler Henley 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
- Andrew Brown and Brett Wallace doubled, Mike Folli singled and walked, Antonio DeJesus singled and had two RBIs.
Palm Beach 1, Jupiter 6
- David Kopp started and had a blah line of 3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER ,0 BB, 1 K
- Lance Lynn followed with another blah line of 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
- Casey Mulligan was struggling today and recorded only one out and walked two guys, gave up one hit and one run.
- Sugar Shane Peterson 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Am I surprised? No. He’s used to playing with the big boys now. Pardon me, Sugar Shane Peterson is not Sugar Shane Robinson.
- Tommy Pham and Oliver Marmol doubled. Adron Chambers, Jon Edwards and Pete Kozma singled.
- Charlie Kingrey had the lone RBI for Palm Peach today.
Quad Cities #1 2, Greensboro 1
- Adam Veres started and gave up the only run for QC#1 – 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K’s.
- Miguel Tapia did well, even though I’m not quite sure who he is with 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
- Arquimedes Nieto has the sort of name that gets stuck in your head when you least expect it. He has the game to match with 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K’s.
- Ramon Delgado finished up the game, getting the “save” – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K’s.
- (Notice only 2 walks allowed for the QC#1 staff today, nice work all around. It is not a coincidence that consequently they gave up very few runs.)
- Marcus Ingram (who I guess was previously known as D’Marcus Ingram. Can anyone confirm that?) singled, walked and scored a run.
- Domnit Bolivar singled and scored a run.
- Niko Vasquez singled and had an RBI. I’ll let HL fill in what he did with the rest of his day.
- Edwin Gomez doubled and Paul Cruz singled.
Quad Cities #2 2, Marlins 5th 2
- It seems like QC#2 plays Marlins #5 everyday, but I guess a game is a game no matter who the opponent in Spring Training.
- Kevin Siegrist 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K’s.
- Mike Blazek 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB.
- Joshua Hestor was on the mound for both the Marlins 2 runs for his two innings with 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
- Jose Rada somehow survived 1 IP giving up no runs on 4 H with 1 K.
- Jason Buursma 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
- Yunior Castillo was the leader for QC#2 going 2-for-3 with a run scored.
- Beau Riportella doubled.
- Travis Mitchell and Brian Buck both had an RBI.
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Pretty sure you’re getting Shane Peterson and Robinson confused….
And here’s to Daryl Jones entering elite prospect status this year!
Has anyone heard anything about the the Cards orgainization giving thought to moving Tommy Pham back to the middle infield, like maybe 2nd base?
Sluhser – you caught me there. Fixed it.
I’ll vote in favor of one “Shane” per organization.
It’s Tylers that we have an overdose of–Greene, Herron, Henley, Norrick. Am I forgetting anyone?
Nice to see Bryan Anderson muscle up with a dinger. (I wonder what his trade value would be if he’s hitting, say, .320/.380/.470 in late July, and throwing out nearly 40% of basethieves as he did last year.)
Is Sam Freeman really going to start the year in the upper minors? Maybe even Memphis?!?
Despite your consistant pleading to remove Scherer from the 40-man, I’m fairly sure it won’t happen when the Cardinals still have room to add SIX MORE GUYS TO THE ROSTER!!!! Why would you try to pass even a marginal player through waivers, when there is plenty of room on the roster???
It won’t happen now, which only further serves to illustrate how silly it was not to protect Perdomo. Their rationale was that they didn’t want to waste an option year on him but it just doesn’t make much sense beyond saving one option year and a little bit of $$$.
<3 Darryl Jones
Hopefully our pitchers are just shaking off the rust….
Aaaaaaand… @bob: Through the roof? But the real question is… would the organization trade him if that were the case?
Hoo boy. That Springfield offense will be fun to watch this year.
Mike, I’ve been thinking the same thing about Tommy Pham. If he does not hit with enough power to be a corner outfielder, we are pretty much stacked in CF. Move his bat to 2B and you have something.
Didn’t Pham pitch in high school and use to throw in the upper 90′s. I swear I remember reading that somewhere, though, I am the first to admit that I know little about Pham.
Maybe someone can cofirm or correct this for me. If so, (and he doesn’t pull a Darryl Jones performance this year), then maybe he should make a move the mound (a.k.a the Motte experiment). If not, then move him to second. The Cards can become the official make a 2B out of an outfielder organization.
Organization cuts, per Goold…
JUPITER, Fla. — The St. Louis Cardinals trimmed their minor-league camp by seven, including the release of catcher Justin Knoedler — a move that solidifies who will be the catching tandem in Class AAA Memphis and how the depth shapes up at that position.
The other six players released Tuesday morning were: C Rickey Noland, an undrafted free agent. … RHP Dylan Gonzalez, a 31st-round pick in 2007. … LHP Davis Bilardello, who went 6-1, 4.25 as a reliever in High-A Palm Beach last season and was a 43rd-round selection 2007. … RHP Ryan Bird, a free-agent signing out of an independent league. … LHP J.D. Stambaugh, a 25th-round selection in 2007 that reached as high as Quad Cities. … RHP Joshua Hester, a 17th-round selection last summer who went 2-2, 4.31 in Batavia.
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bird-land/bird-land/2009/03/pagnozzi-wins-triple-a-job-as-cardinals-release-seven-minor-leaguers/
but how many shane’s per story coments?
wow…that was quick to release methinks
anone know if lynn’s volocity has returned any?
release hester, sorry