I don’t have a problem with Craig’s handling. He needs to play. With the MLB club he wouldn’t get the time in the field or the ABs he needs. I hated it when Thurston was starting; I have no problem with him rotting on the bench. I don’t want anyone that could be considered a prospect to get 2-10 ABs/week. I think that is why guys like Greene and Thurston are on the MLB team and potential prospects (or real prospects) that are probably better than those guys are in the minors playing (instead of sitting).

FREE ALLEN CRAIG!!! oh, and please no ludwick in centerfield ever again

@Double A – trying not to laugh out loud in the middle of the office at that rant. Classic. I hated Diff EQ as well. Pulled a D which equals Diploma.

If so I could see Holliday LF, Ludwick CF, Craig RF for the Cardinals next year against a LHP. We could also see this lineup more than just against a LHP if Colby Rasmus continues to smell for the third straight year. (’08 in Memphis ’09 in St. Louis.)

And if for some strange reason Holliday doesn’t resign I would assume Craig will be the first option as the starting LF on opening day?

I have been a fan of Craig for 3+ years now…and what kills me is he has a history of streakiness/slow starts…but yet he always seems to consistently pull together a .280+/.330/.490-type slash line w/ 20+ homeruns at the end of the year. Even when Craig wasn’t tearing it up, I stilll wanted to see him get playing time, just based on his offensive output shown during spring training. I really am fairly stunned with how the brass have treated him this season and the apparent evaluation that Thurston and his o-lay routine at third and *another*-infield-popup-offense are a better option. Stunned! My disdain with Barden and Thurston over the year has become borderline unhealthy…and my time invested watching those two take at-bats during Cards telecasts rank right near the top on the “Time Out of My Life That I Want Back” category, running neck-and-neck with my sophomore year Differential Equations class and our annual Sexual Harrassment Training. I shouldn’t be discussing this at 9:30 in the morning…I now need a drink.

And how bad would QC be without Scruggs tearing it up and Curtis getting a do-over…scary. I am really surprised Curtis has sucked so badly at PB this year. :-\

Nice to see him crushing the ball, but when the cards needed him earlier this year he was not productive.

Besides, he is in his first year of AAA and only 24. Had they brought him up earlier, they would have burned an option year.

I swear, the roster handling this year is taking months off my life.

Hasn’t he been a K machine?