Ah, the circle of life. On Monday, the Cardinals signed the youngest pitcher in their organization. On Tuesday, they secretly agreed (only to announce it Wednesday) to a contract with the oldest pitcher in their organization.
Since we last spoke, Mark DeRosa has gone 6-for-27 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs, as well as 7 strikeouts. Plus he recruited John Smoltz to come play for a team with the highest probability of making the playoffs in the National League. Allen Craig, on the other hand, has gone 9-for-29 with a double and a HR, 4 RBI and 5 strikeouts. Just keeping you updated.
And no, there will be no more Pablo Ozuna updates.
On to the DFR so I can get back to my spreadsheets!
- Jon Jay hit a double and drove in a run.
- Nick Stavinoha doubled his double fun.
- Troy Glaus was not ejected.
- Allen Craig went 3-for-4 with a double. Now, if only he could work on his clubhouse leadership attributes and his JohnSmoltzWoo’ing skills.
- Brian Barden was 2-for-4.
- Blake Hawksworth’s Twitter buddy Matt Pagnozzi was 2-for-4 with a double.
- 1st Inning Jaime Garcia: 2 Hits, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K and 2 HR (4 ER) against 7 batters.
- Innings 2 through 6 Jaime Garcia: 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 Ks against 17 batters.
- Oneli Perez was perfect in the 7th.
- Josh Kinney took the win, giving up no runs in the 8th on a hit, a walk and a strikeout.
- Pete Parise recorded the save with a strikeout.
- Pete Kozma was 2-for-4 with a HR and 2 RBI.
- James Rapoport was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Andrew Brown went deep.
- Steven Hill (not the guy from Law and Order) went 2-for-4 with a double.
- Lance Lynn walked 5 batters and somehow managed to walk away practically unscathed. 1 unearned run on 3 hits and 1 strikeout in 6 innings.
- Gary Daley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
- Francisco Samuel walked 1 and struckout 2 in his inning.
- Eduardo Sanchez pops your brown paper bag. 1 inning, 3 hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks.
- Jose Garcia was 2-for-4.
- Chris Swauger hit a triple.
- Osvaldo Morales drove in a run with a double.
- Matthew Carpenter did the same.
- Arquimedes Nieto used a series of mirrors and pulleys to maneuver his way through 7.1 innings of 4 hit, 3 ER, 3 BB and 4 K baseball.
- Thomas Eager, however, took the loss but throwing up a picket fence in his 1.2 IP. 1 of each a hit, ER, BB, K and HR.
- Micheal Swinson (Man, I was WAY off!) hit a triple.
- Devin Goodwin was 2-for-4 with a HR.
- Alan Ahmady went 2-for-3 with a HR and 2 RBI.
- Jon Edwards was 2-for-5.
- Nico Vasquez was 1-for-2 with 3 BB. His reputation precedes him.
- Justin Edwards only pitched 2.2 innings, giving up 5 hits, 4 ERs on 3 BB and 4 Ks.
- Tyler Lavigne (yeah, and I’m Jerry Cougar Mellancamp!) picked up the win by getting 4 outs, one of which was a strikeout.
- Jesse Simpson (Where’s Tony Romo?) pitched 4 innings, giving up a hit and 2 BB, striking out 4.
- LaCurtis Mayes finished the game off with a hit, a walk and a strikeout.
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Who would have thought that Gary Daley would have the best line among the Springfield pitchers tonight?
Joking aside, it’s good to see him have some success. Hopefully he’s turned the corner a little bit.
In response to erik’s tweet about Ahmady – reminds a little of Smith – OK OBP and OK power but not great at either. Could find his way to the majors like that if he can field but if he can develop some pop he could be really good.
Craig was on the DL and hitting under .270 with 8 HR and 29 RBI and not playing 3rd when they got DeRosa, Just keeping you updated.
What does that have to do with the way the two are playing now?
Keep your personal vendettas off this site.
My personal vendetta? The only vendetta I see here is yours against DeRosa, we all know you don’t like the trade and no matter how much you write about it Todd and Perez are gone and they don’t like Craig at 3rd.
Actually, I never said I didn’t like the trade. I was in favor of the trade and if you read what I wrote last week, I said it was a smart move at the time.
Wonder how DeRosa would be doing against AAA pitching?
He’s face Homer Bailey, Charles Haeger and the Padres rotation. I think we just saw how he’d do against AAA pitching.
What is the story on Gary Daley? Has he been in re-hab? According to what I looked at he has been in QC all year and supported a 6.93 ERA….4-3 record with 72K’s and 51 BB’s and opponents hitting 296 against him. What am I missing? To me this pitcher looks like he has had control problems….been hit by opponents pretty hard and then promoted from QC to AA as his reward. Please enlighten me.
Lynn’s past few outings have been, well unLynn-like. Not bad, I guess; just wondering if his workload is starting to catch up with him in his first full pro season. I know the dude’s big and has piled up innings even in college and presumably even before that. I have no proof, just was initial thought when I began reading the rundown from yesterday. Prolly just fodder as I struggle to get the engine running this morning……..
Yeah E, do they do a reverse sabremetrics(or whatever its called) to see what real major leaguers like Derosa, and “Coors Field Hitter” Holliday would do in the minor leagues.
No one believed me when I said they’d promote Daley when his ERA dropped below 7.00.
Wait, they promoted Daley?
Rats. After the first bullet points of the Memphis recap, I thought you were going to make the whole DFR rhyme.
Color me disappointed.
Natives appear restless today.
Lynn is averaging 5.2 innings per start…hardly in the range of over-worked…unless his pitch count is through the roof each night. I keep envisioning a Jeff Suppan doppleganger who eats maybe a few more doritos then the original.
Mike E:
I must be new to the system, because I don’t know the story on Gary Daley. He hasn’t pitched well enough to have earned a “double jump” in promotion (maybe in reverse)….Is he a relative of one of the top decision makers?….or does he have compromising pictures on one of the coaches? Surely, there must be some story behind this promotion.
I agree with Memphis and E. Comparing what a guy is doing against ML pitching, to what another guy is doing in AAA, doesn’t do anything. Obviously the team has concerns about Craig at 3B. Whether or not you agree, that changes nothing. DeRosa has impacted the team in a good way. I like having him around.
Geez…..this is like the backup QB syndrome.
The line last night in Nashville was Brett Wallace 3-6, 2 home runs and a double, 5 RBIs; Clayton Mortensen 7 innings, 3hits, 1 run, and 7 Ks.
Geez, I wonder what Matt Holliday would do against AAA pitching.
The trouble with Jeff Suppan types is that they usually don’t become Jeff Suppan types until they’ve struggled in the majors for a few years and end up with another team. Mr. Garcia, on the other hand, has me tentatively excited that he has, indeed, ended up on the right side of TJ surgery in a new and improved package ready for major league competition next year. That would remove any sting (though in my case there wasn’t any) from losing Mortenson.
I’m a mugwump on the Craig/DeRosa debate but I think it’s a pretty good comparison. Unless there’s some secret fatal flaw in his offensive makeup there’s no reason why Craig can’t become a valuable part timer in the majors starting next year.
wallace had homered in 5 straight games with 6 homeruns in total. yikes!
I’ll review Garcia’s start once they upload the video.
Gary Daley does not exist. He’s a fictional entity created by Luhnow for no other reason than to mess with our heads.
If Matt Holliday helps us win the World Series, I won’t mind that Brett Wallace went 3-6 with 2 HRs and a double last night.
Brett, where was this power when you were in Memphis? I really hope we re-sign Holliday and at least make it to the NLCS
I think Gary Daley was promoted to AA so the cards could proctect him this off season. If he were to stay in low-A another team could pick him up as long as they kept him in high-A next year. Now, with Daley in AA another team would have to put him in AAA to get him, which probably is not going to happen. I think it probably was a decision based on Rule 5. I don’t know this for a fact but it is the only thing that makes sense.
Cardsfan1 – the protecting of Daley doesn’t need to happen until after the season. Other than players on the AAA roster, (who have to be taken in the major league phase of the rule 5 draft) there is no rule that requires players chosen in the minor league phase to be kept at a certain level. My guess is if the Cards want to keep Daley in the organization they will put him on the AAA roster in the off season.
so, jaime garcia’s start was great after the first inning..he dominated for the next 5 innings only giving up a hit to super prospect buster posey ..really really really hope he makes it to the cardinals rotation next year
I think next year for the rotation may be too early for Garcia. I’d rather he spend next season slowly building up on innings again. I also would suggest the bullpen, but with Reyes signed through next season and Miller most likely resigned, it isn’t necessary.
I believe Garcia was ticketed for the rotation THIS year, had it not been for his injury. They’ve already started his clock by having him pitch last summer and putting him on the 40 man roster. They might as well let him have the 5th starter spot next season.
Cariocardinal- I was wrong, I thought you had to play “up” the next season if you were taken. From my understanding now, if you are on the AA roster can you can be taken in the AAA part of the draft, which I don’t see happening with Daley. I could be waaay off with the whole Rule 5 theory, but looking at his numbers, it is the only thing I can think of as to why he was promoted.
Brian Walton has some good thoughts on Gary’s jump to AA over at The Cardinal Nation.
if you check the wikipedia entry for rule v, you’ll see that minor leaguers taken in rule V do in fact have to play a level up — e.g., someone taken from Springfield would have to go to the AAA roster of the taking team, someone taken from palm beach would have to go to the AA level, etc.
Thanks for breaking down the Garcia start like that. Looking forward to Azru’s observations on what got ‘djusted.
tom s. is correct … it’s the whole reason they have the minor league portion of the rule 5 draft
Minor league Rule 5 guys can play at any level, just look at Cody Haerther he played at Double this year before getting let go and was taking in Triple-A phase, a majority of the guys taken in that phase play below Triple-A.
ironically enough, i think had Jaime been healthy this year, he probably would’ve had the inside track on the 5th rotation spot and probably would have beat out Joel.
As to Daley, I think there is a rule that for a player to be eligible to play in the Arizona Fall League they have to have played in at least AA ball. That may be why they have double jumped him to AA. If they send him the the AFL that will also give them more time to evaluate whether they feel they need to protect him in the Rule 5 Draft.
Why in the world would the Cardinals dream that any team was going to draft Gary Daley? I’m assuming that they needed another arm in AA. Gary Daley has an arm.