Surprise: 9-10, 2nd-tied
- Daniel Descalso was 0-for-4 with a walk.
- Daryl Jones was 1-for-5 with 3 strikeouts.
- Gary Daley picked a good day to step it up. With Luhnow in attendance, he retired 5 batters (2 by strikeout) allowing just 1 hit.
Derrick Goold has the low down on some let-gos. These are all good signs for the team. Matt Scherer’s addition to the 40-man roster was a mistake from the start leaving Luis Perdomo exposed. We saw plenty of Joe Thurston last year and, apparently, the team did too. The Cardinals have better upside plays (particularly in the pen) rather than stick with high floor low ceiling guys like this pair. The release of Brad Thompson strikes me as the most surprising but again, a good sign that the team realizes his function as “long reliever” wasn’t worth more than league minimum. I can’t see a lot to dislike in these moves.
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If I only shared your optimism that the Cards had seen the light on how much they should pay a long reliever. Of course they probably could have had Thompson back for $800K and that extra $400K might be worth it for his experience and ability to spot start. It would depend on who he was ho back though.
Thompson’s 2009 contract was for $650k. Not worth risking an arb award of $1 mm. The Cards can always sign him in January if no one else is calling. There also may have been some bad feelings created by the decision to leave Brad off the playoff roster.
Anybody think parise (not parisi) has boosted his value enough to be at risk from a rule V claim?
He’ll certainly be added to the 40-man (if he’s Rule V eligible).
believe parise is eligible. he kind of snuck up on me.
I don’t believe Parise is eligible. he signed a FA contract in june of 2007. 2007 draftees aren’t eligible yet so i doubt he is.