Comments on: Springfield Cardinals Pitchers: August 13-15

By: sadsushi

sadsushi — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:05:17 +0000

also want to say thanks az for the report =) always nice to get first hand reports from the minors

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:07:23 +0000

Az,

Thank you for the great reports on the Springfield team. It was a pleasure meeting you on Sunday. Again thank you for your time and effort that you and the others put in to make this a Great site. I attend almost every game and have for the 6 years they have been in Springfield. I agree with almost all of this accessments.

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:02:17 +0000

Az is correct. They had 6 different jersey’s for charity this year. They say they will bring them back next year because of the great response. They raised between 5-6 thousand each night for the charity. After the game you got to go on the field and get the jersey from the player who would then autograph it for you. Most of them sold for the But-it-now price which was $250 for Pop, May and Martinez and $195.00 for the players.

They had the tye dye, camo, american flag, haiti flag, pink and 85 Cardinals Blue retro. The same night they had the Cardinal Blue, Northwest Arkansas wore the 85 Royals white and auction them off as well.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:17:47 +0000

They auction them at the game that day. I think they’ve done this a handful of times.

By: giveml

giveml — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:58:39 +0000

any idea how to get one of those? Team website was no help.

By: kelley

kelley — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:27:37 +0000

Kopp is definitely the ace starter in Springfield, but he seems to give up a lot of hits, and I wonder how he will do at the higher levels. Dickson and Broderick are very similar to me and I think they will keep advancing upward. Buursma intrigues me with his sidewinder approach that nobody seems to be able to hit at AA. King seems to have increased his velocity to a 93-95 range on his fast ball and his slider is nasty and his change-up has developed nicely. Reifer is a solid reliever and I think that Delgado will get some positive attention before the season is over. It is great to get Gorgen back, and Springfield looks poised for the playoffs.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:17:12 +0000

Ramon Delgado – 8th inning on the 14th. Fastball, Slider, Changeup. Andrew Brown made a terrible play in the outfield while Delgado was on the mound. Delgado didn’t leave much of an impression on me — negative or positive.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:15:34 +0000

Dickson relies on his sinker more than Walters who relies on mixing his pitches. Dickson also has a couple of mph on his fastball compared to Walters. I wasn't a huge Dickson fan when I saw him last year. write up here I don't know if I saw him on an "off" day or what because Dickson's statistical profile has been and continues to be impressive -- notably the groundball rate.

By: sadsushi

sadsushi — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:06:49 +0000

kopp did pitch in memphis earlier and got lit up while he was there..hopefully he’ll be better there next year ..he has done pretty well in springfield this year, just a lot of baserunners for him this year with a pretty good era

did you not see ramon delgado? he seems like another good right hander out of the bullpen..had a great season at palm beach and pitching well in springfield too

him, blake king and reifer are the three guys in the bullpen that interest me in the pen

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:42:36 +0000

For those who have seen Dickson pitch. How is he different than Walters?