Archive for April, 2011

If there was any doubt as to what the strength of the organization is right now, the last five days of games should have put that to rest.  Starting pitching throughout the system, though most prominently in the low minors, is very much the backbone of the Cardinals prospect lists.  Here’s a recap of the top pitching performances thus far.

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Sunday was a day of not so great news in the minors.  The system went 1-3 with Memphis providing the only win.  Also, Quad Cities lost their youngest player and biggest star among the everyday players.

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The River Bandits split a double header in the Quad Cities and the rest of the farm goes 2-1 in another exciting night in the minors!

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Four games on the docket tonight, the system goes 3-1 with another very impressive pitching performance.
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Shelby Miller ALERT!

On a night that saw me watch American Idol for the last time ever, the minor league system got into full swing….with a rain out! 3 games actually were played on the 4 game docket. Shelby Miller once again missed bats, but we will get to that in a bit.

On to the DFR!
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I’ll be getting a Cover it Live going for a live blog during the opening day games for all the Cardinals affiliates starting at about 7pm Central.

After struggling with Cover It Live – I’ve got it embedded below (after the jump now!)

UPDATE: Thanks everyone for stopping by, event is over. Have a great night!
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In order to be in compliance with roster caps and player’s health/availability, the Cardinals made some moves to the rosters I posted on Tuesday.

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Since minor league games get started today and we do not have any actual performances to look at, let’s continue with some of the surprise early assignments.  One such assignment is Michael Blazek as a starting pitcher in Springfield.  Let’s take a look at him after the jump.

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The Cardinals have a bit of a glut of outfielders currently at the top of their minor league system and the way they sorted them between Springfield and Memphis is interesting and may tell us a little about each player after the jump.

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Farm Director John Vuch provided the working rosters for the Cardinals minor league organizations.  A little quick fiddling allows me to pass them along in table format. * indicate left-handers. # is switch hitters. Bold indicates a player on the DL.

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