Comments on: Probable Starters: 8/1

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:58:34 +0000

“Blair,” possibly? One shouldn’t totally forget that Keith Butler is mowing ‘em down as a reliever, too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much pitching in this system before.

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:55:23 +0000

I am drawing a blank. Who is “Blake”? Thanks.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:39:07 +0000

Order of excitement for me:

S Miller
C Martinez
T Jenkins
Gast
Rosenthal
Cleto
Swagerty
Kelly
Siegrist
Ferrara
Blake

By: Papa Joe

Papa Joe — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:42:26 +0000

Go to say, This looks like a classic case of to many guys. Been a much better player than Brown. Goes to show you that the 40 man spot plays a role.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:46:19 +0000

Luna down to springfield.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:45:09 +0000

Would all depend on who goes and who stays, something tells me they will need more cash than players.

By: hurricane jake

hurricane jake — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:19:38 +0000

I second that…

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:07:17 +0000

I was told last night at the Springfield game by a Springfield Cardinal employee that St. Louis would probably take the money. As you know the Springfield team is owned by the big club.

This would not surprise me at all. I told some friends when the trade was made that they would probably take the money.

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:25:23 +0000

….and they didn’t have to give away any pitcher who was a serious part of their future (PJ Walters was not important enough to worry about having traded him). Good job Mo.

You can see what Texas had to give up to get Adams. Adams (or Bell) would probably necessitated trading Kelly and Swaggerty. I like adding McClellan/Jackson (hopefully healthy), Dotel and Scrabble to the bullpen without giving up pitching. Retaining the depth of good pitching that they are developing will really help going forward.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:10:39 +0000

This has been my point all along…the development staff can dig up some useful talent out of the depths of most organizations. Freeze…Cleto. I bet they have a list of available players so they have even more time to scout and dig up decent prospects from a solid system.