Comments on: Probable Starters – 5/12/12

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:13:24 +0000

I saw Siegrist when I was at Spring Training and was very impressed with his poise and control and thought he could become a very good lefthanded reliever.

While talking about lefties, if Gast can’t make it as a starter, wouldn’t his great pickoff motion be very helpful coming into a game to face a left handed batter with a runner on first?

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:36:54 +0000

I’m betting that Siegrist is the upside surprise southpaw in this organization.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:25:01 +0000

Ha! I assumed the reference was to Hernandez and Siegrist.

My understanding was that Siegrist had picked up some velocity over the past couple of years, and in Spring Training was regularly in the 91/92 range, which is MLB-quality for a southpaw.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:33:11 +0000

Siegrist has pitched VERY well in his Cardinals career.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:32:07 +0000

Don’t need to put them in LOOGY category yet.

By: Karmaloop

Karmaloop — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:31:41 +0000

The reference was to Hernandez, not Siegerist. Hernandez is arguably the Cardinals best left handed pitching prospect behind Gast.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:57:05 +0000

Hector Hernandez

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:05:49 +0000

Lyons, and Siegrist are both LOOGY options down the road. But yes they are promising.

By: BigRob

BigRob — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:31:56 +0000

Couple promising lefties going tonight.