Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 5/24/12

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:35:42 +0000

If Cruz or Yadi is injured Anderson will most likely come up. He may not fit into a lot of plans for the Cards future, but that’s fairly important for now.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:18:19 +0000

I don’t think Descalso is getting enough at bats to feel comfortable at the plate. I’d send him down to get him in the game daily.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:54:43 +0000

Andreson has no value in STL. If he’s released and catches on elsewhere maybe. He’s not a good enough catcher defensively to be a backup. If he moves to 2nd he may hit enough to stay on a team. Teams that value offensive backup catchers may pick him up.

By: tom s.

tom s. — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:19:03 +0000

not really. bryan anderson’s bat doesn’t play at any other position. yes, you could give him a second baseman’s glove and give him a skip schumaker crash course, but you’d still have a fourth-string second baseman.

at the outset of the season, he had a .295 wOBA projection. suffice to say that bryan anderson’s .265 wOBA campaign at memphis has not made anyone in the st. louis front office say, “let’s figure out how to get his bat in our lineup!”

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:51:16 +0000

Not really.

I brought it up more of a last ditch effort to increase his value rather than a true course of action.

contact hitting lefties do have roles as major league pinch hitters. Anderson is a contact hitting lefty.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:42:02 +0000

Actually it does still matter, just at lot less. Because if Cruz starts the game, Molina could then pinch hit because you could still move cruz to third if need be.

Also, what about a scenario where a lefty is pinch hitting and all you have is left handed pinch hitters?

So yes, the idea makes sense. It’s just the practicality is very, very limited with Cruz.

By: bc

bc — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:37:59 +0000

And my point is that doesn’t matter at all because there’s no reason to ever use Cruz as a pinch hitter. So there is No Benefit to having “a versatile back up catchers.” The entire idea is a non-starter UNLESS your backup catcher is a much better hitter than the other bench players. Since that is Not the case for the Cardinals, the idea doesn’t make any sense.

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:24:24 +0000

Does Anderson really even have that much hitting upside anymore? Throwing out this year, 270-280 at AAA without much power. He may be a descent contact hitter for a catcher but does his bat really play anywhere else?

At this point Anderson is only a AAA insurance policy for catcher.

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By: zuke354

zuke354 — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:19:14 +0000

BC, you are looking at it wrong. Because Cruz can play third, you can use Molina as a PH if Cruz started the game.

And what better player is Cruz kicking off the team? I am confused at that point.