Zack Cox continues to be en fuego since returning from the DL. Two JC Cardinals, Ronard Castillo and C.J. McElroy, do some damage at the plate and help JC pull their record to even at 4-4. Overall the farm system went 2-3 on the night. On to the good stuff….
Hitting:
- Cedric Hunter went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Mark Hamilton recorded 1 H in 5 AB, that one hit was a 2-run home run
- Matt Adams went 3-for-4 w/ 1 2B, 1 R and 1 SB
- Zack Cox went 3-for-4 w/ 1 RBI
- Pete Kozma went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B and 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Tyler Lyons got the start and did not fare well: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 BB and 3 K
- Brian Broderick came in and picked up the pieces with 3.0 innings of scoreless ball that included 1 H and 2 K
Hitting:
- Christopher Edmondson went 1-for-4 w/ 1 R and 1 SB
- Luis De La Cruz went 2-for-4 w/ 1 R
- Geoff Klein went 3-for-4 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Rainel Rosario went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB and 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Todd McInnis was hittable: 4.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 0 BB and 5 K
- Drew Benes relieved and went 4.0 scoreless innings that included 1 H and 2 K
- Scott Schneider pitched the final inning in perfect fashion, he had 1 K
Hitting:
- Nick Martini went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB
- Anthony Garcia had a single in 4 AB’s
- David Medina went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB and a solo shot
- Juan Castillo went 2-for-4
- Roberto De La Cruz went 1-for-4 w/ 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Willy Paulino was quite good despite taking the loss: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 3 BB and 6 K
- Robert Stock put up the following line: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB and 3 K
- Ricky Martinez pitched a scoreless inning, he gave up 1 H
Hitting:
- Anthony Melchionda went 1-for-5 w/ 1 SB
- Breyvic Valera went 1-for-4 w/ 2 R
- Garrett Wittels went 3-for-4 w/ 2 2B and 2 RBI
- David Washington went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Jonathan Keener went 1-for-3 w/ 1 3B, 1 BB and 1 R
- Roberto Reyes, Jordan Walton (1 RBI) and Steven Ramos all went 1-for-4
Pitching:
- Joe Cuda kept his team in the game and got the win: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 2 K
- Jose Almarante pitched the next 3.0 innings in scoreless fashion, he recorded 2 H and 4 K
- Yunier Castillo pitched a perfect 9th for his second save of the season, it included 1 K
Hitting:
- C.J. McElroy went 3-for-4 w/ 1 3B, 1 BB, 3 R and 1 SB
- Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 2 RBI
- Lance Jeffries went 1-for-5 w/ 1 R, 1 RBI and 1 SB
- Ronard Castillo went 4-for-5 w/ 1 2B, 2 R and 1 RBI
- Michael Knox went 1-for-4 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Steve Bean went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Trevor Martin went 2-for-5 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Cesar Valera went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 2 RBI
Pitching:
- Victor De Leon gets the nod as the player of the night: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB and 5 K
- Steven Sabatino went 2.0 scoreless innings, they included 1 H, 1 BB and 2 K
- Thomas Lee pitched the final inning, he gave up 1 BB and recorded 1 K
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De Leon continues to pitch well through his first two starts has only given up 1 ER and only walked “3″ in 11 IP holding batters to a .158 opponents batting AVG. Pretty impressive that he has only walked 3 coming into the season with control and command problems in the past for the hard throwing right hander.
Here’s a nice scouting report on De Leon.
“DeLeon went winless and tied for the GCL lead with six losses in 2011, but his arm strength ranked among the best in the league. His fastball sits at 93-95 mph and he can run it up to 97. He doesn’t miss as many bats as his velocity would suggest because his fastball flattens out when he leaves it up in the zone.
His control and command need plenty of work, though DeLeon throws more strikes when he dials down his velocity. His slider has its moments, but both it and his changeup are below-average pitches. Some scouts see DeLeon as a power-armed middle reliever down the road.”
Only 19 and already is clocked at 97 he’s is definitely on my follow list.
Zack Cox starting to find his hitting stroke again in his past 10 games is now hitting a solid .395 clip. In June batting .340. Look’s like this season he has regressed some in the power department though he did have 13 HR last season but 10 of those were in the launching pad league.
That Johnson City lineup has some talent in it speed (McElroy) and raw power in the middle of the order in (“Jeffries). Good to see McElroy continuing to hit now 11-for his last-31 AB .355 small sample but good too see.
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Two #stlcards top prospect Ps return to action tonight after time out: Shelby Miller (Memphis) and Tyrell Jenkins (Quad Cities) #stlminors”
Sorry this is off-topic, but I’m looking forward to more consideration of the possibility of signing Trey Williams. I generated a grid that lays out the parameters thanks to info gleaned on the intertubes, but I don’t know how to post that here. Nonetheless, here are the numbers:
Prior to the Foody signing (385K), the Cards were $357,090 below slot. Since the first 100K doesn’t count against the figure, the Cards are now $72,090 under.
Up to 5% over slot the penalty isn’t severe. The team would pay a 75% penalty on the overage only. That means if they end up spending $9,587,655, with the tax their outlay would be $9,931,071.25, and they would not sacrifice draft picks in 2013. I feel it’s safe to say that there’s little chance Williams is worth giving up first round picks so I’ll omit the penalties that would be incurred if they exceed 5%.
Mejia and Heyer have yet to sign. If they sign at slot there’s quite a bit of room to still sign Williams. The first $172,090 wouldn’t incur any penalty at all. The next $456,555 would be taxed 75% by MLB. That means the Cards could still conceivably offer him up to $628,645, give or take however much money over/under slot they use to sign Mejia and Heyer.
Good observation, I sure hope that’s how it goes down….. I’d take him over Mejia and Heyer, if we don’t sign them at all do we lose their “pool money” or is it still there?
My understanding is that their slot bonus would count against the Cardinals’ total. The only way for the team to save money relative to the slot total is to sign them. Of course, the team could still elect to save actual money by not signing them.
I don’t think $600k+ is enough. If we could have save another few hundred K from Ramsey, we just might have pulled it off. Missed opportunity.
We still don’t know what Mejia and Heyer will sign for. What figure do you think Williams is worth? I anticipated roughly 800K before the Ramsey signing, so I share some of your skepticism. If we pick up a little wiggle room by signing the two CWS champs at about 80K below, we could possibly offer 700K. Does Williams really leave that kind of an offer on the table?
Good to see cox hitting again. He’s prime trade bait so we need him to get hot soon. I wonder if lunhow was/is high on either cox or Adams? Wandy Rodriguez would be a great rental. they are two of our top prospects that I wouldn’t be too sad to see go. I think one of those two could be a centerpiece of a trade. Lunhow might be asking too much though.
I could see Cox, but I don’t think the Astros have given up on Brett Wallace as a 1B/DH yet and if they have, they still have Jonathan Singleton, a 1B and top 50(at least) hitting prospect, in AA.
Wandy is not a “rental.” Beyond the rest of this year, he’s owed $13.5MM in 2013 and, if traded, has a $13MM player option for 2014 that he will most certainly exercise. No thank you.
I don’t think that scouting report is up to date. He’s actually got a real good slider and curveball and his control issues really started to workthemselves out in Spring.
Thanks for the numbers, Oliver. Well done, sir. Kinda makes all the feverish hand-wringing over the Ramsey bonus look a bit silly. At least to me.
So the “extra money” will presumably go to either Trey Williams or, who was the guy discussed a few days ago? Was it “Rice?” A catcher, right? Sorry to show my ignorance, but could someone enlighten me on that guy?
Thanks!
It’s maybe a minor point, but BA’s calculation gives the Cardinals a little more room to sign Williams at no penalty than I did (presumably because they have better information on the exact total of the Ramsey and Foody signings). According to their calculation, they have $190,334 left to spend on Williams and avoid penalties (assuming Mejia/Heyer sign at slot). That moves the total to avoid sacrificing a pick up a notch to just under 647K.
Sorry, Bob. Retract this. Obviously I misunderstood the numbers at BA badly. The Draft Pool Spending thread seems correct, at least as far as where we stand. The rosiest possible estimate of what Heyer and Mejia accept doesn’t get us to an offer for Williams as big as Foody’s.
As far as the catcher, I missed that discussion. We drafted a catcher named Ian Rice in the last round. I wouldn’t apologize for being so ignorant as to not know much about a 40th round selection.
I have thought long and hard about the Ramsey signing and how it could possibly be justified for that amount given the negotiating leverage the Cardinals had. I have only two possible scenarios in which it makes sense 1) (least likely) is that they can sign Ramsey for this amount and still sign Williams. 2) (most likley and the only one that really makes sense to me) is that they came to conclusion they would not be able to sign Williams for an amount they thought he was worth under any circumstances so in this case it wasn’t worth paying hardball with Ramsey. I guess #3 would be that BDW likes to give away money but that is out of the realm of possibility.
i would think the most likely explanation is that either the internet commentariat or the cardinals misunderstood the market for ramsey’s services and the cardinals agreed to a close-to-slot signing bonus on the day of the draft. whether they accurately assessed the market for ramsey’s services is unknowable.
it seems like the order of the day in 2012 is prenegotiated bonuses that leave little room for discussion after the draft. it is possible that ramsey agreed to some lesser amount and then played hardball to get more, but our collective assumption that he agreed to a six-figure bonus was never more than speculation.
Cariocacardinal:
Yeah, that was my conclusion as well: that the Cards thought that Trey’s camp’s demands were too high for the Cards to sign him so they might as well give the extra money to their 1st rounder to make him happy.