ttitansfan4life Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 33 minutes ago, kgarrett12486 said: Great bounceback today from Mikolas and against a much better team too Absolutely. Let’s hope Matz can bounce back tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Knizner getting back to back starts? 👀👀👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Early season sample sizes beware, but time to look at some of our top prospects. Nolan Gorman: .353/.405/.794, 5 HR, 5 RBI, 8.1 BB%, 37.8 K%, 209 wRC+ (9 games/37 PA) Jordan Walker: .355/.487/.452, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 15.4 BB%, 23.1 K%, 161 wRC+ (8 games/39 PA) Masyn Winn: .478/.533/.696, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 16.7 BB%, 6.7 K%, 232 wRC+ (7 games/30 PA) Alec Burleson: .278/.316/.639, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 5.3 BB%, 18.4 K%, 145 wRC+ (9 games/38 PA) The Cardinals are pretty lights on bats in the system, but these are some of the early names to keep an eye on. Obviously, you've still got guys like Ivan Herrera, Joshua Baez, etc. to pay attention to but the torrid starts these guys are having is noteworthy. Nolan Gorman is hitting with ridiculous power, which given his profile isn't surprising at all. He'll need to continue to work on his strike zone judgment, but the power is absurd. I'm going to go ahead and say it now, Jordan Walker will be a consensus top 10 prospect by the end of the season. He doesn't even turn 20 years old for another month, and he's about 4 years younger then the average AA player. If he continues to hit, he's going to have a LONG future in St. Louis. Masyn Winn may not have the physical tools that Walker possesses, but he keeps producing and he's going to move into that untouchable territory if he continues to produce. Alec Burleson will be an MLB OFer at some point. All he does is produce. I'd expect a call up at some point this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 8 hours ago, CWood21 said: Early season sample sizes beware, but time to look at some of our top prospects. Nolan Gorman: .353/.405/.794, 5 HR, 5 RBI, 8.1 BB%, 37.8 K%, 209 wRC+ (9 games/37 PA) Jordan Walker: .355/.487/.452, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 15.4 BB%, 23.1 K%, 161 wRC+ (8 games/39 PA) Masyn Winn: .478/.533/.696, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 16.7 BB%, 6.7 K%, 232 wRC+ (7 games/30 PA) Alec Burleson: .278/.316/.639, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 5.3 BB%, 18.4 K%, 145 wRC+ (9 games/38 PA) The Cardinals are pretty lights on bats in the system, but these are some of the early names to keep an eye on. Obviously, you've still got guys like Ivan Herrera, Joshua Baez, etc. to pay attention to but the torrid starts these guys are having is noteworthy. Nolan Gorman is hitting with ridiculous power, which given his profile isn't surprising at all. He'll need to continue to work on his strike zone judgment, but the power is absurd. I'm going to go ahead and say it now, Jordan Walker will be a consensus top 10 prospect by the end of the season. He doesn't even turn 20 years old for another month, and he's about 4 years younger then the average AA player. If he continues to hit, he's going to have a LONG future in St. Louis. Masyn Winn may not have the physical tools that Walker possesses, but he keeps producing and he's going to move into that untouchable territory if he continues to produce. Alec Burleson will be an MLB OFer at some point. All he does is produce. I'd expect a call up at some point this year. If Winn develops just a little bit of power….my goodness. And Gorman hit another homer today, I believe that’s 6 homers in 6 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Wonder how long Oli sticks with Carlson in the leadoff spot? Especially with Edman raking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSteelers56 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, kgarrett12486 said: Wonder how long Oli sticks with Carlson in the leadoff spot? Especially with Edman raking. I think he'll keep getting leadoff at bats this year. He may move down to 5th occasionally, but I think he'll get every opportunity to leadoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSteelers56 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 3:24 PM, ttitansfan4life said: Knizner getting back to back starts? 👀👀👀 I think Yadi is dealing with a slight injury. I think I caught Dan saying that on the last game. I may be wrong, I didn't watch the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Carlson and Goldy right now…. 😬 Time to move Edman back to lead off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 It’s going to be really hard to keep Gorman down for long with the way he’s hitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Am I crazy in saying that Arenado is the best defensive 3B I've ever seen wear the bird on the bat? I watched Rolen all through his prime, but I think Arenado has even more range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 hours ago, kgarrett12486 said: Am I crazy in saying that Arenado is the best defensive 3B I've ever seen wear the bird on the bat? I watched Rolen all through his prime, but I think Arenado has even more range. I don't think you could go wrong with either Arenado or Rolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 14 hours ago, ttitansfan4life said: It’s going to be really hard to keep Gorman down for long with the way he’s hitting. He needs to cut down on the strikeouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, CWood21 said: He needs to cut down on the strikeouts. Absolutely but assuming Nolan can play 2B, he should starting later this season with Edman at SS. DeJong has picked up where he left off last year and I’m still not sure why he plays so much over Sosa outside of his contract. Edited April 20, 2022 by ttitansfan4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSteelers56 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 hours ago, CWood21 said: He needs to cut down on the strikeouts. Yeah, I don't think he's polished enough to get called up. His K rate is astronomical. He's basically just crushing dingers on hanging breaking balls. I wouldn't call him up until the summer at the earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Between AA and AAA last year, Gorman had a K-rate of 21.9% in 523 plate appearances. While the 40% K-Rate this year is gross, I don't really think it's worrisome. Such a small sample size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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