Cardinals announce 25-man Opening Day roster for the 2019 season.
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The Cardinals today announced their 25-man Opening Day roster that includes four first-time Cardinals and 13 players that were developed within their organization.
PITCHERS (12): 60 – John Brebbia-RHP, 22 – Jack Flaherty-RHP, 53 – John Gant- RHP, 49 – Jordan Hicks-RHP, 43 – Dakota Hudson- RHP, 55 – Dominic Leone-RHP, 59 – Mike Mayers- RHP, 21 – Andrew Miller-LHP, 39 – Miles Mikolas-RHP, 29 – Alex Reyes, RHP, 52 – Michael Wacha-RHP, 50 – Adam Wainwright- RHP;
CATCHERS (2): 4 -Yadier Molina, 32 – Matt Wieters;
INFIELDERS (6): 13 - Matt Carpenter, 12 – Paul DeJong, 46 – Paul Goldschmidt, 34 – Yario Muñoz, 33 – Drew Robinson, 16 – Kolten Wong;
DISABLED LIST (5): 27 - Brett Cecil (10-day, left hand Carpal Tunnel syndrome), 44 – Luke Gregerson (10-day, right shoulder impingement), 18 – Carlos Martínez (right shoulder cuff strain), 3 - Jedd Gyorko (10-day, right calf strain), 67 - Justin Williams (10-day, right hand 2nd metacarpal fracture).
2019 Opening Day Line up
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Starting lineup
Matt Carpenter 3B
Paul Goldschmidt 1B
Paul DeJong SS
Ozuna LF
Yadier Molina C
Dexter Fowler RF
Kolten Wong 2B
Harrison Bader CF
Won the Central Division. Won the NLDS.
NLDS Playoff roster
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Pitchers (12): Miles Mikolas, Jack Flaherty, Adam Wainwright, Dakota Hudson, Genesis Cabrera, Tyler Webb, Andrew Miller, John Brebbia, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Ryan Helsley, Giovanny Gallegos, Carlos Martinez.
Catchers (2): Yadier Molina, Matt Wieters.
Infielders (6): Paul Goldschmidt, Kolten Wong, Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter, Tommy Edman, Yairo Munoz.
Outfielders (5): Marcell Ozuna, Harrison Bader, Dexter Fowler, Jose Martinez, Randy Arozarena.
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Thoughts on the following article???
Already read it.
Cubs have the highest WAR in the division and will end up 3rd and they'll be lucky not to go 82-80. This is the 2nd September in a row they have crashed and burned.
Thanks for the WS that you damn nearly lost with your managing, Maddon. But don't let the door hit you on the way out.
It's not all his fault as the FO has ignored the warts in the lineup and the Cubs need a couple tweaks like a fucking leadoff hitter and a 2B, along with some bullpen help and 1 starter, preferably a top 3 starter. But it's hard to not see how unmotivated this team is and how fucking sloppy their play has gotten as the years under Maddon drag on. It's almost like how Matheny's career ended with the Cardinals. The defense has gone to shit, they have led the league in back to back years in outs on the bases, and there is absolutely zero awareness at the plate as they are one of the worst teams at making contact in any situation. [Reply]
Cubs have the highest WAR in the division and will end up 3rd and they'll be lucky not to go 82-80. This is the 2nd September in a row they have crashed and burned.
Thanks for the WS that you damn nearly lost with your managing, Maddon. But don't let the door hit you on the way out.
It's not all his fault as the FO has ignored the warts in the lineup and the Cubs need a couple tweaks like a fucking leadoff hitter and a 2B, along with some bullpen help and 1 starter, preferably a top 3 starter. But it's hard to not see how unmotivated this team is and how fucking sloppy their play has gotten as the years under Maddon drag on. It's almost like how Matheny's career ended with the Cardinals. The defense has gone to shit, they have led the league in back to back years in outs on the bases, and there is absolutely zero awareness at the plate and they are one of the worst teams at making contact in any situation.
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Who you wanting as his replacement?
No clue.
My gut says with Jed Hoyer, assuming he doesn't take the GM job with the Red Sox, that Mark Loretta is most likely. He hired him in SD as assistant to baseball operations and now hired him again as the #2 coach.
I imagine they will ask David Ross as he has some random assistant role in the Cubs FO, but he's been pretty clear that he's not interested in any coaching gig just yet, but he's also been fairly vague with his answers as Maddon's Cubs career winds down.
Other than that I don't really know who is out there since I don't scout would be managers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Matrix:
I can't wait to hear from the sunshine pumpers after this.
I guess I just don’t know what you’re hoping to accomplish by rooting for losses now. I can maybe understand that logic in July if you want wide scale changes, but after making the playoffs for the first time in 3 years, regardless if it’s a one and done in the wild card game, what changes do you realistically think are going to be made? [Reply]
My gut says with Jed Hoyer, assuming he doesn't take the GM job with the Red Sox, that Mark Loretta is most likely. He hired him in SD as assistant to baseball operations and now hired him again as the #2 coach.
I imagine they will ask David Ross as he has some random assistant role in the Cubs FO, but he's been pretty clear that he's not interested in any coaching gig just yet, but he's also been fairly vague with his answers as Maddon's Cubs career winds down.
Other than that I don't really know who is out there since I don't scout would be managers.
I don't know much about the managers out there either. I have a few Cub friends that would like to see Ryne Sandberg get his shot to be the manager. I just don't know much about how good of a manager he would be for the Cubs. [Reply]