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 Mu๑oz, 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 Martํnez (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 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Acuna should have come over and shit on Martinez's stupid ****ing ramen-noodle-lookin' head. I don't care the least about that throat slash. It's our guy that is the low-class entitled shithead in this situation, pouting because he can't locate a pitch or keep guys from hitting balls 160 MPH off the bat.
**** Martinez.
Ian Kennedy, straight up. Wed do that deal ASAP. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BDj23:
You and DJ were big shildt fans, and now all of a sudden you're off the train? He improved the defense and base running. I know you like your big words and sabermetrics but be consistent.
You're loud wrong on this one:
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Shildt has been awful, not less than stellar. Just another braindead idiot behind the controls that can't recognize when his pitchers are in trouble.
The rookies didn't run out of gas; they regressed to the mean. Guys like Gant, Gomber, Hudson, and Poncedeleon are all 5th starter/AAAA players. Mo did a terrible job building the bullpen, it was as bad as it has ever been in August but got by on luck, and then the luck normalized in September. Meanwhile, Schildt kept flushing games by relying on Norris because he couldn't see that he had been a fucking turd since June.
All the while, Mo keeps losing trades and passing on players that could help them. Pham is .338/.417.570 over the last month, FWIW.
That's from 9/15/2018.
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Shildt is a fucking fraud. Better than Matheny, but a fraud nonetheless. No excuse to keep going to Norris in these situations. He's lost three games for this team in six days.
9/8/2018
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He did the same thing two weeks ago. The same damned thing. And Schildt just let him lose the game. I mean, learn your fucking lesson and know your fucking players. Norris is just an average pitcher. He's not a dominant closer. He has a middling fastball and slider, and if he can't locate both, he's damn near fucking worthless.
8/13/2018
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
I'd like to see Hicks jam a lit cherry bomb up Norris' ass for that performance.
Schildt fucking butchered that inning, too. There is no more braindead managerial philosophy than "it was his game either way." If he was pitching well and they were getting bullshit hits like the 2010-2014 Giants, than sure, leave him in, but when he's getting fucking rocked by every batter you can't just leave him in there to lose the game.
I don't know how a baseball lifer can sit on his ass for an inning like that unless he's just as big of a strategic clod as the mong he replaced.
DeWitt needs to drop a neutron bomb in this organization in the offseason.
7/23/2018
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He obviously doesn't have it Shildt, but just keep your thumbs up your ass.
This is malpractice.
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He's been playing with fire all year, but Shildt has managed him like a moron, thinking that strand rate is sustainable.
Both from the Cubs series last month
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Shildt was horrible in September last year and he's been abysmal the last week as well.
It sucks we blew this game but come on people, is anyone surprised we are going to lose the series? ATL is a better team. It’s not even close. Our offense has disappeared at times all year. Am I supposed to be surprised it disappeared for two games in the playoffs?
This a way way better team than 2 years or last years team. Lots of progress. But, we all know that this team is not ready to take on the elite teams. [Reply]
Glad we got him extended. Not sure we could've afforded his asking price on the open market.
Mozeliak's made a fair number of dumb moves as the GM and none of them compare to the Carpenter extension in terms of pure idiocy. There was simply no reason to do it. At least with some of his other stupid decisions (Andrew Miller, Mike Leake, Fowler, Goldschmidt) you can cite a good justification for the decision. We needed a lefty reliever (after another of his dumb decisions in Cecil backfired) or a 4th starter after Lynn went down or a CFer/Leadoff hitter after Jay left or even the possibility of adding a dangerous power hitter.
All of those things you can point at in real time and say "hey, this isn't gonna work, but I can see why they did it..."
But Carpenter when he was in the midst of an awful funk adn the Cardinals had a team option on him for the following season on the off chance he rebounded....why? What possible reason is there for giving him the absolute top of what the market would've ever held for him in the event he reached FA? Why guarantee an unathletic, 1-tool player an extra 2 years when his 1 tool was showing signs of collapse anyway? Especially when you already have a player on a long-term deal at the only other position he could possibly play.
