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 TravelingChiefs:
Waino does not look good, also Ozuna is trash!
If Ozuna could hit for power like he was suppose to you could excuse his noodle arm. At this rate I’d rather see JoMart in left. It would be hilarious to watch him play defense but at least he rakes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
If Ozuna could hit for power like he was suppose to you could excuse his noodle arm. At this rate I’d rather see JoMart in left. It would be hilarious to watch him play defense but at least he rakes.
I'd be happy if Ozuna would just hit. At least he's not wearing his stupid Marlins armband this year. [Reply]
I like listening to Edmonds but his excuse about it being cold is bs. Cold weather isn’t making these guys swing at pitches 1 or 2 feet out of the damn zone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
I like listening to Edmonds but his excuse about it being cold is bs. Cold weather isn’t making these guys swing at pitches 1 or 2 feet out of the damn zone.
For some reason I keep thinking about the fact the other team is playing in the same weather. [Reply]
0 hits, 8 strikeouts, 8 LOB and a whopping TWO pitches put in play. That's the top of our lineup through 6 innings against a guy who was spinning every other slider right into the middle of the zone and it simply did not matter.
They're !@#$ing hopeless up there.
And really, the Pirates look like shit now that Brebbia is actually throwing major league quality stuff at them. So when we gift them 4 innings of batting practices mixed in with intentional passes and then elect to swing through pretty much everything thrown up there, we're gonna have a bad time.
Please someone tell me Dex broke his toe. I can totally root for that. It's just a fucking toe and he'll be fine. It won't impact his quality of life or anything and all the mopey cunts on Twitter can shutup about me wishing injury on a player. Please tell me that he broke his damn toe. [Reply]
I think maybe pitchers should stop trying to sneak inside fastballs past Wong for a few days.
You know he gets all fired up when he gets into one, so maybe take advantage of that fact and work him away a bit.
Because Wong's hands have always been among the quickest in the bidness - you have to use that against him. When he gets pull happy, let him do it and work him away for those slow rollers. But he can take that inside fastball and hit the shit out of it if you're gonna let him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I think maybe pitchers should stop trying to sneak inside fastballs past Wong for a few days.
You know he gets all fired up when he gets into one, so maybe take advantage of that fact and work him away a bit.
Because Wong's hands have always been among the quickest in the bidness - you have to use that against him. When he gets pull happy, let him do it and work him away for those slow rollers. But he can take that inside fastball and hit the shit out of it if you're gonna let him.
What worries me is he goes on an early HR tear like this and then starts trying to hit every single pitch out of the park and goes on a 2 month slump, then he gets hot again and gets injured 2 weeks later. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Why isn't the cold affecting Wong so far?
I get opening the season with Wong near the bottom order but, he needs to go up in the order. Wong should hit 2nd and just push everyone else down in the lineup. [Reply]