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 In58men:
Currently in a Dodger suite courtesy of my employer.
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Never been to Dodger Stadium. How is it? Hoping to add Oakland to my list in August and potentially San Diego in June- both for the Cardinals games. I also own a home in Denver and was planning on going back for the Cards series but it's not on a weekend this year dammit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Going to be another year of what ifs and “we thought our young pitching would be better”?
"What if" John Mozeliak would've given a 5 year deal to a CF who was actually capable of playing CF like Lorenzo Cain while trading for a corner OFer who DIDN'T have a hurt shoulder when acquired and actually hit left-handed like Christian Yelich?
The difference between Ozuna/Fowler and Yelich/Cain is literally 10 games or more. That's staggering. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
"What if" John Mozeliak would've given a 5 year deal to a CF who was actually capable of playing CF like Lorenzo Cain while trading for a corner OFer who DIDN'T have a hurt shoulder when acquired and actually hit left-handed like Christian Yelich?
The difference between Ozuna/Fowler and Yelich/Cain is literally 10 games or more. That's staggering.
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
Sliders low and away to Cardinal Righties = automatic out.
Bader gives away as many or more at-bats against RH pitchers as Fowler does.
Nobody wants to admit it, but if a RH can throw 94 with even a get me over slider, Bader is taking a non-competitive AB. With Burnes throwing a cutter that can run horizontally to complement that slider and a fastball he can bury inside, I'd be surprised if Bader puts on in play against him today.
This team needed a lefthanded bat to pick up Bader's poor performance against righties so damn badly and Mozeliak did nothing because he's a dipshit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Bader gives away as many or more at-bats against RH pitchers as Fowler does.
Nobody wants to admit it, but if a RH can throw 94 with even a get me over slider, Bader is taking a non-competitive AB. With Burnes throwing a cutter that can run horizontally to complement that slider and a fastball he can bury inside, I'd be surprised if Bader puts on in play against him today.
This team needed a lefthanded bat to pick up Bader's poor performance against righties so damn badly and Mozeliak did nothing because he's a dipshit.
Trying to stay patient because it’s only 4 games but watching a team strikeout 10 plus times a game is really hard to watch. They will have streaks where they hit homeruns in bunches and pile up wins but this is ugly baseball. [Reply]
Jesus - getting dusted by 94 at the belt; they're lucky to foul them off. And then when the pitcher gets tired of toying with them they just throw a slider in the dirt or waaaaaaay outside for the K.
Wong took a good AB today and so far that's it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
It was Yelich who is arguably the best player in the NL. To bad the Cards traded for the crappy Marlin.
Yelich wasn’t going to be traded at the time. Miami was going to keep him long term. This is revisionist history. Also they gave up a shit ton for him. 2 top prospects in baseball. Flaeherty and Reyes to start for sure as part of any deal. We gave up spare parts for Ozuna. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi:
The good news is Burnes is at 60 pitches so we can still strike out 10 times against the bullpen too.
WTF is up with our hitters? Even Molina and Goldy are swinging at pitches in the dirt or over in the other batters box, not even close to the strike zone. [Reply]
