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 Marcellus:
Nothing irrational about my opinion of Carp, BTW that wasn't me throwing him off the bridge but I didn't disagree with it so I'll wear it.
If you are going to try to make some type of point with every Carp hater the list is very very very long. Better get crackalackin.
You were lambasting him throughout 2018 when I told you again and again that his peripherals showed it was just batted ball luck. You continued to lambaste him throughout the year, even though he put up 5 wins and had the second most valuable year of his career. You were wrong and the numbers eventually regressed to the mean.
I have been highly critical of his play this season, because it's clear from his exit velocities and Statcast numbers that he's in an obvious and precipitous decline. I hated his contract extension and immediately went on record as such because I saw it as an unnecessary risk for someone you already controlled through 2020 w/ the option of tagging on a QO to keep for 2021. It's all in this thread, too.
You can be pro-2018 Carp and anti-2019 Carp. In fact, it's the only rational stance to take. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
You were lambasting him throughout 2018 when I told you again and again that his peripherals showed it was just batted ball luck. You continued to lambaste him throughout the year, even though he put up 5 wins and had the second most valuable year of his career. You were wrong and the numbers eventually regressed to the mean.
I have been highly critical of his play this season, because it's clear from his exit velocities and Statcast numbers that he's in an obvious and precipitous decline. I hated his contract extension and immediately went on record as such because I saw it as an unnecessary risk for someone you already controlled through 2020 w/ the option of tagging on a QO to keep for 2021. It's all in this thread, too.
You can be pro-2018 Carp and anti-2019 Carp. In fact, it's the only rational stance to take.
His 2019 season was a bust. Yes he had an INSANELY hot 2-3 month streak but he then folded in September again. And we missed the playoffs by a handful of games.
I don't care what his saber metrics were overall for the season, if your numbers are smashed in the middle of 2 black holes its not a good year, period.
He helped dig the hole they were in, he helped pull them out of the hole, he then put them back in the hole. Not a good season. Period. And thats not irrational.
As I have said his whole career he is a head case. [Reply]
Supposedly, Carlos had the "flu", so he was unavailable. Shildt had already used Gallegos and Miller, so he brought in Gant, who immediately shit himself by overthrowing every fastball. Webb actually got Moustakas to fly out and preserve the lead, but then Shildt went to Junior Fernandez who threw an absolute cement mixer to Braun, despite the fact that Braun could not get around on his fastball. It was one of the worst pitches of the season to one of the biggest shitbags in professional sports.
Team looks like it's headed for another September collapse. [Reply]
