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 DJ's left nut:
It's just nice to be happy about wins again.
I have no idea how we made it through the Matheny era. It has to be similar to hate-fucking an ex or something, right?
As for Waino - curve wasn't quite vintage tonight but it wasn't far removed. Looked good tonight. But it's just gonna be tough for him to keep tricking guys by pitching backwards.
He threw a lot of two seamers over the heart of the plate. I'm just glad they missed them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He threw a lot of two seamers over the heart of the plate. I'm just glad they missed them.
That's why I say he was tricking guys. He did a nice job of going with fastballs in breaking ball counts and breaking balls in fastball counts. Even a sub-standard pitcher doesn't need much of a timing advantage to draw enough weak contact to survive for 6 innings. They were missing mediocre 2-seamers because his pitch sequencing was unconventional.
He'll get away with that for a few weeks. But he can't live on that forever. He'll either need to sharpen up more (seems a big ask at his age) or they'll start to strafe him once they decipher his 'new' pattern of pitching backwards. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
It's just nice to be happy about wins again.
As for Waino - curve wasn't quite vintage tonight but it wasn't far removed. Looked good tonight. But it's just gonna be tough for him to keep tricking guys by pitching backwards.
Maybe he can reinvent ala Greinke. My biggest worry is that he pitches just well enough that they justify him for a postseason start when that kind of stuff rarely plays well in big stakes games. [Reply]
