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 Jewish Rabbi:
Damn. Haven’t seen much of Goldschmidt but looks like he barely swung at that pitch and golfed it out. Is that what we’ll see of him all year?
I've not seen him bat either except for when we played him. Looks like to me he is sneakily very strong. Meaning he doesn't look like bro-neill. :-)
That ball flys out of there as good as any ballpark. But, still, some of the balls were way inside and low and he hit some foul near the top of that place. Put them in the 2nd deck in left center. Its just one game. Maybe DJ or Hamas can tell us if this is normal for the guy? [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Ozuna is running like it's a contract year
If he goes off this year, great. I'm still not interested in giving him a long term big money.
Originally Posted by Miles:
Fucking Braun
I hate that guy sooo much. What he did to an innocent guys life to protect his money and life....:-) and still has not paid any price for that part of his lies.
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
That’s 2 bad strikeout calls ump. He’s needs a bat shoved up his ass.
That was a shitty ump for both sides.
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
It’s way to early but Dexter doesn’t look last year was just a bad year. I will give him until June to get right or be done with him.
Mid-June?:-) geeezz thats a lot of wins we will leave on the table. For what reason? We saw a whole year, spring training was no different. We have other and better options in RF. I sure hope it doesnt take that long. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I've not seen him bat either except for when we played him. Looks like to me he is sneakily very strong. Meaning he doesn't look like bro-neill. :-)
That ball flys out of there as good as any ballpark. But, still, some of the balls were way inside and low and he hit some foul near the top of that place. Put them in the 2nd deck in left center. Its just one game. Maybe DJ or Hamas can tell us if this is normal for the guy?
The exit velocities and launch angles are legit. He's always played in a beneficial home park, save for when they added humidity in Arizona starting last year, which made it a neutral park.
Goldschmidt is top 30 in barrel % and exit velocity. That means that he squares it up and hits it hard, and while he does strike out a lot, he also walks a good amount and he's not a dead pull hitter, which is how you can maintain a good BA and OBP with power while still having a 22-25% K-rate.
No game like that is normal, but those would have been out of any park. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I've not seen him bat either except for when we played him. Looks like to me he is sneakily very strong. Meaning he doesn't look like bro-neill. :-)
That ball flys out of there as good as any ballpark. But, still, some of the balls were way inside and low and he hit some foul near the top of that place. Put them in the 2nd deck in left center. Its just one game. Maybe DJ or Hamas can tell us if this is normal for the guy?
First at bat was the most impressive. Peralta was spotting everything where he needed. That was a war of attrition and he persevered and punished him.
The 2nd and 3rd dingers he hit two pretty much center cut middle of the zone hangers. You still have to hit it, but that is what you need usually to hit multiple dingers in a game...multiple mistakes by the pitcher. Still a helluva game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Bader on the bench. BroNeill in CF against the lefty. Does Bader have issues against lefties?
No. He has problems against RHP. Benching Bader against a LHP, unless he's hurt, is Matheny-level stupidity. Fowler should be the one sitting today, but apparently he has tenure. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
No. He has problems against RHP. Benching Bader against a LHP, unless he's hurt, is Matheny-level stupidity. Fowler should be the one sitting today, but apparently he has tenure.
Woodruff is RH.
But Fowler still should've been the one benched on account of him sucking. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Fowler still should've been the one benched on account of him sucking.
Its really pathetic up there. Especially right handed. Fowler looks like a little leaguer from the right side. Someone needs to put their foot down and say left handed batting only. [Reply]
