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 O.city:
They can't develop hitters worth a shit anymore. They overrate all their prospects. The guys they trade for suck.
Just not interesting to watch right now.
Thought I might start watching more when hockey season was over.
Nope - just binge watching Letterkenny or {ugh} going back into the office for an hour or two.
That's right folks - I'd rather go to work than watch the !@#$ing Cardinals once I get the kids put to bed.
This team is that difficult to watch. And they offer so little in the way of hope to build on. We're stuck with this roster for at least one more year and since nobody in the organization has the stones to tell Yadi to sit the fuck down, he'll be here for as long as he wants to be as well.
Fowler, Goldschmidt, Molina and Carpenter sucking up $80 million in payroll for another couple of years. But hey, at least we'll only have Cecil and Miller on the books for one more.
It's just unbelievable how bad, boring and rudderless this organization has become. [Reply]
I watch the Braves a lot because of the wife. They're basically the anti-Cardinals. Their pitching largely sucks too, but they play with passion and fire and power through it.
Fun team to watch. Sort of like the Cardinals used to be. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Just not interesting to watch right now.
Yet they are still almost selling out every game. Including an A’s game on Wednesday night with a rain delay. Even the A’s broadcast talked about the crowd. Until the no shows stop buying tickets, nothing changes.
"44,000 in attendance at Busch... Must be a holiday, nope Must be a giveaway, nope It's just... Cardinals" - A's announcer
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Don’t blame the fans, Shildty.
All they want is a winning team, a playoff team, and a team that creates excitement by scoring more. They want a team that isn’t so drowsy on offense. They want a team that isn’t being run by a manager that displays enabler tendencies.
Blame your hitters for leaving themselves so vulnerable — and slow to adjust — to changeups and breaking pitches. Blame the front office for its neglect in assembling this roster. Blame yourself, and your coaches.
Just don’t blame the fans.
Be it fans or media, Shildt is showing weakness by bellyaching about people who have no role in determining the outcome of a baseball game.
The fans are more than doing their share to make this a successful franchise.
It’s up to the Cardinals, their manager and team management, to take full responsibility here.
Unless you want to thank them, leave the fans out of this. Don’t act like the fans are failing you — because you are failing the fans.
Memo to Shildty: The Cardinals’ official Twitter hashtag this season is #TimeToFly. It isn’t #TimeToCry.
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Bernie bringing the heat.
I listened to the "Seeing Red" podcast yesterday afternoon.
Bernie lit into the club and Schilt about their attitudes towards the fans and the team. Larussa challenged Mo to make the team better, get rid of this guy etc. Get in Dewitts and Mo's face, He personally saw it many times. Wouldn't disclose the details. Matheny and now Schildt wouldn't challenge Mo or strongly advocate like Larussa to improve the team. Mo and Dewitt got their manager that wont challenge them. Now, they are fat and happy without anyone challenging them to do better.
Will Leitch was going off about the MVP book that is out. Basically, all clubs are moving away from making players ultra comfortable in their position and with the team. The theory was if the players are comfortable, they will perform at their best. Now, according to Will, almost every team in the MLB is taking the opposite approach. But, the Cardinals are still stuck in the old approach. Giving out unnecessary contracts to make players feel comfortable. Never confronting a player to change bad habits but just showing them video or suggesting a different tactic. No consequences or confrontation, dont be negative, positive reinforcement. [Reply]
Man it would be nice if they brought up Dylan Carlson to play center. He is going to be in the outfield next year so they might as well do it now. It can’t get any worse in center as far as production. [Reply]
Shit, knowing our crack medical staff, probably amputation. Now we won’t even get shit for him at the trade deadline.
Marcell Ozuna has injuries to third and fourth fingers on his right hand. The team plans to evaluate him again Saturday to determine the extent/severity of the injury. #Cardinals#stlcards#MLB