2023 thread. Walker makes the roster. I'll update the rosters and opening day lineup when its official
2023 Opening Day Lineup
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Donovan 2B
Nootbar RF
Goldschmidt 1B
Arenado 3B
Wilson Contreras C
Tyler O'Neill LF
Gorman DH
Jordan Walker RF
Tommy Edman SS
2022 Opening Day roster.
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The Cardinals anticipated 26-player Opening Day roster projects as follows, but will not become official until Thursday, March 30:
PITCHERS (13): Jack Flaherty-RHP, Giovanny Gallegos-RHP, Ryan Helsley-RHP, Jordan Hicks-RHP, Steven Matz-LHP, Miles Mikolas-RHP, Jordan Montgomery-LHP, Packy Naughton-LHP, Andre Pallante-RHP, Chris Stratton-RHP, Zack Thompson-LHP, Drew VerHagen-RHP, and Jake Woodford-RHP;
CATCHERS (2): Willson Contreras and Andrew Knizner;
INFIELDERS (6): Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan, Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Gorman and Taylor Motter;
OUTFIELDERS (5): Alec Burleson, Dylan Carlson, Lars Nootbaar, Tyler O’Neill and Jordan Walker;
INJURED LIST (3): Paul DeJong-INF, Wilking Rodríguez-RHP, Adam Wainwright-RHP.
For the new Cardinal fans that joined the Planet since last year, here are some of the historical threads going back to 2006.
Originally Posted by bdj23:
Noot is like 2nd on the team in WAR. Or at least he was a month ago last time i watched a game...
I was looking at Baseball Prospectus' dynasty rankings for fantasy baseball the other day and it had Lars Nootbar at number 97. It was just updated and this includes big time prospects. I was a little stunned to see him that high. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Ocotillo:
I was looking at Baseball Prospectus' dynasty rankings for fantasy baseball the other day and it had Lars Nootbar at number 97. It was just updated and this includes big time prospects. I was a little stunned to see him that high.
Noot is an excellent all around player. He's never going to be a superstar but he'll win you some games and he's steady. [Reply]
I think I'm with Left Nut on this 200 situation. No I don't give a fuck how much adversity he faced to get it, it took a piss poor season to drag it out this long. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother:
I think I'm with Left Nut on this 200 situation. No I don't give a **** how much adversity he faced to get it, it took a piss poor season to drag it out this long.
Not shitting on Waino at all because he was really good for a long time. Having said that, this season was not about anything but getting to 200 for Waino and it really handcuffed the team because they weren't willing to spend over their self imposed cap to get another decent pitcher. The front office fucked that cat but Waino damn sure held the tail. [Reply]
i haven't really watched the Cards this season, but my understanding is that Waino was not the reason STL is the worst team in baseball. The couple games I tried to watch Waino wasn't even pitching.
The Cards can't play defense. Can't run the bases competently. The manager appears to be an idiot. Our catcher appears to be kind of an idiot.
And those are just the issues I'm vaguely familiar with. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
i haven't really watched the Cards this season, but my understanding is that Waino was not the reason STL is the worst team in baseball. The couple games I tried to watch Waino wasn't even pitching.
The Cards can't play defense. Can't run the bases competently. The manager appears to be an idiot. Our catcher appears to be kind of an idiot.
And those are just the issues I'm vaguely familiar with.
Their defense is middle of the road so it ain't that. The entire starting pitching staff has been buttered ass, including Waino. The manager is a complete tool and Contreras is not a good defender and can't call a game to save his life. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Their defense is middle of the road so it ain't that. The entire starting pitching staff has been buttered ass, including Waino. The manager is a complete tool and Contreras is not a good defender and can't call a game to save his life.
I can only comment on the couple games I tried to watch, and the last one was about a month ago, but the defense was ass in those games. I mean, it was embarrassing. Maybe I just caught them on a couple really bad days. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Their defense is middle of the road so it ain't that. The entire starting pitching staff has been buttered ass, including Waino. The manager is a complete tool and Contreras is not a good defender and can't call a game to save his life.
Their defense COULD be elite.
Arenado - Wynn - Edman - Goldschmidt
O'Neill - Nootbaar - A traffic Cone (which would be an upgrade on Walker)
The IF defense would be stellar but we won't just set it like that. And the OF defense, if you'd put Carlson in CF and Noot in RF, would be well above average.
They have the talent to be a premier defensive team - they just keep putting lousy defenders out there instead. And moving guys around daily. And then wondering why their run prevention is flaming ass. [Reply]
