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 BigRedChief:
Mo and his Faberge eggs.:-)
Wonder what the Athletics’ asking price for Sean Murphy was? In December, @stltoday reported on those talks in real time for readers and months later still stands by it.
Braves got him for something similar, maybe even a little more. If that was the offer, then you take it and sign the extension. Braves signed him to 6 years and 73million.
One of the best defensive catchers and game callers right now, who is an emerging stud hitter. Yeah, sounds like a deal Mo would pass up as too risky. [Reply]
Murphy was my guy all off-season; made too much sense.
Contreras was the one I knew they'd end up signing. They could sell it as a 'splash' and Moe wouldn't have to risk dealing one of his precious prospects and choosing the wrong one. Again. [Reply]
Remember when we pulled the upset on the Dodgers in the post-season and a big reason we were able to beat them was we could pitch around their big guns and then face Puig (who was mind-fucked) and Mark Ellis?
Then we signed Mark Ellis that offseason?
Yeah, it's a lot like that. The Cubs, at their best, had an achilles heel and it was Contreras being a lousy game caller and his tendency to get himself out via soft contact on the ground. He was a double-play behind their big hitters waiting to happen every time out. And you just navigated the heart of their lineup as best you could waiting for Contreras to GIDP and set you up against the back of their order.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Remember when we pulled the upset on the Dodgers in the post-season and a big reason we were able to beat them was we could pitch around their big guns and then face Puig (who was mind-****ed) and Mark Ellis?
Then we signed Mark Ellis that offseason?
Yeah, it's a lot like that. The Cubs, at their best, had an achilles heel and it was Contreras being a lousy game caller and his tendency to get himself out via soft contact on the ground. He was a double-play behind their big hitters waiting to happen every time out. And you just navigated the heart of their lineup as best you could waiting for Contreras to GIDP and set you up against the back of their order.
manager Oli Marmol on the areas where the club wants to see improvement from C/DH Willson Contreras: “I wouldn't say pregame prep as much as … that would be a simplification of it. There's real work to be done. The way I would describe it is truly " .
understanding our internal system of executing the game plan for each individual pitcher. The reality is, it's more than he's ever had to do. Nothing against the way he's done it, but it's very different & it's a lot of work.” [Reply]
These victims didn’t approve of Contreras’ pitch selections and went to the manager and the president of baseball ops to with their “Where’s Papa” mewling. As a side note, the idea of Jack Flaherty squawking about Contreras is absolutely history. Ever look in the mirror, Jack? [Reply]
I'd be more impressed if the sanctimonious whale wasn't so fond of writing the 'why are the fans such ingrates' articles whenever he was trying to juice his access within the organization.
There's nothing genuine about Miklasz. Fuck him, too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'd be more impressed if the sanctimonious whale wasn't so fond of writing the 'why are the fans such ingrates' articles whenever he was trying to juice his access within the organization.
There's nothing genuine about Miklasz. **** him, too.
I don't give a shit about Bernie, but every word of what he wrote was true. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'd be more impressed if the sanctimonious whale wasn't so fond of writing the 'why are the fans such ingrates' articles whenever he was trying to juice his access within the organization.
There's nothing genuine about Miklasz. **** him, too.
I lost any possible respect I could have ever had for Bernie when he insinuated it was Schildt's faul he got himself fired because he didn't give the playing time to who Mo told him to give the playing time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
I lost any possible respect I could have ever had for Bernie when he insinuated it was Schildt's faul he got himself fired because he didn't give the playing time to who Mo told him to give the playing time.
Yeah, Miklasz is a giant pussy.
He just has some wind at his back so now he's gonna be a bomb thrower. He can eat dicks. He's as bad or worse than Mozeliak; just a different sort of disingenuous twat. [Reply]
Contreras getting thrown under the bus for being who he is by the front office, seeing pieces of his media today and his attitude at the game tonight…… I’m starting to like the guy…. [Reply]
