The future does seem bright for the Cardinals

[RogerGrace]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

Riveting, insightful, and original as always. You never disappoint. Thanks for the list of our young players and spelling out the importance of the hitters hitting. You catch things that everybody else misses and your knowledge of the game is inspiring. You are a treasure. Thank you!!!

[BrockFloodMaris]

I thought this was going to be a thread about new LED lighting at Busch 3.

[Shady]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

Riveting, insightful, and original as always. You never disappoint. Thanks for the list of our young players and spelling out the importance of the hitters hitting. You catch things that everybody else misses and your knowledge of the game is inspiring. You are a treasure. Thank you!!!

You seem quite insightful yourself. So how do you feel about Roby and Hence, right now? Something "Riveting" and "original" please.

[russellhammond]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

I don't understand sending McGreevy down or keeping Siani over Koperniak--Is the GM screwing the Cardinals because its his last year?

The Siani over Koperniak thing is easy.....Siani will be mostly a bench player (I hope) and Koperniak will get ABs in Memphis that he otherwise wouldn't get in STL.

[Shady]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

I don't understand sending McGreevy down or keeping Siani over Koperniak--Is the GM screwing the Cardinals because its his last year?

How long before McGreevy is inserted into the rotation? There should be an opportunity soon. Same for Mathews.

[Rojo Johnson]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

You edited 2 sentences 2 times and still typed ”Gotta it”? Nice work, Cap’n D’Bag.

[Shady]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

You edited 2 sentences 2 times and still typed ”Gotta it”? Nice work, Cap’n D’Bag.

It's "Opening Day". Cheer up ! lol

[peterman'srealitytour]

I remember the good old days when Cardinals fans were excited about young players such as Joe Hague, Jose Cruz, Ted Sizemore, Ken Reitz, Mike Tyson, Bake McBride, Ted Simmons, Scipio Spinks, Jerry Reuss, Mike Torrez, Luis Melendez, Reggie Cleveland, etc.

Well, Cruz did well in Houston, and McBride won ROY but got his ring in Philadelphia. Reuss and Torrez turned into pretty good MLB pitchers, but not in St. Louis. That Simmons fellow did pretty well.

Ah...some good names. Hector Cruz really hurt as he was a minor league Superstar whom everyone thought would be a star in St. Louis. Jerry Mumphrey, Leron Lee, Jim Dwyer, Diego Segui all come to mind from that era as well.

Hernandez & Templeton were the real deal and Bob Forsch had a darn good career.

Point is...you never know with prospects and you certainly can't count on them. A few will make it, many will not!

A few others that never quite made it in STL: Pete Falcone, John Denny, John Curtis, Ray Busse, Jim Lindeman. Pete Falcone was billed as a poor man’s Steve Carlton. Jim Lindeman the middle of the order big bat. Not so much.

So, no you can’t count on them. Odds obviously much better when you invest heavily in your minor league development staff. At least they sound committed to that again under Bloom.

[Chubbs0910]

Winn, Scott, Wetherholt, Saggese, Mathews, McGreevy, the young catchers, etc. Number 5 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. Gotta it get Walker and Gorman going.

I don't understand sending McGreevy down or keeping Siani over Koperniak--Is the GM screwing the Cardinals because its his last year?

The Siani over Koperniak thing is easy.....Siani will be mostly a bench player (I hope) and Koperniak will get ABs in Memphis that he otherwise wouldn't get in STL.

Koperniak is 27. Prospect logic does not apply.

Siani's got spiritual logic with Mo.

[Viking29]

The manager needs to bench Winn, that is 1+1=2

[Shady]

The Cardinals really need Roby and Mathews to come through as bona fide MLB starting pitchers. In addition to McGreevy. And Hence as a reliever.

[Cusecards]

Pallante looks promising.
Liberatore too soon to tell but encouraging at the moment.
Matz and Mikolas are placeholders and will be gone sooner or next offseason.
McGreevy figures to be next up.
Then Mathews based on health?
Roby September or ST??
Hence???