GDT: Cards vs. Twins (3/30) ~ 1:15pm CDT

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Herrera is under 25……played 2 games……is red hot…..
You don’t sit him

I already said that I think that he should DH, but I just don’t have a problem with him not catching today. If he catches two out of every three games, that puts him at 109 games started at catcher. Only 7 other catchers in baseball started more games at catcher than that. This isn’t a Yadi situation. Catchers are splitting time more and more. Pages is going to get his starts and that’s just the way the game is played today. And while I think Herrera is better defensively than he gets credit for, he’s not the catcher that you have to have behind the plate every game.

But, yes, he should absolutely be DHing today. The guy just hits, and not just for a catcher.

[renostl]

This team's biggest issue last year was offense. Pages offers little in the way of that. Why should he be guaranteed more than 1 start per week with the fallout of benching Herrera's bat? Pages should get 30 starts max unless he shows he can hit more.

^^^THIS^^^

Pages role should be like Siani's, late inning defensive replacement and 35-40 spot starts (Sinai way, way less starts).

NO WAY he starts every 3 games.

Oli playing the "cooler" again instead of riding the hot bat of Hererra.

When it comes to winning strategy, Oli ain’t it. When it comes to being Mr Nice Guy, he xcels. That reeks of like me not respect me.

Agreed

Also why he kept Winn at lead-off all spring even while the poor kid just kept burying himself deeper and deeper.

Many in here claim "if Oli like's you (re: Burleson, Pages, Sinai, ...), then he plays you".

Can't wait for him to be fired at seasons end, he's not qualified to be a ML Manager.

I have also never seen another manager pull cruising starters at such low putch counts as consistently as oli. He will try to squeeze 5 innings out of a struggling putcher with a high pitch count but will do stuff like pull fedde yesterday after 6 with pitch count of 73 like he hates letting starters pitch into the 7th unless he has no choice from taxed bullpen. He did it to gray a lot last year too.

It also seemed ti titally contradict what mo said about targeting lynn and gibsin because they were inning eaters to save pen but he wouldn't let starters eat inning when they had low pitch counts.

Makes even less sense to pull fedde early when we are going to a 6 man rotation that gives extra rest anyways

His downfall all started w/that stupid removal of "Q" in Game 1 vs the Phils when "Q" was cruising and had plenty left in the tank.

This.

Im fine with using analytics but there needs to be context and logic tio.

3rd time through order splits lumps days where a pitcher was struggling all day and laboring on fumes and having control problems by time he faced order 3rd time with days he was dominating and had total control and plenty in the tank coming to 3rd time in order where i doubt the result vs 3rd time in order is the same in those 2 scenarios so you cant just blindly trust the split and ignore how the pitcher is actually pitching that day.

The best Managers incorporate both advanced metrics and years of accumulated baseball knowledge, using their eye's (like Oli should've done when "Q" was mowing down Philly after Philly) instead of relying on a metric that only tells you WHAT HAS HAPPENED in the PAST and are NOT a predictor of WHAT WILL HAPPEN in the FUTURE.

Couple lost morsels. Had he not pulled Q and we win, we play SD not LA, and Q would pitch game one of NLCS.

Huge amounts of strategic ability was thrown out.

This is just another Dekingser fallacy. Cards weren't winning when Q was pulled and there was still like half a game to play

The loss in that series was on the immortal Whitey not getting his boys focused as much as Dek.
The bad call lets Whitey off the hook for what may have been his worst moment as a manager.
Imagine Oli doing the exact same. We'd read how he isn't a leader. Which he does need more
improvement.

The loss vs Philly can be spread on most of the roster as much as Oli. IMO, Hels should have indeed been pulled
but he didn't, an error It just doesn't sharpen the ax as well for the guys who can always do things better.
Cards got 4 hits in gm 1, chance PH by Gorman and Yepez for the 3 runs, shut out in game 2.
Had a Pallante as RH's backup, equally sketchy in 2022. Oli chose to die with RH. Whether that death was in the
8th vs the 9th inning seems irrelevant. Long ago Hindsight Stuff.

Oli is improving and fast approaching average. It may be interesting to see how he manages in 2026 without MO.

[blackinkbiz]

Anyone else find it hilarious that the 2 players this season was supposed to get answers about have only appeared 50% of the time thus far?

Gorman: 1 out of 3
Walker: 2 out of 3

3/6= 50%

Yes it's early but these guys need as many starts as possible to see if what they've flashed can become their MLB norm.

[Cusecards]

Not a fan of Oli but I’ll cede to him here. Ok I’m
Only game #3:
Pages is going to catch 1 of every 3 or 4 games regardless. I understand Herrera is swinging it well but catcher being the physically demanding position it is good to keep him fresh. Plus you have LH pitchers coming up so he could easily DH a game.
Gorman needs to play his share. RH SP ok to sit Walker for a game.
Of the 4 reserves who haven’t started first two:
Pages- needs to start every 3rd or 4th game.
Gorman- needs to play also.
The other two supply either late game defense(Siani) or a RH PH bat(Baker).

TLR was a master of incorporating his bench.
Oli has a long ways to go but it‘s a start.

Yep. And Baker will get a start tomorrow vs Anderson (or should).
Noot, Donny, and Scott will be the only LH in the lineup.

Very well could be!

[renostl]

Herrera is under 25……played 2 games……is red hot…..
You don’t sit him

I already said that I think that he should DH, but I just don’t have a problem with him not catching today. If he catches two out of every three games, that puts him at 109 games started at catcher. Only 7 other catchers in baseball started more games at catcher than that. This isn’t a Yadi situation. Catchers are splitting time more and more. Pages is going to get his starts and that’s just the way the game is played today. And while I think Herrera is better defensively than he gets credit for, he’s not the catcher that you have to have behind the plate every game.

But, yes, he should absolutely be DHing today. The guy just hits, and not just for a catcher.

Agreement.

The result of the choice has AB in the lineup vs a RHP instead of IH. Pulled Walker
which I can support. Puts both BD and NG in a lineup vs RHP.

Who knows maybe IH comes through as a RH pinch hit late just as Pages has been
used to catch the last inning.

[rockondlouie]

This team's biggest issue last year was offense. Pages offers little in the way of that. Why should he be guaranteed more than 1 start per week with the fallout of benching Herrera's bat? Pages should get 30 starts max unless he shows he can hit more.

^^^THIS^^^

Pages role should be like Siani's, late inning defensive replacement and 35-40 spot starts (Sinai way, way less starts).

NO WAY he starts every 3 games.

Oli playing the "cooler" again instead of riding the hot bat of Hererra.

When it comes to winning strategy, Oli ain’t it. When it comes to being Mr Nice Guy, he xcels. That reeks of like me not respect me.

Agreed

Also why he kept Winn at lead-off all spring even while the poor kid just kept burying himself deeper and deeper.

Many in here claim "if Oli like's you (re: Burleson, Pages, Sinai, ...), then he plays you".

Can't wait for him to be fired at seasons end, he's not qualified to be a ML Manager.

I have also never seen another manager pull cruising starters at such low putch counts as consistently as oli. He will try to squeeze 5 innings out of a struggling putcher with a high pitch count but will do stuff like pull fedde yesterday after 6 with pitch count of 73 like he hates letting starters pitch into the 7th unless he has no choice from taxed bullpen. He did it to gray a lot last year too.

It also seemed ti titally contradict what mo said about targeting lynn and gibsin because they were inning eaters to save pen but he wouldn't let starters eat inning when they had low pitch counts.

Makes even less sense to pull fedde early when we are going to a 6 man rotation that gives extra rest anyways

His downfall all started w/that stupid removal of "Q" in Game 1 vs the Phils when "Q" was cruising and had plenty left in the tank.

This.

Im fine with using analytics but there needs to be context and logic tio.

3rd time through order splits lumps days where a pitcher was struggling all day and laboring on fumes and having control problems by time he faced order 3rd time with days he was dominating and had total control and plenty in the tank coming to 3rd time in order where i doubt the result vs 3rd time in order is the same in those 2 scenarios so you cant just blindly trust the split and ignore how the pitcher is actually pitching that day.

The best Managers incorporate both advanced metrics and years of accumulated baseball knowledge, using their eye's (like Oli should've done when "Q" was mowing down Philly after Philly) instead of relying on a metric that only tells you WHAT HAS HAPPENED in the PAST and are NOT a predictor of WHAT WILL HAPPEN in the FUTURE.

Couple lost morsels. Had he not pulled Q and we win, we play SD not LA, and Q would pitch game one of NLCS.

Huge amounts of strategic ability was thrown out.

This is just another Dekinger fallacy. Cards weren't winning when Q was pulled and there was still like over a third of a game to play.

Cards never scored a run...lol. can't win if you don't score

Correct, but they did score 2 runs the next inning.

But it was a 0-0 game and "Q" had given up only 2 hits and only had thrown 75 pitches.

You have to admit he had more left in the tank when Oli pulled him.

[wkycards]

First look at the Sunday blue caps, I'm ready!!

[sikeston bulldog2]

All right. Just about game time. 3-0.

[Dazepster]

Go out on my second floor porth bout twenty minutes ago. There is a sunroom roof off the back of the house that my windows look over. A female Cardinal sitting on the rain gutter of the roof. Nice. Then I notice ten feet to the left is the male..a handsome devil with brown fringes on his wing feathers. Like he got a frosting at a salon.

Bodes well for a Win today !!!

[wkycards]

Chip and Brad wearing a coat and tie today. FanDual must be strict compared to Ballys.

[craviduce]

I'm not sure what Pallante did this spring to earn the 3rd spot in the rotation, but I wish him much success today. Big shoes to follow in Fedde and Gray.

GO CARDS!!!

[craviduce]

Walklante

[wkycards]

Good to see Pallante sitting at 96 mph.

[rockondlouie]

Pallante

Gets ahead then walks leadoff man

[Alex Reyes Cy Young]

Yuck, BB after 2 K's.

[82birds]

Wallner, leadoff man, from 0-2 to a walk