Matt Koperniak

[Ace Hollister]

Will he get an opportunity if Walker is placed on longer IR stint.

[sdaltons]

Why would we need Koperniak when we have the great Ryan Vilade?

[Talkin' Baseball]

He is a forgotten man.

[Basil Shabazz]

If he batted right handed, he would already be up.

[Mort Gage]

He is the Cardinals' Chuck Cunningham.

[Ace Hollister]

I am guessing no from the responses. lol.

[scoutyjones2]

225/281/348/,630

Not exactly lighting it up

Why would you want him called up?

[Ace Hollister]

Liked his Spring training and not a fan of Vilade

[Turn2]

How about some of Nathan Church?

[Wattage]

Liked his Spring training and not a fan of Vilade

Yeah but he cant seem to hit memphis pitching this year at all.

[Talkin' Baseball]

Liked his Spring training and not a fan of Vilade

Yeah but he cant seem to hit memphis pitching this year at all.

True enough, but he'(poop) pretty well in his other 5 years in Memphis.

[BrockFloodMaris]

225/281/348/,630

Not exactly lighting it up

Why would you want him called up?

All it takes is one Cards OF heading to the IL to expose our dearth of OF depth. It’s almost as lacking as our MiLB TOR starters.

[Wattage]

Liked his Spring training and not a fan of Vilade

Yeah but he cant seem to hit memphis pitching this year at all.

True enough, but he'(poop) pretty well in his other 5 years in Memphis.

But hes not hitting well now. That doesnt translate well to mlb. Dont understand why anyone thinks it would. Hes clearly not seeing the ball as well as he did last year. If he was hitting well he would have got his shot finally. I have no idea why villarde got 3 games in a row. Would have thought they just start barrero a few times or push donnie to outfield more.

[NYCardsFan]

Liked his Spring training and not a fan of Vilade

Yeah but he cant seem to hit memphis pitching this year at all.

True enough, but he'(poop) pretty well in his other 5 years in Memphis.

He had one good year (2024) at Memphis (127 wRC+), which coincided with a .351 BABIP. In 2023 he posted a 96 wRC+ (.293 BABIP) at Memphis, and so far in 2025 he’s posted a 66 wRC+ (.254 BABIP). The signal-to-noise ratio on these numbers makes his AAA track record difficult to interpret (or project).

[Cusecards]

To cover for Walker and OF depth it would probably make more sense to play Donovan exclusively at corner OF?
You could then platoon Gorman and Barrero at 2B or even bring up Saggese over Vilade?

[Bob Kunush]

To cover for Walker and OF depth it would probably make more sense to play Donovan exclusively at corner OF?
You could then platoon Gorman and Barrero at 2B or even bring up Saggese over Vilade?

So you despise Burleson so much you are going to sit him totally in this alignment? Despite him being one of our most consistent hitters during this streak of good play? I have no problem playing Donavon in left at time to let Gorman play more. But right now Scott is lost offensively and Noot isn't much better. When Walker is back Burlys time in the outfield will be very limited.