I heard the saying, you could give somebody a bag of gold and they would complain that it way too much. Now I know what people were talking about. By listening some of the posters here.Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 23:34 pm+1 but for some crying and whining is a years long exercise soCardinals1964 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 23:27 pmMarmol knows how to produce runs without the long ball. Excellent manager. Unless you’re like 95% of the people that know of spring training doesn’t mean anything. Only people that don’t know a thing about baseball cry about the first three games of the preseason.MCCard wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:38 pmLOL...Today they were outhit and had no homeruns and yet they still won. Maybe they're the next iteration of hit-less wonders.Carp4Cy wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:27 pm ...teams keep gifting us runs.
While other teams came to ST ready to hit in bunches, we came ready to ... capitalize on errors? Quite the scoring efficiency that Oli has going so far. Will be interesting to see how this roster shakes in a month.
The pitching is doing a bit better in team ERA but we should probably give them a full run thru the roation at least before looking at much there. This just feels like spring where we could benefit from a host of split squad games like in the 80s to get a lot more players PT at the same time without having to sit on the bench so long between ABs.![]()
They will cry in the offseason when there are no games cry in spring training when players who won’t even be on team are playing and all season long
Thru 3 games: .179 BA and next to last in hits and yet...
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Wow. That is optimistic. I'll be happy if any 2 of them reach those goals.TheFantasyStud wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:50 pm I’m predicting more than 200 homers and 200 steals this year.
Hopefully we get 100 + from
Walker 25
Herrera 30
Buerleson 25
Gorman 30
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It’s all about confirmation bias.bfib wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 23:16 pmThere is a 95% chance that this team sucks, but why are we acting like 3 ST games matter?Carp4Cy wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:27 pm ...teams keep gifting us runs.
While other teams came to ST ready to hit in bunches, we came ready to ... capitalize on errors? Quite the scoring efficiency that Oli has going so far. Will be interesting to see how this roster shakes in a month.
The pitching is doing a bit better in team ERA but we should probably give them a full run thru the roation at least before looking at much there. This just feels like spring where we could benefit from a host of split squad games like in the 80s to get a lot more players PT at the same time without having to sit on the bench so long between ABs.
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And here I always heard managers coaches and players say you can’t make mistakes because good teams take advantage of them. If a poster doesn’t like the cardinals though then it’s not the cardinals are being good and taking advantage of other teams mistakes its the cardinals suck and the other team is just gifting the cardinals runs lolecleme22 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2026 06:44 amIt’s all about confirmation bias.bfib wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 23:16 pmThere is a 95% chance that this team sucks, but why are we acting like 3 ST games matter?Carp4Cy wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:27 pm ...teams keep gifting us runs.
While other teams came to ST ready to hit in bunches, we came ready to ... capitalize on errors? Quite the scoring efficiency that Oli has going so far. Will be interesting to see how this roster shakes in a month.
The pitching is doing a bit better in team ERA but we should probably give them a full run thru the roation at least before looking at much there. This just feels like spring where we could benefit from a host of split squad games like in the 80s to get a lot more players PT at the same time without having to sit on the bench so long between ABs.
Re: Thru 3 games: .179 BA and next to last in hits and yet...
FS…..you own the perfect Handle!!!TheFantasyStud wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:50 pm I’m predicting more than 200 homers and 200 steals this year.
Hopefully we get 100 + from
Walker 25
Herrera 30
Buerleson 25
Gorman 30
Re: Thru 3 games: .179 BA and next to last in hits and yet...
You know that magical date when
Walker
Gorman
Scott
Noot
Pages
Sagesse
All start hitting the baseball. What a glorious day that will be….some day…..in the future…..
And it it doesn’t happen this season then there’s always next season……and the one after that….
Walker
Gorman
Scott
Noot
Pages
Sagesse
All start hitting the baseball. What a glorious day that will be….some day…..in the future…..
And it it doesn’t happen this season then there’s always next season……and the one after that….
Re: Thru 3 games: .179 BA and next to last in hits and yet...
True enough that the games mean very little, but the workings on the field do. These guys are working into shape but they're also trying to get noticed. That means it's not totally irrelevant what happens on the field. It's not to be overblown for sure but not to be discarded either. If a lot of these guys don't do well they won't be on the time when the regular season starts.Cardinals1964 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 23:27 pmMarmol knows how to produce runs without the long ball. Excellent manager. Unless you’re like 95% of the people that know of spring training doesn’t mean anything. Only people that don’t know a thing about baseball cry about the first three games of the preseason.MCCard wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:38 pmLOL...Today they were outhit and had no homeruns and yet they still won. Maybe they're the next iteration of hit-less wonders.Carp4Cy wrote: ↑23 Feb 2026 15:27 pm ...teams keep gifting us runs.
While other teams came to ST ready to hit in bunches, we came ready to ... capitalize on errors? Quite the scoring efficiency that Oli has going so far. Will be interesting to see how this roster shakes in a month.
The pitching is doing a bit better in team ERA but we should probably give them a full run thru the roation at least before looking at much there. This just feels like spring where we could benefit from a host of split squad games like in the 80s to get a lot more players PT at the same time without having to sit on the bench so long between ABs.![]()
Re: Thru 3 games: .179 BA and next to last in hits and yet...
I like the way the team is using the running game, however, they’ve done this the last couple of Springs too, only to have Oli put the brakes on when the season starts!