Bloom/Oli suspect MLB Roster Choices

[Goldfan]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

[sikeston bulldog2]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

I think catching is a chore. Herrera will be challenged. Walker is lost. Pallante makes a good number FIVE starter.

Gorman at third. Experiment four.

[Goldfan]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

I think catching is a chore. Herrera will be challenged. Walker is lost. Pallante makes a good number FIVE starter.

Gorman at third. Experiment four.

I’d like to the hear the winning strategy for IH behind the plate and JW in RF. Just don’t get it.

[sikeston bulldog2]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

I think catching is a chore. Herrera will be challenged. Walker is lost. Pallante makes a good number FIVE starter.

Gorman at third. Experiment four.

I’d like to the hear the winning strategy for IH behind the plate and JW in RF. Just don’t get it.

You use two strong words- winning, and strategy. I think you know the winning part, based on this rebuild.

As to strategy many areas could use a face lift.

[Goldfan]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

I think catching is a chore. Herrera will be challenged. Walker is lost. Pallante makes a good number FIVE starter.

Gorman at third. Experiment four.

I’d like to the hear the winning strategy for IH behind the plate and JW in RF. Just don’t get it.

You use two strong words- winning, and strategy. I think you know the winning part, based on this rebuild.

As to strategy many areas could use a face lift.

Herrera had leg issues this Spring. So you take your best power bat and run the high risk of disabling him? Didn’t this same crew just move a poor D Offensive bat from behind home plate to 1B to capitalize on his offense???

[sikeston bulldog2]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

I think catching is a chore. Herrera will be challenged. Walker is lost. Pallante makes a good number FIVE starter.

Gorman at third. Experiment four.

I’d like to the hear the winning strategy for IH behind the plate and JW in RF. Just don’t get it.

You use two strong words- winning, and strategy. I think you know the winning part, based on this rebuild.

As to strategy many areas could use a face lift.

Herrera had leg issues this Spring. So you take your best power bat and run the high risk of disabling him? Didn’t this same crew just move a poor D Offensive bat from behind home plate to 1B to capitalize on his offense???

Correct. They did/ and the Herrera debate will rage on till injury. It is disappointing that the org sees it this way.

Seems to me it the tail wagging the dog.

[Red7]

Oli has very little impact on roster construction. Again, Oli is a decision IMPLEMENTER. Decision on rosters, lineups, pitching rotations, in-game strategy, are made by a cooperative management committee. Oli has a voice on that committee, but THE voice belongs to the committee. Oli’s role is to implement those decisions and face the media.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Oli has very little impact on roster construction. Again, Oli is a decision IMPLEMENTER. Decision on rosters, lineups, pitching rotations, in-game strategy, are made by a cooperative management committee. Oli has a voice on that committee, but THE voice belongs to the committee. Oli’s role is to implement those decisions and face the media.

Is that the norm across the league or just in STL.

[ramfandan]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

To my knowledge, Oli has never indicated that Herrera will be the primary catcher for 2026. Most think Pages will catch more games than any player on the roster.
Herrera will get starts behind the plate as it allows his bat to play while having a ‘bat’ in the DH spot rather than always having Ivan at DH which means Pages hittin 4 times at catcher, a much weaker bat.

[sikeston bulldog2]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

To my knowledge, Oli has never indicated that Herrera will be the primary catcher for 2026. Most think Pages will catch more games than any player on the roster.

Most think you say. Is that due to injury concerns or out performance.

[Red7]

Oli has very little impact on roster construction. Again, Oli is a decision IMPLEMENTER. Decision on rosters, lineups, pitching rotations, in-game strategy, are made by a cooperative management committee. Oli has a voice on that committee, but THE voice belongs to the committee. Oli’s role is to implement those decisions and face the media.

Is that the norm across the league or just in STL.

It’s pretty much the industry norm these days. Even Dave Roberts takes his marching orders from above. Kevin Cash is the epitome of this. Case in point, lifting Snell in Game 6. That was the plan and they stuck to it.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Oli has very little impact on roster construction. Again, Oli is a decision IMPLEMENTER. Decision on rosters, lineups, pitching rotations, in-game strategy, are made by a cooperative management committee. Oli has a voice on that committee, but THE voice belongs to the committee. Oli’s role is to implement those decisions and face the media.

Is that the norm across the league or just in STL.

It’s pretty much the industry norm these days. Even Dave Roberts takes his marching orders from above. Kevin Cash is the epitome of this. Case in point, lifting Snell in Game 6. That was the plan and they stuck to it.

Thanx. Good input. We then are in the norm for that action.

[Goldfan]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

To my knowledge, Oli has never indicated that Herrera will be the primary catcher for 2026. Most think Pages will catch more games than any player on the roster.
Herrera will get starts behind the plate as it allows his bat to play while having a ‘bat’ in the DH spot rather than always having Ivan at DH which means Pages hittin 4 times at catcher, a much weaker bat.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/profess ... da8e7.html

[Goldfan]

So who is DH with Herrera behind he plate? Assume Gorman is 3B most days……

[Charles King]

So who is DH with Herrera behind he plate? Assume Gorman is 3B most days……

Velesquez or Pozo

[11WSChamps]

1. Herrera Catching

2. Walker starting in RF

3. Pallante SP

4. With Herrera Catching no formidable bat at DH. Who is the DH?

To my knowledge, Oli has never indicated that Herrera will be the primary catcher for 2026. Most think Pages will catch more games than any player on the roster.
Herrera will get starts behind the plate as it allows his bat to play while having a ‘bat’ in the DH spot rather than always having Ivan at DH which means Pages hittin 4 times at catcher, a much weaker bat.

The concern however is if Hererra sustains yet another injury in one of those starts then you lose perhaps your best bat for an extended period.

I understand the theory but you risk losing your best weapon so a lesser bat can sometimes play.

If the idea is a rebuild instead of trying to be competitive now then what is the point.

We have plenty of more expendable and better defensive players who can play the position and one of them will nail it down soon enough without risking injury to a potential MOB and cornerstone player.

It makes no sense.