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Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:27 am

Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

Ok

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:27 am

Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

Bloom needs to trade Contreras and Nootbaar to try to get an outfield upgrade. Bring in at least one productive hitter.

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 11:39 am

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:27 am

Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

Bloom needs to trade Contreras and Nootbaar to try to get an outfield upgrade. Bring in at least one productive hitter.

Nootbaar is coming off surgery and Contreras is pricy. They need to trade Burleson for a promising young OF with the full six years of team control. Someone mentioned Carson Benge from the Mets. Sounds good to me.

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 09:42 am

Cranny wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:58 am

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:53 am A really good hitter.

His hitting went down badly in 2025. Not good for a 27 year old.

Cranny, wasn’t this one of the Farmhands you were tirelessly beating the drum about?

I was impressed with his 2024 season, when he slashed .309/.370/.512/.882. Touted him at that point. Then in 2025 he dropped off to .246/.317/.382/.699.

Not surprised by the move in a vacuum given his 2025, but kind of surprised they DFA'd him and kept Roycroft.

Ct. We must demand better

Ct. Aw, Koperniak is gone?

Cranny wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:58 am

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:53 am A really good hitter.

His hitting went down badly in 2025. Not good for a 27 year old.

It’s not surprising to me that his stats fell from 2024.

After 2024 he gets put on the 40-man, he’s probably thinking he’ll finally get a shot, especially after the pathetic performances of our starting outfielders in ‘24.

Then shortly into spring training ‘25 he gets sent back to the minors camp, once again without getting a decent shot.

I hope he gets picked up and sticks with somebody.

11WSChamps wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 09:35 am If he could never crack this OF in the last several years how good could he have been?

We’ll never know, but I’d bet money with the same number of plate appearances he would have been better than Walker or Scott.

They were putrid.

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:27 am

Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

The guy never got a ML at-bat.

BrockFloodMaris wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 09:46 am

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:53 am A really good hitter.

Matt is a AAAA hitter. We don’t need more guys that are almost good enough to maybe crack the roster when one of your first four OFers are injured. We need difference makers.

I would have considered making this move (or Roycroft) before the rule five and protected Cade Winquest.

The entire outfield consists of AAAA hitters!

CommonSenseCard Fan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 16:05 pm

BrockFloodMaris wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 09:46 am

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 08:53 am A really good hitter.

Matt is a AAAA hitter. We don’t need more guys that are almost good enough to maybe crack the roster when one of your first four OFers are injured. We need difference makers.

I would have considered making this move (or Roycroft) before the rule five and protected Cade Winquest.

The entire outfield consists of AAAA hitters!

There is definitely the need for at least one upgrade.

Seems like a middle of the pack Memphis hitter.

Last 4 years of Memphis stats

.314 .416 .562 .978 221 JJ Wetherholt
.335 .400 .521 .921 242 Nathan Church - MLB roster
.285 .411 .506 .917 286 Jared Young
.297 .377 .533 .910 207 Clint Coulter
.295 .417 .491 .908 614 José Fermín - MLB roster
.331 .372 .532 .905 470 Alec Burleson - MLB roster
.328 .441 .464 .905 414 Bryan Torres - MLB roster
.264 .333 .562 .895 270 Paul DeJong
.290 .416 .463 .879 795 Iván Herrera - MLB roster
.251 .311 .552 .863 286 Nolan Gorman - MLB roster
.248 .343 .507 .851 1610 Luken Baker - MLB roster
.285 .358 .480 .838 511 Masyn Winn - MLB roster
.311 .386 .437 .823 586 Nick Dunn
.263 .329 .473 .802 592 Juan Yepez - MLB roster
.272 .364 .434 .798 317 Matt Lloyd
.273 .388 .408 .796 407 Scott Hurst
.277 .348 .442 .790 1476 Matt Koperniak
.250 .385 .405 .789 314 Chase Pinder
.258 .361 .425 .785 377 Conner Capel
.277 .353 .429 .782 408 Ben DeLuzio
.255 .343 .438 .781 236 Taylor Motter
.274 .337 .441 .778 430 Jimmy Crooks - MLB roster
.286 .336 .440 .776 1226 César Prieto - MLB roster
.272 .350 .425 .775 605 Mike Antico
.264 .331 .432 .763 780 Thomas Saggese - MLB roster
.269 .343 .418 .761 440 Juniel Querecuto
.236 .303 .452 .755 973 Moisés Gómez
.257 .331 .414 .745 529 Jordan Walker - MLB roster
.229 .354 .337 .690 381 Alfonso Rivas III
.239 .314 .366 .680 515 Gavin Collins
.215 .369 .305 .675 870 Kramer Robertson
.236 .290 .385 .675 414 Cory Spangenberg
.247 .348 .325 .673 421 Evan Mendoza
.211 .313 .326 .639 469 Michael Siani - MLB roster
.206 .276 .355 .632 316 Nick Raposo
.210 .294 .303 .597 362 Victor Scott II - MLB roster

Shady wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 11:39 am

Goldfan wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:27 am

Cusecards wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025 10:22 am Obviously just floating an opinion but I wonder if Koperniak hit RH if he would have gotten more of a look?
Cards pretty overloaded from LH side.

The Cards OF hit this last season…..if a AAA guy can’t break thru with that crew…he needs move on
.215, 6HR
.216, 5HR
.234, 13HR

Bloom needs to trade Contreras and Nootbaar to try to get an outfield upgrade. Bring in at least one productive hitter.

Shut up Bobo

This is like when Cardinal fans were clamoring for John Gall to get a shot on the 06-07 teams.

I think where people like myself are coming from in relation to getting a chance. It has to do with success vs reward. The minors system is not an easy place to rise above. (bleep) bus rides, cheap rooms, lousy food day in, and day out. Expected to each day be rested enough, and in good enough spirits to go out and hit the ball with some average or better defense. Year after year when most guys that age are out making money, dating girls and overall enjoying their lives. As a ball player your expected to forgo it all and stay laser focused on producing well enough to get a shot at the show. Koperniak and other guys like him had put together good enough seasons to have earned at least a month on an average at best MLB team. He could not get that though while guys like Siani, Scott and Walker got all the playing time in the world. He had to of been disappointed to have had the 2024 season he had to then get sent down to AAA without even a look. We will never know if he was the victim of an injury, unfair bias or all of the above in 2025 that cast him out of consideration.

Either way I would hope moving forward that when guys do have those kinds of seasons that they at least get a fair shot to show their worth.

I will never understand why Siani and Scott have gotten as much playing time as they had. Their defense was never that far above Koperniaks that the lack of a bat should have been the deciding factor. I am hoping Church does better or he will also be buried in the system. Scott needs more AAA time just like Walker. We need some other guys getting a shot to show if they can stick from our system. We do not need any more Garcia's and Arozarena's happening. Here's hoping Koperniak finds a place somewhere he can get a shot and will succeed.