GDT : Cardinals vs Cubs (7/30) ~ 1:15pm CDT

[craviduce]

Back to the 12th worst record ....11.8% chance to land a Lottery Pick (1-6), 1.2% to land #1 pick

[Charles King]

People want to trade Nootbaar
Who wants a absent minded outfielder who strikes out all the time

[12xu]

Please baseball gods, please let us find a taker for Nootbaar

Agree. I hope he is not on the plane to Toronto - unless it is to play for the Blue Jays.

[cbcardsfan]

Noot is just like Bader, Grichuk, O’Neill, Carlson and any others I missed. They come up and can’t get it done. Get rid of him like you did the others. There’s a couple more they’ve brought up and used this year that won’t stick either. Organization is suffering.

[todd-parker]

Cards strengthen their grip on 4th place in the NL Central.

[Futuregm2]

Cards strengthen their grip on 4th place in the NL Central.

We are closer to the worst record in baseball (12 games ahead of the Rockies) than our division leader (13.5 games behind the Brewers).

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Please baseball gods, please let us find a taker for Nootbaar

Yea, it’s time to be done with him. He is what he is. It was a nice hope that he might come back and actually do something before we traded him, but I can’t imagine we’ll get much for him.

[cosmo.kramer]

In the 10th

The Cubs get...
79 exit velo double
85 exit velo double

The Cardinals get...
102 exit velo line out
105 exit velo fly out

[Futuregm2]

In the 10th

The Cubs get...
79 exit velo double
85 exit velo double

The Cardinals get...
102 exit velo line out
105 exit velo fly out

We hit em where they are and they hit em where they ain’t

[dekozma]

No one is trading for Noot. DFA. Come on guys.......

[cosmo.kramer]

No one is trading for Noot. DFA. Come on guys.......

0% chance he gets DFA'd

[cbcloud]

...Cards 1-for-12 with RISP. Cubs 3-for-12. Both teams 10 LOB. Cards had many chances, but couldn't get the key hit. Cubs did in the 10th. No more Cubs in Busch this season...

[cosmo.kramer]

People want to trade Nootbaar
Who wants a absent minded outfielder who strikes out all the time

Nootbaar has struck out 21% of the time this season and 20% of the time in his career

The league strikeout rate this season is 22%

[Strummer Jones]

Like, I honestly think it's the best move to get rid of Noot. Psychologically.

He's kind of the last of that Bader/Carlson/Grichuk/TO line of outfielders that HAD to have the runway cleared for them. Only to provide little, if anything.

[cosmo.kramer]

Nootbaar has struck out 21% of the time this season and 20% of the time in his career

The league strikeout rate this season is 22%

Also, Church is at 20.6% this season and 17.9% in July, including his strikeouts today

[JuanAgosto]

This catcher defense is getting really old. Every game there is a pitch to the backstop that allows a runner to advance. Today, it may cost the game. Absolutely pathetic.

I blame the coaching staff for having them kneel down on one knee trying to steal the low strike. In that position the catcher has a lot less range of motion. With the ABS challenge there isn’t any need to try and steal strikes. It’s obvious that it’s not working defensively.

The coaching staff proved how idiotic it is when they told Contreras to reach forward to steal strikes. It got his arm broken. Now they teach being out of position to block pitches. Are they really that stupid?