Bully4you wrote: ↑04 May 2025 05:22 am
Melville wrote: ↑03 May 2025 08:15 am
Bully4you wrote: ↑03 May 2025 04:37 am
He's starting to slide.
Losing infects all
It's a nasty plague that infects most players
Need to trade him before he goes off the
deep end.
No, he is not starting to slide.
Yes, losing (TOXIC CULTURE) has infected the entire organization.
Yes, it is hard for any closer to harness his customary aggressiveness to pitch the 9th in a blowout loss.
No, he can't be used correctly when working for a team which rarely provides save opportunities - and that problem will only continue to get worse as long as The Marmot is allowed to remain a dead man walking because his presence serves only to remind the team that winning is not the goal, not the expectation.
Yes, at this point STL needs to trade him since they ignored the opportunity to sign him to an extension last year - which would have been the CORRECT BASEBALL DECISION as I expertly advised at the time.
Mel,
Your predictions have been subpar lately.
Just like the unicorn, everything else you've
predicted has fallen apart.
Time for you to glance in the mirror.
Just a glance, because it will be hard to do
a full stare with an ego as big as yours.
You may have confused me with someone else.
One, I am a very humble person and have no over-sized ego at all.
I merely analyze information without bias or agenda.
Two, my predictions and analysis continue to have a 90% plus success rate.
Just a few examples in this young season:
I said Lars The Human Sushi-baar would continue to be the same pedestrian (astute readers may see what I did there) player as he has been in the past - and with his current .244 BA, just 11 XBH's in 153 PA's, .682 OPS against LH pitching, and slightly below average defense, he has indeed performed as I said he would.
In various thread discussion concerning lineup construction before the season began, I said Winn fit best at the #2 spot (even though not one person agreed with me) - and sure enough his current .438/.500/.938/1.438 slash line confirms the perfection of my analysis so far.
In those same threads I also stated Donovan belonged in the 3 spot (again, there was widespread objection) - and, of course, he went into today's game at .333/.389/.438/.826 in that role.
(Note: this is the same Brendan Donovan for whom, during ST of 22, I was the only person on the planet who predicted a breakout season.)
I also said the team could surprise, but only if Contreras, Gorman, and Walker exceeded expectations to carry the offense - and yes, I have been correct about that as well.
I said Scott should be the starting CF and that Siani had no meaningful role or purpose in the team's future (most did agree with that) - and so that was ridiculously easy to be correct about.
Many opposed the move of Contreras to 1b - I said it would prove to be the right move and have been right about that.
(Note: some will recall that on the day STL signed Contreras, I was the only person on the planet who predicted he would be moved to 1B as soon as Goldschmidt's contract expired - which is precisely what happened.)
I said that even with yet another full season to prepare, Herrera's defense at C would not improve (again, many objected) - and sure enough, it did not.
We could go on, but my innate modesty recommends that I should not.
Bottom line: no one is perfect, but you will not find better analysis of the Cardinals anytime, anywhere, from anyone.