Eyelids64 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2025 20:42 pm
Those 3 guys just were not good enough to handle 100 mph heat with a knuckle curve in the mix. Marmot knew they were meat and should have reacted accordingly. Granted, he had nothing on the bench so bunt ball was the play. Those guys were watchers and not players.
He had Pozo on the bench.
Pozo is by far the best hitter on the team at putting the ball in play (just 3 K's in 65 PA's.
Which is all that was needed.
The Marmot lacked the guts and creativity to make the right call.
Easy.
Obvious.
Correct.
icon wrote: ↑15 Jun 2025 20:05 pm
Give their closer some credit. He put away the bottom of the Cardinals' order with 100+ mph heat and a curve with a violent break.
Exactly what Cards fans would expect Helsley to do.
Exactly.
Wouldn't it be fun for one of these fans get to experience facing a high velo MLB pitcher that can bend it pretty good also, lol.
Then come back on here to tell us how their genius approach AB went.
Eyelids64 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2025 20:42 pm
Those 3 guys just were not good enough to handle 100 mph heat with a knuckle curve in the mix. Marmot knew they were meat and should have reacted accordingly. Granted, he had nothing on the bench so bunt ball was the play. Those guys were watchers and not players.
He had Pozo on the bench.
Pozo is by far the best hitter on the team at putting the ball in play (just 3 K's in 65 PA's.
Which is all that was needed.
The Marmot lacked the guts and creativity to make the right call.
Easy.
Obvious.
Correct.
Nice job Pozo!
It would appear that whichever Cardinal employee is assigned to monitor my posts (it has been obvious for some time now that someone does) successfully shared my perfect analysis above
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Eyelids64 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2025 20:42 pm
Those 3 guys just were not good enough to handle 100 mph heat with a knuckle curve in the mix. Marmot knew they were meat and should have reacted accordingly. Granted, he had nothing on the bench so bunt ball was the play. Those guys were watchers and not players.
He had Pozo on the bench.
Pozo is by far the best hitter on the team at putting the ball in play (just 3 K's in 65 PA's.
Which is all that was needed.
The Marmot lacked the guts and creativity to make the right call.
Easy.
Obvious.
Correct.
Nice job Pozo!
It would appear that whichever Cardinal employee is assigned to monitor my posts (it has been obvious for some time now that someone does) successfully shared my perfect analysis above
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Looks like Marmol saved and reused the note from whomever passed it to him.
That's good.
Walker's a total bust and there's no one to blame but the Cards. You do not bring up a 20-year old phenom straight from AA, watch him tie the longest consecutive hit streak for a rookie in, what was it, the history of the Cards or baseball or something? AND THEN, release to the public, "Oh yeah, by the way... Walker's swing is no good. It'll never play at the big leagues. He needs to completely revamp it in order to get more lift and succeed in MLB."
"Hey Jordan, we know you just got to The Show but .... would you mind working on that while you're up here, btw? Mkaaayyy ... Thaaaaanks!"
It's the most asinine, absurd, ridiculous piece of player development I've literally ever heard of in my 30 years of being a hardcore sports fan.
He should have never seen an MLB field outside of Spring Training until he'd not only worked on this, but showed at least a year of two of it and the domination at AAA that comes with it.
Instead, his languishing here and looking more defeated by the day. It's honestly disgusting and it p*sses me off that Mo did this just to bring up a shiny new toy because he felt the pressure from all of his bad deals.
blackinkbiz wrote: ↑21 Jun 2025 22:55 pm
Walker's a total bust and there's no one to blame but the Cards. You do not bring up a 20-year old phenom straight from AA, watch him tie the longest consecutive hit streak for a rookie in, what was it, the history of the Cards or baseball or something? AND THEN, release to the public, "Oh yeah, by the way... Walker's swing is no good. It'll never play at the big leagues. He needs to completely revamp it in order to get more lift and succeed in MLB."
"Hey Jordan, we know you just got to The Show but .... would you mind working on that while you're up here, btw? Mkaaayyy ... Thaaaaanks!"
It's the most asinine, absurd, ridiculous piece of player development I've literally ever heard of in my 30 years of being a hardcore sports fan.
He should have never seen an MLB field outside of Spring Training until he'd not only worked on this, but showed at least a year of two of it and the domination at AAA that comes with it.
Instead, his languishing here and looking more defeated by the day. It's honestly disgusting and it p*sses me off that Mo did this just to bring up a shiny new toy because he felt the pressure from all of his bad deals.
Great explanation, it is a perfect example of Mo trying to prove his brilliance
If there's any hope for Walker, and I'm not sure there is, it's in Memphis. He's a negative on the Cardinals. We'd all trust a backup catcher over him at the plate right now.
