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It's not looking too (bleep) good right now.

CCard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:39 am It's not looking too (drat) good right now.

Of course it is. Spring trainng indicates everything for the season going forward.

Not sure what you expect..........RESET year

CCard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:39 am It's not looking too (drat) good right now.

If I'm not mistaken, '23 and '24 ST numbers for the Cards were actually very good. I even think they had the best record in one of those seasons....so....

As the minor leaguers move to their camp, and more of the regulars get their work in, we’ll know better.

NYCardsFan wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 08:50 am

Lol, Jake Woodford.

That’s an org with no pulse on talent evaluation.

ecleme22 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 09:27 am

NYCardsFan wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 08:50 am

Lol, Jake Woodford.

That’s an org with no pulse on talent evaluation.

DING……DING……WINNER

ecleme22 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 09:27 am

NYCardsFan wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 08:50 am

Lol, Jake Woodford.

That’s an org with no pulse on talent evaluation.

Remember people here being mad when he was demoted and getting skeeeerewd. .

The Nard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 08:54 am As the minor leaguers move to their camp, and more of the regulars get their work in, we’ll know better.

Good point. But even then, it’s still just practice games.

CCard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:39 am It's not looking too (drat) good right now.

Been following the Cards since the days of Boyer, Flood, and White...spring training games and results are simply meaningless.
That's not to say that if a player goes 1-40 at the plate we can't be concerned...but...actuall won/loss records mean nothing. Never have and never will.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:43 am

CCard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:39 am It's not looking too (drat) good right now.

Of course it is. Spring trainng indicates everything for the season going forward.

Yeah, why do they even bother with the regular season?

Spring training results provide confirmation bias and that’s about it. If you think a team is going to be bad, and the results aren’t there in spring, it’s “See? I told you they’d suck!” If you think they’re going to be bad and they win spring games, it’s “They don’t matter, it’s spring training.” And vice versa.

Agreed, it is still spring training. But performance does matter. If a guy is struggling in the spring then he's probably going to struggle for real, unless he's working on a certain aspect of his game. When these guys are playing to make the club though, that's not their focus.

CCard wrote: ↑11 Mar 2025 15:30 pm Agreed, it is still spring training. But performance does matter. If a guy is struggling in the spring then he's probably going to struggle for real, unless he's working on a certain aspect of his game. When these guys are playing to make the club though, that's not their focus.

I’m sure there is an abundance of evidence supporting both positions. I doubt either is overwhelming

CCard wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025 07:39 am It's not looking too (drat) good right now.

In the grapefruit league, the Cardinals are 8-10
The third place team is 8-7.
I wouldn’t interpret any of this to mean anything.