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Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:01 am
by OldRed
The St. Louis Cardinals opted to move on from Paul Goldschmidt this past offseason and likely couldn’t have predicted how he would start this season.
St. Louis moved Willson Contreras to first base and Goldschmidt landed a one-year deal with the New York Yankees. He’s been phenomenal to kick of the 2025 season and after another big game on Friday is slashing .373/.415/.480 with one home run, six RBIs, five doubles, and is leading the league with 28 base hits in 20 games.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:07 am
by DRoss
Isn't PG's track record that he doesn't heat up until the weather warms up?
I wonder what caused the sudden change this late in his career <cough> being on a one-year contract <cough>?
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:13 am
by Goldfan
Didn’t he start out hot last season?
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:20 am
by Alex Reyes Cy Young
He should have been leading off the last two seasons in St. Louis
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:31 am
by OldRed
Alex Reyes Cy Young wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:20 am
He should have been leading off the last two seasons in St. Louis
He's batted cleanup almost 1/2 his at bats.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:31 am
by woofy25
DRoss wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:07 am
Isn't PG's track record that he doesn't heat up until the weather warms up?
I wonder what caused the sudden change this late in his career <cough> being on a one-year contract <cough>?
Was he not on the equivalent of a one year contract last season?
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:35 am
by rockondlouie
Goldfan wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:13 am
Didn’t he start out hot last season?
Just the opposite:
1st 20 GP 2024
1 HR
7 RBI
.169 .272 .211 .483
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 09:36 am
by imadangman
I mean thats an ISO of .107
I thought Yankee Stadium would help him hit more homers. He's good at hitting them to right.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 10:06 am
by sikeston bulldog2
OldRed wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:01 am
The St. Louis Cardinals opted to move on from Paul Goldschmidt this past offseason and likely couldn’t have predicted how he would start this season.
St. Louis moved Willson Contreras to first base and Goldschmidt landed a one-year deal with the New York Yankees. He’s been phenomenal to kick of the 2025 season and
after another big game on Friday is slashing .373/.415/.480 with one home run, six RBIs, five doubles, and is leading the league with 28 base hits in 20 games.
Basically just hits. No real power. Needs 37 homeruns for 400, and 7 rbis for 1200. He might not get to 400 homers.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 10:32 am
by Vacardfan1964
Goldy is nothing more than a complimentary player. He does best when he can stay in the shadows of true stars. He did it in 2022 when AP did his farewell tour and now with Judge. Wait til the big limelight games...
... he'll fold like a card house.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 13:16 pm
by Alex Reyes Cy Young
OldRed wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:31 am
Alex Reyes Cy Young wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:20 am
He should have been leading off the last two seasons in St. Louis
He's batted cleanup almost 1/2 his at bats.
And during his 53% of the time leading off he has...
Batting 1st 932 OPS 375 BA
1st batter of the game 1.278 OPS 444 BA
Leading off the inning 885 OPS 333 BA
As I stated prevously.... He should have been hitting leadoff for the Cardinals his last two seasons with him.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 13:23 pm
by Futuregm2
He's batting .418 over his last 14 games (60 PAs), but not showing any power (4 doubles, 0 HRs). His hard hit% is 34.7%, way down from 48% last year and only 6.3% barrel% (10+% last year). But his BABIP is .443 for the season and K% way down (16.9%, last year it was over 26%).
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 13:35 pm
by 20th Century Boy
Knowing how incompetent Mo is, this doesn't shock me.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 14:15 pm
by DRoss
woofy25 wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:31 am
DRoss wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:07 am
Isn't PG's track record that he doesn't heat up until the weather warms up?
I wonder what caused the sudden change this late in his career <cough> being on a one-year contract <cough>?
Was he not on the equivalent of a one year contract last season?
No. He was in the last season of a multi-year contract.
Now that he's experienced an season that set his value nowhere close to the last year of his Cards contract, it could be he's hellbent on producing the entire season to get another contract or better contract for next year.
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 14:43 pm
by Goldfan
rockondlouie wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:35 am
Goldfan wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:13 am
Didn’t he start out hot last season?
Just the opposite:
1st 20 GP 2024
1 HR
7 RBI
.169 .272 .211 .483
I guess I was remembering the first game
3-4 with HR……then season was downhill from there
Re: Goldschmidt's hot start
Posted: 19 Apr 2025 14:57 pm
by Stlcardsblues
DRoss wrote: ↑19 Apr 2025 09:07 am
Isn't PG's track record that he doesn't heat up until the weather warms up?
I wonder what caused the sudden change this late in his career <cough> being on a one-year contract <cough>?
Being able to fit in behind other high impact hitters and not being asked to carry an offense.