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A Motte Proposal
September 04, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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Troy Glaus takes a swing in anger. (photo courtesy momup)
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I missed most of yesterday's game, for a variety of reasons, and when I left the Cardinals had their narrow...
Hot Stove kickoff: The Roster Matrix
21 days ago by
Viva El Birdos
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2010 ROSTER MATRIX2009 EDITION
STARTERSBENCHROTATIONPEN
molina c$4.25m
lugo ut$400K
carpenter rhp$14.5m
franklin rhp$3.25m
pujols 1b$16m
greene ut$400K
lohse rhp$8.9m
mcclellan rhp$400k
schumaker 2b$2.5m
mather of$400K
wainwright rhp$4.65m
motte rhp...
Pirates-Cardinals Lines Preview
April 07, 2009 by
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Busch Stadium. Righthander Ian Snell will take the mound for the Pirates to start this game. Snell is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. It'll be Kyle Lohse toeing...
Motte Set to Be Cards' Closer
March 29, 2009 by
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Despite Tony LaRussa's demurrals on the question of naming a Cardinals closer, Jason Motte will open the season as the team's bullpen ace. That's according to Al Hrabosky, a Cardinals closer himself - "the Mad Hungarian" - back in the 1970s and since then a longtime...
Daily Farm Report 3/22/09
March 22, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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Because KLaw’s comments went over so well, let’s toss some more fuel on the fire:
psugator01 (Coral Springs, Fla.): Is there anything about Jason Motte’s mechanics that would prevent the Cardinals from naming him their closer?
Kevin Goldstein: I’m not sure I...
Future Redbirds Top 20: 3-6
December 30, 2008 by
Future Redbirds
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Baseball America ranked the Cardinal farm system 8th overall. That?s a pretty big feather in Jeff Luhnow?s cap, considering what he
#6 - Jason Motte - Age:
Rank: erik - 8, roarke - 7, azruavatar -
2008: (AAA) 66.2 IP, 110K/26BB, 36% GB, 2.59
(MLB) 11 IP, 16K/3BB, 45% GB, ...
Our Preseason Picks to Click
April 09, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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Here are ours-
erik
Cardinal Rookie of the Year: Jason Motte
Minor League Player of the Year: Brett Wallace
Minor League Pitcher of the Year: Lance Lynn
2009 1st round pick: I’m not liking the way this class is shaping up really. I’ll cheat and pick 2. A.J. Pollock CF/IF...
Affirmation
September 22, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by David J. Phillip - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols (5) hits a double as Houston Astros catcher Humberto Quintero, left, cries softly during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 21, 2009...
Off Day Relief
August 03, 2009 by
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by Tom Gannam - AP
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I guess they won't be missing Oswalt so much after all. It's amazing how inelastic my subjective idea of this offense has gotten; even after all the...
Bill James and Pitchers
18 days ago by
Viva El Birdos
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I think we, as a community of worriers, are relatively pat about the offense—if anything bad were to happen, be it Pujols missing a chunk of time; Rasmus continuing to be Ramos; or the Cardinals seriously going into the 2010 season with Skip Schumaker and Allen Craig dueling...
FR Top 20 - Great Expectations - 6-10
April 01, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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Magwitch approved content.
6. Jason Motte
See you in: St. Louis
Journey Theme Song: Line of Fire
Best Case 2009: Grant Balfour 2008.
Right handed relief
August 30, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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First of all, I apologize for yesterday. My computer was basically inoperable as I spent most of the day trying to remove viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, netware, adware, and underwear. Between running multiple virus protection programs and all the adware the worm/virus...
The 2009 Draft in Review, Part One
August 12, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by Tom Gannam - AP
Trust me, Matt. We all feel the same.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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Gee, wasn't that an awful game last night?
It felt a whole lot like one of last...
Jason Motte: the Mechanics Behind the Fury
April 07, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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Jason Motte has been a hot topic of discussion amongst Cardinals fans lately and with good reason, as he used a sensational spring training performance to beat out Chris Perez for the team’s role of closer. Opinions are fairly a split on Motte and I’m sure his four-run...
RHRUI v. St. Louis Cardinals
August 13, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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Bailiff: All rise! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Honorable Judge V.E. Birdos presiding.
Judge Birdos: Please be seated (in your parents’ basement!). This case is Right Handed Relievers Union International v. St. Louis Cardinals. Arguing on behalf of the Union will be Mr. chuckb. Mr...
You know what is coming, but can you hit it?
March 17, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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From Josh Kalk’s Pitch F/X cards.
Kalk also runs similarity scores on his site for each pitcher and interestingly enough, Motte’s most comparable pitcher from 2008 was Grant Balfour. Balfour happened to lead the league in K/9 with 12.65. Jason Motte led all of the minors...
Tony La Russa plans on starting Rick Porcello again tomorrow
June 19, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by Jeff Roberson - AP
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Pete Kozma throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, June 18, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson...
Prospect List Random Notes
March 03, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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Mini-post.
Position Players:
Pitchers:
Catcher:
SS:
2B/3B: 3 (counting the dubious
CF:
LF/RF: 1
1B:
RHP:
LHP:
Starters:
Relievers:
Biggest Ladder: Daryl
Biggest Chute: Adam Ottavino/Tyler
College Players:
Non-college Players:
Oldest Player: ...
Cardinals back into the playoffs, hope to turn around soon
October 05, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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momup swears that, when she took this photo, our three dissatisfied-looking starters were staring out at the bullpen, where one Todd Wellemeyer was warming up. When asked for comment, Wellemeyer said: "Well, I thought all the people liked...
The October Team
August 17, 2009 by
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by Tom Gannam - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Harold Ramis, right, celebrates with teammate Brendan Ryan after hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009 in...
At least it wasn't the NLDS
September 14, 2009 by
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by Jeff Roberson - AP
I'm not saying that either one of us ([Chris Carpenter and the towel]) have been on too much of a high but it brings you back down to where you're supposed to be."
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Izzy To Test Free Agent Market
In a move that was no surprise, Jason Isringhausen filed for free agency Saturday. He plans to test the market to see what offers are out there after a year that saw him lose his closer job with the Cardinals. He "lost" the magic that had made him the franchise saves leader...
St. Louis Cardinals: Five Things to Look Forward to in 2009
March 12, 2009 by
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1. Albert Pujols-Here are the numbers Pujols put up in 2008: .357 batting average, 37 HR, 116 RBI, .462 OBP. How amazing are those numbers? And did I mention that Pujols suffered from a major elbow injury for the entire 2008 season? Pujols is an absolute freak of nature and is unquestionably...
Goldstein?s Top 11
January 07, 2009 by
Future Redbirds
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This week must be prospect ranking week. Monday we had Sickels,? now it?s Kevin Goldstein?s
Five-Star
1. Colby Rasmus,
2. Brett Wallace,
Four-Star
3. Chris Perez,
4. Daryl Jones,
Three-Star
5. Jess Todd,
6. Adam Reifer,
7. Bryan Anderson, ...
Where They're At: Your Second-Half-of-2009 Cardinals
July 27, 2009 by
Viva El Birdos
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by Tom Mihalek - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday has always been a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. In this conceit Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
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