How to be an Educated All Star Voter and a Loyal Hometown Fan (Part 1)
First Base and Second Base
Fans take different philosophies when it comes to voting for the All-Star game. Some are complete homers. Your player can be worthless in every form of evaluation imaginable, and you will still vote for him over the player from the rival team who is on pace to shatter every single-season record set. The inverse of that is the fan who combs every stat...
St. Louis Cardinals: Matt Carpenter Is King of Birdland
I’m doubting many baseball fans outside of the midwest know who Matt Carpenter is.
Diverting attention, Adam Wainwright is dominating the National League and catcher Yadier Molina is just three points behind Miguel Cabrera for the league lead in batting average. The Cardinals have the best record, boast the top rotation in the league and have an elite farm system that is the envy...
Matt Carpenter curses after striking out, Marlins’ broadcast replays it
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter struck out in the top of the 5th inning against the Miami Marlins and was not pleased about it. He yelled an audible ********** that the broadcast microphones picked up. Rather than edit out the word before showing a replay, the Marlins broadcast crew showed the replay and replayed the curse word for everyone to hear in case they missed it...
Could Kolten Wong end up being traded?
Earlier, I made the case for keeping David Freese (along with Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong). In his chat today, Jeff Gordon backed me up, indicating that Matt Carpenter is probably the Cardinals long-term second baseman and that the Cards are unlikely to trade Freese. However, he surprised me a bit by indicating that Wong is expendable.
Here's Gordon's quote:
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Could This Be One of the Great Cardinal Teams?
So far in 2013, the Cardinals have matched a winning percentage that is very similar to the 2004 Cardinals, the most winning Cardinal team in my lifetime. Beyond that, they are up there with just about any Cardinals team so far. At 41-22, they are just a win away from being 20 games over .500 and it isn’t even halfway through June. This is a team where a guy with a .310 batting...
Carpenter and Kozma solve Cards' middle-infield dilemma
ST. LOUIS -- During the past offseason, Matt Carpenter was talking with his mom about his future in the major leagues. Though Carpenter enjoyed a strong rookie season with a .365 on-base percentage in 340 plate appearances, his baseball future coming into 2013 was far from secure.
No one knew if he could become more than a utilityman in the big leagues. Not even Carpenter.
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Carpenter and Kozma solve Cards' middle-infield dilemma
ST. LOUIS -- During the past offseason, Matt Carpenter was talking with his mom about his future in the major leagues. Though Carpenter enjoyed a strong rookie season with a .365 on-base percentage in 340 plate appearances, his baseball future coming into 2013 was far from secure.
No one knew if he could become more than a utilityman in the big leagues. Not even Carpenter.
"...
Matt Carpenter sets pace for increasingly impressive St. Louis Cardinals team
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the most balanced attacks in all of Major League Baseball. Their pitching staff leads in earned-run average, the defense has the fewest errors in baseball and the lineup is ranked fourth of the 30 teams, but every power-producing engine needs a spark plug.
For the Cardinals, that’s Matt Carpenter.
Carpenter began the season as a post-Tony La...
St. Louis Cardinals take a 4 game lead in the NL Central with series win over Reds
The St. Louis Cardinals came into Cincinnati this weekend with a three-game series lead in the NL Central division. The Cardinals now maintain a four game lead as they have taken the series two games to one as the improve their streak to 13 games without losing a series.
The Cardinals defeated the Reds 11-4 in 10 innings in the rubber game of this three game weekend series.
St. Louis...
Cardinals-Reds Preview
Lance Lynn's start to 2013 is practically an exact copy of his start from a year ago.
He'd like to avoid repeating what followed last season's impressive start.
Lynn attempts to gain a share of the major league lead in wins by beating the Cincinnati Reds for a third time this year in the finale of this three-game set Sunday night.
Lynn (8-1, 2.76 ERA) went 8-1 with a...
Preview: Cards look to rebound for fifth-straight series win against Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Lance Lynn's start to 2013 is practically an exact copy of his start from a year ago.
He'd like to avoid repeating what followed last season's impressive start.
Lynn attempts to gain a share of the major league lead in wins by beating the Cincinnati Reds for a third time this year in the finale of this three-game set Sunday night.
Lynn (8-1, 2.76...
Adam Wainwright Wins 9th, Freese, Carpenter Extend Hitting Streaks
The St. Louis Cardinals entered Great American Ballpark tonight with a three game lead over the rival Cincinnati Reds in the National League Central. With staff ace, Adam Wainwright, on the mound, the team was confident in their chances of extending their lead to four games. That is exactly what they did–winning the game 9-2.Wainwright competed well tonight against the division...
Cardinals 12, Diamondbacks 8
Shelby Miller hit his first career home run and also pitched six sharp innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-8 Thursday night.
Matt Adams and Daniel Descalso homered in an eight-run fourth inning off Ian Kennedy. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter also connected for the Cardinals.
Miller (7-3) allowed two runs and six hits. He struck out nine and...
Recap: Miller powers Cardinals to 12-8 victory over D-backs
ST. LOUIS (AP) Shelby Miller hit his first career home run and also pitched six sharp innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-8 Thursday night.
Matt Adams and Daniel Descalso homered in an eight-run fourth inning off Ian Kennedy. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter also connected for the Cardinals.
Miller (7-3) allowed two runs and six hits. He struck...
D-backs can't finish rally, drop finale with Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Shelby Miller hit his first career home run and also pitched six sharp innings, leading the Cardinals to a 12-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Matt Adams and Daniel Descalso homered in an eight-run fourth inning off Ian Kennedy. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter also connected for the Cardinals.
Miller (7-3) allowed two runs and six hits. He struck out...
Matt Carpenter, Developing Star
At this point, everyone knows the story of the Cardinals stealing Albert Pujols in the 13th round of the 1999 draft. In terms of production for the cost, it’s probably the best draft pick in Major League history. Well, apparently, the Cardinals are good at this whole 13th round draft pick thing, because exactly 10 years after they unearthed Pujols, they struck gold again.
Their...
Troke Notes: Cardinals get pummeled by D-backs
Stats from June 5th vs Diamondbacks
- The Cardinals have lost consecutive games for the 1st time since April 27-29 (3 straight)
- The last time the Cardinals went 32 games without losing 2 straight was July 27-September 11, 2009 (41 games) that stretch began started right after the Cardinals acquired Matt Holliday
- Pete Kozma singled in the 7th inning, snapping a 0-for-19 skid...
St. Louis Cardinals fall to Arizona Diamondbacks despite strong start by Joe Kelly
Coming into Wednesday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, nobody was quite sure of what to expect of St. Louis Cardinals emergency starter Joe Kelly.
Sure, Kelly was solid as a rookie filling in for Chris Carpenter in 2012, but his second year in the Bigs, this season in the bullpen, had not been as kind. Kelly entered his emergency start with 16 relief appearance and...
The Curious Case of Matt Carpenter
Entering the season, the 2012 emergence of Matt Carpenter was thought to have created only one dilemma for the upcoming year: a battle for who would get more time at second base between himself and Daniel Descalso. Yet just barely two months into the season, Carpenter has put that debate completely to bed and is now working on changing the much bigger picture of the organization...
Matt Carpenter hit by three pitches in 7-6 loss
The world has caught on and has started talking about how great a job Matt Carpenter is doing as the St. Louis Cardinals second baseman and leadoff hitter. Carpenter is starting to get some recognition, but unfortunately not enough as he is fourth in All-star voting at his new position as of Tuesday.
Perhaps Carpenter needs to continue to get on base for a longer stretch of time...
Lynn dominates, Cards continue roll
Lance Lynn was feeling so good that he wanted to stay in the game. These days, everything is going right for the pitcher.
Lynn pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
''It was a good night,'' Lynn said. ''We had a good plan...
Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 1
Lance Lynn pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Lynn allowed one run and five hits, struck out six and walked one. He improved to 8-1 for the second consecutive season while becoming the third National League pitcher to reach eight wins, trailing...
Recap: Lynn solid as Cards cruise past Diamondbacks
ST. LOUIS (AP) Lance Lynn pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
Lynn allowed one run and five hits, struck out six and walked one. He improved to 8-1 for the second consecutive season while becoming the third National League pitcher to reach eight...
Preview: Cards open four-game home set against Arizona
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Lance Lynn has been quite a different pitcher since turning in his shortest outing of the year against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his first 2013 start.
Lynn is unbeaten in his last eight regular-season home outings heading into Monday night's opener of a four-game set for the St. Louis Cardinals in this matchup of division leaders.
NL West-leading Arizona...
Matt Carpenter thrives in leadoff role for the Cards
ST. LOUIS After Matt Carpenter walked twice and singled against the Colorado Rockies on May 12, St. Louis center fielder Jon Jay said he hoped his teammate's success as the leadoff man would continue.
Jay himself had appeared in the leadoff spot for close to 90 at-bats during the season. But Carpenter who had shifted around in the order had just logged his eighth consecutive...
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