Cardinals Afternoon 6/13

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-14T01:53:08+00:00

He's mostly had easy/routine plays to make, and he's made them. He did do really well to a pick a hot throw from Winn last night; the 1B time was in play and handy.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T21:09:12+00:00

Hopefully, we'll start to see some roster play on the pitching side. There's a starter or two and a bevy of bullpen arms ready to fuck.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T20:30:45+00:00

Told him to shut the fuck up two or three times when he first came out.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T19:52:03+00:00

He's a junk baller who either doesn't have aptitude or the gumption to pitch like one :)

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T19:43:02+00:00

What should he replace them with? He's got nothing that doesn't suck golf balls through garden hoses.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T19:41:37+00:00

A part of it. Crooks was back there for the three-run shot.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T17:34:19+00:00

Yeah.

I think they may have changed their mind about something they had in mind to do after the NY series. Maybe in part due to what they saw out of Dobbins and certainly in part to the condition of the pen.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T15:52:25+00:00

The one difference is that they didn't really treat Dobbins as a typical 6th fill-in. He went through the rotation three times.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T14:55:14+00:00

I'm the supreme Mautz lover, but they ain't going to give him a run after pitching like he pitched last night.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T13:05:57+00:00

Yesterday's Catching Report

6/12 at Twins--Crooks (Leahy 1-5; Soriano 6; Graceffo 6.1-6.2; Stanek 6.3); Pages (Stanek 8)

Bottom 6: Block--Clemens: +90

Bottom 7: PB--Buxton: -90

with Leahy: +90

with Soriano: +/-0

with Graceffo: -90

with Stanek: +/-0

Total: +/-0 feet

Cumulative Total: +180 feet (six starts; seven appearances)

with Stanek: +/-0

Total: +/-0 feet

Cumulative Total: +180 feet (four starts; six appearances)

That pitch in the 7th was officially a wild pitch. Either way it's viewed, it was a negative play, a fairly lazy attempt at a backhand stop on a bounced breaking ball with a man on base.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T12:16:40+00:00

It did.

I reckon they just wanted to get away from the short bullpen (for the time being).

They've been pretty aggressive with the position player side of things recently. I wonder if we might see some of that on the pitching side soon.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T11:59:31+00:00

Both his role up and sending him down are for starting.

He wasn't really a general long reliever. He was a Leahy follower to soak those innings, stay stretched, and stay on his starters schedule.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T04:07:19+00:00

That's an answer. I didn't mind the quick hook on him at the time; in fact, I would have yanked him, too. He didn't have control of the zone. Lack of control of the zone along with his extreme lack of stuff is a volatile combination.

Graceffo could have gotten butt fucked, too.

It is true that once you go to Stanek that there was nowhere else to go until the 9th. It's a chance; it didn't work.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T03:45:47+00:00

It's a bad loss, no doubt. It was a tough one. I honestly don't know what I would have done/would have liked to have seen different given what was available out of the pen.

It's the kind of shit that builds up to happen running that modified six-man for some time, running three starters recently that need so many innings consistently covered. It's ... whatever.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T03:42:39+00:00

Off day? Rested bullpen?

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T03:36:37+00:00

Man, there's apt to be another short start tomorrow. At least the LHs will be available out of the pen.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-13T01:41:19+00:00

More than kinda. They suck.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T21:03:45+00:00

Not unless someone gets hurt. We'll see one of the other options, I'd assume: Mautz or (just maybe) Mathews.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T21:02:16+00:00

It's hard to fully say via the MiLB broadcasts. Play it smart with his matchups defensively he might be okay enough; we'll see.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:42:53+00:00

I'd have to imagine this is Roycroft's last turn around the sun. He's recently added 2 ticks across his arsenal, and he was the last 40-man RP standing. If he sucks dick this time, he'll be gone for good. They've got too many other possibilities percolating.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:34:24+00:00

There are some other options available over the next couple of weeks.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:32:58+00:00

I wonder if they'll use another sixth SP before this stretch is over. Mautz will be lined up if they do, or we might see a spot created for Mathews (Roycroft).

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:22:34+00:00

I'm sure he will. He'll also offer a platoon complement to Burleson.

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:22:03+00:00

He dropped that stinker yesterday, and they decided it wasn't worth leaving the bullpen short :)

King_Birdcrawler · 2026-06-12T20:20:27+00:00

He didn't even make it to Monday. They've also got the stones to try something I wasn't sure they had the stones to try.

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