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  1. Jim French Stepstool
    Given my baseball-fandom, it's a little disturbing to me that a large group of Cardinals would elect someone from Chicago.🤔
  2. Jim French Stepstool
    Agree. Made has talent just dripping out of every pore, but it's waaay too early to know if he's a SS? 3B? OF? Pratt, yeah, you just plug him in at SS & let him grow.
  3. Jim French Stepstool
    A few words on Cooper Pratt, who had two of the Shuckers' three hits tonite: His #'s are very solid considering it's his first taste of AA, but maybe the most impressive to me is that his whiff rate last year at both A stops was fairly average, while in '25 it's down to 13% while advancing to a level that many struggle at w/the bat. Boeve had the other hit for Biloxi. I dream about how advanced his bat would be had he been healthy throughout his pro career.
  4. Jim French Stepstool
    He hasn't played SS since '21 & has never played 3B in the bigs.
  5. Jim French Stepstool
    Yeah, I would've let Patrick stay too. The determining factors were pitch count (getting near the end but still throwing pretty well) and four run lead. The guy went oppo & hit it well because it was up a little. Just a terrific start.
  6. Jim French Stepstool
    Important start for Patrick. When arms start getting healthy there will be some competition for rotation spots. Right now it looks like Priester has one foot on a banana peel. Chad has been mostly solid; needs to continue that. Any Frelick update?
  7. Jim French Stepstool
    Payamps & Capra both got into the game & we won!!!! How could that be??? While he's been mostly acceptable at 3B so far, Durbin looks much more comfortable at second. The arm certainly plays better there.
  8. Jim French Stepstool
    Cooper came here in '77, the last year of the 'M' logo helmet. Can I change my guess?😁
  9. Jim French Stepstool
    Looks like the pre-1978 batting helmet, so Von Joshua.
  10. Jim French Stepstool
    Fair enough. Would you say he's a better SS than Mona though? I was putting a large part of my thoughts into that aspect of his game, maybe to a fault.
  11. Jim French Stepstool
    Yeah, and that's the main thrust behind my thoughts on Zamora. Even offensively though, he's not K'ing much at all & takes his walks which are nice attributes for a bench guy. Overall I'd give him a slight nose up over Monasterio but the 40-man thing would probably work against him.
  12. Jim French Stepstool
    Great post, but the paragraphs above make some particularly good points. And along with Megill failing a time or two, there were the back-to-back games on the most recent road trip where Alexander failed in what were winnable games, toiling as the '2nd lefty' in the pen while Hudson was in Nashville re-learning how to throw strikes & Ashby was hurt. And as for the starters, yeah. No one can guarantee performance but between Woodruff, Myers, Civale, Cortes, Miz, Rodriguez & Henderson (Gasser probably more of a '26 hope IMO)---that's a LOT of potential options to right that ship.
  13. Jim French Stepstool
    Former 2nd round pick Freddy Zamora is very quietly playing some decent ball in Nashville, while moving around to 2B, SS & 3B. Not on the 40-man but I wonder if he'd be a better option than Mona if they want to make that move at some point? As they should, the organization always values defense & Zamora was drafted as a SS. I've always seen Monasterio as more of a 2B-3B (Even though N'ville has played him at SS quite a bit).
  14. Jim French Stepstool
    I was only half-listening, but I thought I heard Rottino say that Chourios' OPS---I assume he meant for his career---is almost 1.000 when he sees 6 or more pitches in an AB. It's about not chasing but it's also about dialing down enough to foul off close pitches that you're now missing w/two strikes. He'll eventually barrel up balls & sometimes even hit them out of the park w/a so-called "two strike approach". It happened last year at times. Swinging at everything is never a good thing at this level. Just makes you easier to pitch too. He's still a baby; It'll come.
  15. Jim French Stepstool
    Terrific lineup for them, but as the season wears on I could see them having to win a lot of 9-6 & 10-8 type games. And I had that thought before the pulled hammy today by Imanaga, which may or may not be serious. It just remains to be seen if there's anyone else in the division that could get their foot in the door.
  16. Jim French Stepstool
    Any health update re EMJ??
  17. Jim French Stepstool
    To me this is good news, in the sense that I was wondering if the guy was having health issues. If he was, I think a leg kick is something you'd refrain from rather than add.
  18. Jim French Stepstool
    Despite a limited sample size in his career, I'd include Ortiz.
  19. Jim French Stepstool
    I speculated about that the other day, along with Dinges eventually to A+ (provided the glove work suffices). Starting pitching really seems to be fleshing out well, from A+ thru AAA.
  20. Jim French Stepstool
    Can't begin to express how nice it is to finally see Boeves' name in a box score. Hope Jef Quero isn't far behind.
  21. Jim French Stepstool
    Nine for his last thirty, and still drawing walks, right? Baby steps. It's just nice to have SOMETHING positive to hang your hat on after all this time.
  22. Jim French Stepstool
    It's entirely possible that there is no one. This organization has had a history of "lead by example" types. They've also had an Adames, a Prince Fielder, a Lorenzo Cain. even a Dave Parker for a little while. Now? Yelich might come the closest, but that's kinda by default. If he was a couple more years into his career, maybe Frelick.
  23. Jim French Stepstool
    A terrific talent. But IMO the next step in his development is to get past his apparent belief that there's a "shot clock" attached to his ABs----that if he doesn't swing within 1 or 2 pitches he'll be called out. Think about the tougher hitters Brewer pitchers have faced over the years. Even when you retire them, it's like pulling teeth---the close takes just off the plate, the foul balls on quality pitches around the black, seven, eight, nine pitches thrown. He (and Yelich) are not only failing lately, but their ABs are way, way too stress-free for the opposition. Fortunately Chourio has a lot of time to grow. He'll learn (I think).
  24. Jim French Stepstool
    I can't believe you don't find a way to use the word "keister" when Priester pitches.
  25. Jim French Stepstool
    I think so. He obviously wasn't getting appreciably better in the day-to-day practice grind, so this is probably going to be more of a sink or swim situation for him. I just hope for his sake he has the work ethic & mindset to improve because he clearly needs to. Not the level of the B10, but the MAC is no joke.
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