Honestly feel bad for Willson. His xwOBA is basically the same as William but he's woefully underperforming it and then he gets scapegoated by management for the pitcher issues despite the Cardinals having one of the worst pitching staff's on paper in all of baseball
When do we think Woodruff gets back? Threw his first bullpen today. Probably about a month to stretch himself out so back 1st time through the rotation post All-Star break?
I don't recall seeing it posted in the roster transactions thread, but Jose Chavez is making his full season debut for the Mudcats in the 9th right now. FB sitting 92-94 with lots of ride getting a lot of swing and misses with it.
Seems like there's a very real adjustment period going from tacky balls to normal balls. Thompson and Uribe's command both faltered when they first got to AAA.
This makes me think we could potentially see a lot of pitching moves once the Southern League goes back to a normal baseball as I doubt they want guys from A+ going to AA just to have a tacky ball for a week.
Darrell Thompson seems to be settling down in AAA. In June he has 7 G, 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 13 SO. That's good for a 2.25 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 39% K-rate and 9% BB-rate.
Still can't believe they not only didn't trade Bard but gave him a big extension last trade deadline. Madness from them and it's worked out like absolute crap.
Why is that concerning?
There's 1 qualified hitter hitting .300 in the Southern League (and he's 25). There's 3 qualified hitters hitting .300 in the Midwest League (and 1 is 24). There's 1 qualified hitter hitting .300 in the Carolina League (and he's 22).
2020 - 189 PA, .338 xwOBA
2023 - 200 PA, .340 xwOBA
He's hitting about as well as he did in 2020 over a very similar sample size. However in 2020 he had a .292 BABIP so he underperformed his xwOBA and in 2023 he has a .406 BABIP so he's overperforming his xwOBA
Sounds down 4-2 in the 6th with Naquin on 2nd and no outs. Jackson hits a rope to right center and tries to stretch a double into a triple but fails and makes the 1st out at 3rd.
Kind of speechless at a AAA veteran making that terrible of a baserunning decision. Expect something like that in A ball not AAA.
You take one look at that Norfolk lineup and you understand why they are 45-23...Baltimore is going to be a terrifying team within the next couple of years.
So I know this angle isn't great, but Tyler Black is standing next to Ethan Murray who is listed as 5'10, 201 lbs. If Ethan Murray is 5'10, 201 lbs then there's no way Black is 5'10 190lbs.