just a few haikus about the cardinals and some other info
- Willson Contreras
First baseman, once catcher; hits
Snapping out of it
-.4 fWAR - Brendan Donovan
Hitting barn worked wonders but
Brant Brown did also
1 fWAR - Masyn Winn injured
Come back soon, when healed defense
Among the elite
.4 fWAR - Future hall of fame
Nolan Arenado is
Among very best
.7 fWAR - Ivan Herrera
Injured slugging prodigy
He will heal and help
.7 fWAR - Pedro Pages is
Catcher of destiny’s path
He can hit, defend
.3 fWAR - Yohel Pozo is
a catching extraordinaire
from out of nowhere
.3 fWAR - Lars Nootbaar leadoff
Hitter ideal gets on base
All around good dude
.5 fWAR - Locking it down in
Center field Victor Scott 2
Hitting his way there
.6 fWAR - Jordan Walker is
Doing much better both on
Offense and defense
.3 fWAR - Unexpected staff
Matthew Liberatore
Rotation pitcher
.7 fWAR - Miles Mikolas
Cromulent pitcher so far
Jobbed by the umpires
.4 fWAR - Pitcher Sonny Gray
Most recent game dominant
Ace of rotation
.3 fWAR - Pitcher Phil Maton
Signed at very last minute
Top acquisition
.3 fWAR - Sixth Man Steven Matz
Starting pitcher today he
The willing southpaw
.2 fWAR
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Morning Updates
The Cubs and Cardinals are the best teams by positional players so far, wasn’t seeing that one coming. The Cardinals are playing a little better defense though, and by wRC+ the Cardinals are actually ahead of the Cubs on offense too. Not saying much, but could be something to it… the Cubs also have more fWAR because they’ve played more games. That said, our BABIP is WAY higher than the Cubs’.
The Cardinals have been scoring 5.63 runs per game this season. It’s been fun and a bit maddening, especially since we are actually not over .500. The Cardinals are really duking it out to see who’s best and ready for that .500 milestone yet again, with both teams now at 8-9. Today’s game starts at 12:15pm. Steven Matz gets his first start of the season, while Ronel Blanco tests the meddle of the Cardinals offense with his 6.94 ERA. They should be ready to hit again, unless they can only hit really good pitchers?
Album Hall of Fame: Megadeth – ‘Rust In Peace’