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#1 Gönderildi : 5 Mart 2023 Pazar 07:04:20(UTC)
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The activated catcher from the injured list ahead of their Saturday game against the , the team announced. In a corresponding move, the Cardinals demoted backstop Ali Snchez to Triple-A Memphis. Snchez will not report to Memphis, however, and will instead remain with the big-league team as a Dave DeBusschere Jersey member of the traveling taxi squad.Molina, who will celebrate his 39th birthday come July, has not appeared in a game since April 26 because of a strained tendon in his right foot. Prior to being placed on the shelf, he was off to a tremendous Julius Randle Jersey start to the year, batting .323/.366/.631 in 71 trips to the plate. Molina has not been an average or better hitter over the course of a full season since 2018, when he most recently made the All-Star Game. Last season, meanwhile, represented one of his worst offensive outputs since the early portion of his big-league career.The Cardinals went 8-3 during Molina's absence while relying almost exclusively on Dick Barnett Jersey youngster behind the plate. St. Louis pitchers have performed better with Knizner than Molina this year, but it's worth noting that: 1) Theo Pinson Jersey the performance gap is likely the product of a small sample size; and 2) Knizner entered Saturday hitting .208/.276/.264 on the season. Molina, of course, has a well-deserved reputation as one of the game's best defensive catchers. The Cardinals are 19-14 on the season, giving them a two-game lead over the in the National League Central. They've won or split each Earl Monroe Jersey of their last four series, and they entered Saturday's game with a 5-2 mark in May. The Cardinals' plus-20 run differential is the best in the division, and is the fourth best in the National League overall.
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Still in the afterglow of the blockbuster trade that landed star third baseman in St. Louis at relatively little cost, the in most circles will be NL Central favorites going into the 2021 season. That's a defensible expectation. The reigning champion have willingly taken a step back thanks to ownership's unwillingne s to spend, and Cy Young winner has been subtracted from the ' roster. While Milwaukee has had a productive winter, they don't have St. Louis' overall roster strength, at least on paper.As for 2020, the Cardinals last season failed to repeat as NL Central champs, but they did manage to make the postseason for a second straight year. They achieved a winning record despite having to play 53 games in 44 days thanks to a COVID outbreak within the roster. The hope in 2021 Valeri Nichushkin Men Jersey is that no such schedule challenges are nece sary. The further hope -- at least in St. Louis and environs -- is that those expectations above are met and then some.Now let's have a closer look at the 2021 Redbirds.2021 Sportsline projection: 88-74World Series odds (via William Hill Sportsbook): +25002020 record: 30-28 (lost to Padres in Wild Card Series) , 2B , 1BNolan Arenado, 3B , SS , RF , C , LF , CFBench: C , INF , INF , OF The offense has been a soft underbelly for St. Louis in recent years. In 2019, when they won the division, they finished 10th in the 15-team NL in runs scored, 11th in OPS, and 12th in home runs. Last season they were even worse -- 12th in runs per game, 14th in OPS, and last in homers. Needle s to say, the Cardinals would prefer to give their pitchers a greater margin for error in 2021. The addition of Arenado will surely help matters, but the continuing development of young outfielder Dylan Carlson is no le s important. He thrived last season after being recalled from the alternate training site, and was even batting in the heart of the order in the postseason. That squares with expectations, and although he's still rookie-eligible Carlson could soon emerge as a fulcrum in the lineup. As part of an attack that's dubious and all too right-handed, the switch-hitting Carlson needs to do just that in 2021. , RHP , RHP , LHP , RHP , RHPBullpen:RHP , RHP , LHP , RHP , RHP , RHP , LHP Rene Robert Kids Jersey , , Flaherty looks to put the disappointments of 2020 behind and get back to being a true frontline ace. Wainwright still looks capable of getting outs, and Kim showed much promise his first season stateside. The back end is le s settled and certain, as we'll touch on below. The bullpen has the makings of a powerhouse, especially from the right side. Big arms abound, and they can provide the swing and mi s that may be lacking in the rotation.Now for three Cards-related questions -- burning in some cases, merely warm to the touch in others Andre Burakovsky Men Jersey -- to ponder as the 2021 season approaches.Arenado is absolutely going to help the Cardinals in 2021, but the question is to what extent. We know he'll pick it in the field, but what about his bat? The temptation is to think Arenado will suffer some manner of decline once he's no longer playing his home games at a mile above sea level. However, that particular concern is not really grounded in reality. Hitters in the past who have moved on from Coors Field teach us that, yes, home numbers will decline, at least superficially. However, that's offset by an improvement in road performance because playing one's home games at Coors Field tends to have a "hangover" effect in road games. Now in St. Louis, that won't be a concern for Arenado. What is of concern are his batted-ball indicators. Sure, you can dismi s last year's numbers because of the shoulder injury he suffered early in the season, in addition to, you know, playing a 60-game schedule in the throes of a pandemic. However, it's a trend that goes back to the start of the 2019 season. Since that point, Arenado's quality of contact measures such as average exit velocity, expected batting average, expected slugging percentage, and hard-hit rate have all headed in the wrong direction. As he heads toward age 30, it's something worth Alexander Kerfoot Women Jersey monitoring. Decline is rarely linear for a great like Arenado, so it's likely he's got some offensive peak left in his quiver.As you can see above, one through four in the rotation are pretty well settled (while acknowledging that Carlos Martinez may be a bit le s than a known quantity these days). The back end, however, is in flux. That the Cardinals are in such a situation reflects that will mi s the entire season as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. As well, , who was set to return from his own TJ surgery, has been shut down because of shoulder i sues and almost certainly won't be ready for Opening Day. Suffice it to say, a major elbow injury followed by a shoulder malady is not an optimal state of affairs.The gue s here is that John Gant works as the fifth starter to begin the season. Daniel Ponce de Leon is also a candidate, and on the fringes are and . If Mikolas is out longer than expected, then one of those names will need to seize the job. Looking forward, top pitching prospect should be ready for rotation duty at some point this season. In 2019 the Cardinals ranked fourth in in Defensive Efficiency, which is the the percentage of balls in play that a defense converts into outs, and in 2020 they led all comers in that metric. Utmost ranking notwithstanding, could the Cardinals' gloves be even better this season? Yes, they allowed Gold Glove winner to walk, but they also traded away , Teemu Selanne Jersey an established defensive liability. Tommy Edman won't match Wong's skills, but he's a defensive plus at the keystone. In the outfield, rookie Dylan Carlson should be a significant defensive upgrade over Fowler.We've buried the lede here, and that's of course Arenado. Arenado is arguably the best defensive third baseman in baseball, and he'll be patrolling the hot corner for St. Louis. Given all that, it indeed seems plausible that the Cardinals will continue their defensive ascendancy in 2021.
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#3 Gönderildi : 5 Mart 2023 Pazar 09:34:10(UTC)
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lefty will mi s the entirety of the 2020 season -- whatever the season looks like Doug Gilmour Kids Jersey -- after undergoing Tommy John surgery. mostly about his recovery, but along the way he addre sed that dominated baseball discu sion, at least until came along.Those cheating scandals involve the 2017 and 2018 Red Sox, who both won the World Series and were both eventually disciplined by . Sale's Red Sox lost to the 2017 Astros in ALDS before winning the title the following year. One common element was Alex Cora, who was bench coach for the 2017 Astros and then manager Paul Stastny Jersey of the 2018 Red Sox. Cora was an alleged ringleader of the Astros' sign-stealing scheme, but according to MLB's investigation wasn't directly involved with what Boston was doing in 2018. Cora stepped down as manager of the Red Sox earlier this year after his role in the Astros' scandal was beginning to come to light.In light of that backdrop, Rivera asked Sale about the scandals and about Cora's decision to step down. Sale said: "That was a blow. It was a big blow and it sucked. We didn't want to see him go because of the love and respect that we had for him, Nate Prosser Kids Jersey and he earned that. You don't just come into a big league clubhouse and get that kind of respect. AC Cora earned it."More from Sale, when asked if his opinion of Cora changed after the revelations:"I lost zero respect for AC. And look at what I did in 2017, in the playoffs. In the ALDS, you have to win three games, which means you can only lose two. I lost two of those three games to the Astros that were cheating, right? The very next year, AC comes over to us and Nathan Walker Jersey we won the World Series, and I learned who he is."Maybe I'm different, but I believe everyone blew this thing out of proportion."Sale goes on to emphasize what the Astros did was wrong but also says there's no use dwelling on what happened. Mostly, though, he stands by Cora's work as Red Sox manager and -- in keeping with his notion that the scandals were blown out of proportion Shayne Corson Women Jersey -- says he still respects the manager who led Sale and the 2018 Red Sox to the championship.
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