Joe Maddon isn’t ‘ready’ to give up on Ian Happ even though he is 2 for his last 21 and struck out four times last night. Is this the same as not giving up on Kyle Schwarber as the leadoff batter? That worked out well. The question is when, not if they will give up on Happ. Not this week i guess.
Baseball Chatter 05/25
Cardinals pitchers have three earned runs and a .72 ERA over their last 37 ⅓ innings – seven earned runs with a 1.25 ERA over their last 50 innings and have allowed only 67 hits over the past 104 1/3 innings. That is 5.78 hits per nine innings.
Baseball Chatter May 19
Jose Berrios is the talk of the town after he pitched into the eighth inning last night, allowing one run off two hits and striking out 11. He threw first pitch strikes to 21 of the 27 batters he faced.
Baseball Chatter
Trevor Rosenthal is emerging as Cards EFFECTOR. His fastball velocity is averaging 99.1 mph, second only to the original effector, Aroldis Chapman, who is throwing 99.3 mph. The Cardinals are 12-2 when Rosenthal enters the game
Baseball Chatter 05/08
Francisco Rodriguez blew his fourth save yesterday and now has an 8.49 ERA. Justin Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth inning for his eighth hold. He owns a 1.32 ERA, having only allowed two runs on four hits in 13 2/3 innings this season, His K/BB ratio is 22/4
Baseball Chatter 04/27
Aroldis Chapman might be in the Injury news section next time you read about him in chatter, he grabbed his elbow last night and didn’t look Good