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Exactly. How do you make another Official Cardinals topic when there was the other one? Try using the search function on the top right hand side of this site before making topics like this in the future please. It's just out of respect for the other Official team topics that were made before they reached their posting limit.
Will do. Would everyone please post to the thread "The Offical St.Louis Cardinals Thread" and let this one die.
I would love to see more games where we post 3 home runs in the first inning but how many times is that going to happen? Last nights home runs were by Holliday,Freese and Molina and the Cardinals went on to a 7-1 victory. Tonight Kyle Lohse will face the Reds Leake.
The moderator has the power to merge the two threads, and it is the custom do so so. If you feel that strongly about it, PM the moderator and suggest it.
I'm starting to get a sense of deja vu, with the Cardinals bullpen blowing the save for the second straight night. Both times with the starters holding the Cubs to only one run through 7.
I'm starting to get a sense of deja vu, with the Cardinals bullpen blowing the save for the second straight night. Both times with the starters holding the Cubs to only one run through 7.
For a team with a record of 14-7, I think you would have to concede that a statistical area in which they are in the middle of the pack would be characterized as one of their weaknesses, rather than a strength. And considering that three of their starters are in the top nine in the league (ERA), handing the ball to the "average" bullpen does not represent a positive turning point in the game.
It's hard to believe but the Cardinals have outscored their opponents by a total of 53 runs after only 22 games. That means they are scoring approximately 2.4 runs more on average every game than their opponents. Only the Texas Rangers can boast that amount. Currently 2nd in the ESPN power rankings.
For a team with a record of 14-7, I think you would have to concede that a statistical area in which they are in the middle of the pack would be characterized as one of their weaknesses, rather than a strength. And considering that three of their starters are in the top nine in the league (ERA), handing the ball to the "average" bullpen does not represent a positive turning point in the game.
I never said that it was a strength.
You'll have to conceed that you didn't fully think this through.
Turning from an above average starting rotation to an average bullpen could very well be a positive turning point in the game. Two points to consider.
First, the starters are probably above average for 6 or 7 innings. That doesn't mean they are above average for the 8th and 9th inning.
Second, and the point I'd most like to discuss, is that the average reliever is much more effective on a per inning basis than the average starter.
In 2011, the average reliver had a 3.69 ERA, .696 OPS against and 7.9 K's per 9 innings
The average starter had a 4.06 ERA, .731 OPS against and 6.3 K's per 9 innings.
I don't know how old you are, but the days of 9 inning starting pitchers are over.
As a fan with no real love for St. Louis, I have no problem with them employing this outdated strategy however.
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