St. Louis Cardinals: Who's Hot, Who's Not

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Who's Hot

*New rules: SP must have pitched good (QS) in back-to-back starts, minimum 10 ABs

SS Brendan Ryan- This was a close one for me. He only managed one RBI, one steal, and struck out a whopping five times in seven games. What? That's not much right. Well he went 7-19 (.368) with one extra base hit. Average alone got him in this list.


CF Colby Rasmus- This was extremely easy decision. Almost too easy. In fact, he would be on this list if it was the majors Who's Hot/Who's Not. 9-18 with one homer, five doubles, one RBI, and five runs scored.


SP Chris Carpenter- I really hope this is like a weekly thing. Putting together his last two starts you come up with these numbers: 15 IP, 9 hits allowed, one walk, eight K's, three earned runs (1.80), two quality starts and a complete game. Hey All-Star game? Does 4-0 with 0.71 E.R.A. qualify?

Honorable Mention- Joe Thurston 7-20 (.300), but has went 0-10 recently, Albert Pujols cranked two homers with 9 RBI but had a modest .291 average


Who's Not

*New rules: Must have bad back-t0-back starts; for a RP must have multiple appearances with earned runs, 10 AB limit


SP Todd Wellemeyer- I'm not gonna lie, I haven't even looked at the stats yet. Now I will and here they are: 12 IP, eleven hits, five walks, 10 K's, 9 earned runs. Well, I'll give him one thing: he gets his strikeouts and innings even when pitching awful.

With a 5.52 E.R.A., its starting to get to the point where we should seriously consider bringing up Mitchell Boggs, who won't give us many innings, but we are 4-0 in his starts. Wellemeyer's starts: 6-6


SP Joel Pineiro- Is it really an surprise that when multiple SPs get on this list, the Cards are losing. Pineiro's stats: 9 IP, 16 hits, 2 walks, 7 earned runs. This wouldn't look as bad if this wasn't two combined starts. 7 earned runs is bad enough, but when you failed to go six, its worse.

C Yadier Molina- 2-16 with two walks, one homer, one RBI, three runs scored. How the heck is he getting walked at all? By the way that is a .125 average and his season average is now .259.


Honorable Mention- Adam Wainwright allowed seven earned runs and lost twice in two starts but he pitched 13 innings. Rick Ankiel batted .192 but he was only hitless in two games and I felt Yadi was worse (stats support that) and emphasized the bad pitching.

Ryan Ludwick, but I felt it would be harsh cause he's coming back from an injury and has a three game hitting streak.


As a side note, you will be hard pressed to find Tyler Greene on the Who's Not (second favorite Cardinal) and Chris Duncan on the Who's Hot (I hate him). I would say Khalil Greene on WN, but I don't believe he will ever get there in the first place.


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