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

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A lot of action here. I decided to add this in case you didn't know who was up and who they are.


Jess Todd- Well, was he our dummy boy our something. He took one for the team and he isn't even on the team anymore. In an 11-4 loss Friday, he pitched 1 2/3 IP, allowed 2 earned runs (10.80), and struck out and walked two apiece. He was sent back down the next day.

For the record AAA stats: 3-1, 2.96 E.R.A., 11 saves, 32 K's in 24.1 IP. Blaine Boyer was demoted to AAA even though he has no options. Suprise? Nobody claimed him.


Blake Hawksworth- Well, good move Cards. He pitched even worse in a 10-1 loss to finish the game. He went two IP, allowed 4 earned runs on three hits and a walk. To be fair to him, he had one hitless, scoreless inning in the eighth. He went up, and Todd went down. Expect a demotion this week. I'm half-kidding, but who knows.

Tyler Greene- Finally, logic took over. The best shortstop on the team and the best all-around player not named Albert Pujols. Sorry to Ludwig (glove), Ankiel (K's), Schumacher (power)....well you get the picture.

Comment on someone who you think does. Glaus doesn't count either. He's got slightly worse defense than Brendan Ryan with more average and power. Plus he's got speed. Kyle Lohse was placed on the DL to allow this to happen.

Minor League Report

I will add AA to the picture now, but that is it. I won't include him AA in Stock is Rising/Falling however. So if you see an unrecognized name, I will point out his name and age (cause normally younger than 25 and he's a prospect).

While we're here, I just have to ask why we have a 30 year old RP in AAA. Is it because he's from Japan? We also have two lefties down there who are 28 and 29. But both have pitched in majors before.

Stock is Rising

Mitchell Boggs- How convenient that I just happen to mention above to bring him up. Well his last two starts are gems: 13 IP, 16 hits (yikes), 2 earned runs, 12 K's (10 in one game alone) and two wins.

Ok, I didn't watch these games but at first glance, it seems in the first game, he didn't have his stuff and came away with 6 IP, 1 earned run and nine hits and two strikeouts. Second game was much better with 7 IP, five hits, and 10 K's. So the hits look much worse than they are.


Jarrett Hoffpauier- 11-27 (.407), two doubles, seven RBI, and five runs scored. If Schumacher leaves, he's a possible replacement so even if he has no shot at making team, a good season and he will be considered. It can't come soon enough: his 25th birthday is in 10 days.

Joe Mather- THE ROAD TO .200!!! He's close at .192. He's batting 8-20 (.400) with one homer and seven RBI and two doubles. He's slumping so badly that that was his FIRST homer of the year.

Mark Shorey- He's not just hot. There's another word for going 11-21 (.524) with a homer and three RBI. In case you were keeping count, this is the last AAA guy. The following will be AA.

Honorable Mention- Allen Craig with a .333 average in past week, but mostly because he moved to outfield.

Stock is Falling

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