Ludwick out, Stavinoha up, www.whiteyball.com All Star 5K team set
Nick Stavinoha (Photo by Dustin Mattison)
It appears Cards outfielder Ryan Ludwick strained his right hamstring while diving after a flyball to right center by Nyjer Morgan in last night’s game. Nyjer Morgan was already pesky enough and was driving me crazy leading off for Pittsburg and now he’s semi-responsible for injuring our best outfielder. Anybody think Nyjer Morgan should take one right in the rib cage when he leads off tonight? Hopefully the Cardinals can right the ship against the Pirates and try to win this series over the next couple days.
Stavinoha isn’t exactly raking in Memphis, but his .264 average, 4 homers, and 25 RBI’s is the best we have to bring up from Memphis. It’s amazing that we had a plethora of outfield depth back in spring training and now the Cards are scrambling to bring up Robinson and Stavinoha.
Joe Mather during BP, August 2007 (Photo by Dustin Mattison)
The outfield corp in Memphis has not been that strong so far this year. Besides Shane Robinson, who was batting .345 when called up to the big club last week, the remaining outfielders besides Stavinoha were all batting less than .230. Joe Mather is hitting .129 with no homers after 85 at bats so far this season. Where have you gone Joey Bombs? I wonder where the player that came up and looked like a legit Major League ballplayer last summer has gone. John Jay has cooled off considerably and is hitting under .250 and not getting on base nearly enough.
With the outfield not hitting, would bringing up David Freese and having a platoon situation between Freese, Thurston, and Barden at 3rd and 2nd be a good idea, while moving Skip back to the outfield till Ankiel gets back. Freese is starting to hit a little better in Memphis, which might be why they want to keep him down, but I just think having Robinson and Stavinoha on the team is having two players that should be your last pinch hitters on most nights.
Anyone think Jim Edmonds should be getting a phone call? Not likely to come back, but wouldn’t that be fun. I’d like to see how he and Tony would co-exist in the locker room or dugout.
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