Prospect and Opening Day

April 05, 2009 | stltickets | Comments 1

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Looking forward to pulling out the long johns and winter coat tomorrow for opening day. We’ve had some pretty nice weather over the past few weeks and now everything just turns. Even when it snowed in St. Louis last Saturday night/Sunday morning, the snow was melted by noon and it was 60 degrees by 3:00. Not tomorrow. Windy and a high of 39 is what I’ve seen. I’ll still be there, freezing my rear end off with my son. I don’t think my daughter is going to be able to make her first opening day. Hopefully she won’t be mad at me in the future.

The Cards looked good in their final tune up games against Memphis. The offense looked strong and the pitching was solid. It’s good to see Pineiro go seven innings. If we can get strong performances from our fifth starter, things will be good. I don’t know why, but I’m starting to have a good feeling about this club. If the club stays healthy, I think this team contends for the division and the wild card.

On the prospect front, Jacob Turner has looked good so far this spring. I’m trying to keep in contact with the Westminster AD and head coach to update this page to let you know when Turner will start. There’s really not much of a chance to see Turner drop to the Cards in the draft, but seeing this type of talent is always something fun to watch.

Jacob Turner is definitely king of the hill with Westminster Academy. Jacob started his season off in fine fashion down in Florida. Turner picked up the win, pitched 5 innings, striking out 14, walking none and didn’t allow a hit. Jacob took a loss, but had 4 errors behind him on 3/30. He pitched six innings, struck out 10 and walked only one.

Let’s hope that Turner continues to shine and becomes a top ten draft pick.

Let’s also hope that the weather is a little better than expect tomorrow and we have a nice opening day and the Cardinals can bring home a winner.

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