2 more draft and follow picks were signed today.
I happened to miss mentioning this over the weekend, but Colby Rasmus was named the organizational player of the month. Colby hit .340/.439/.699 for the month. P.J. Walters was named the pitcher of the month. He has a 0.88 ERA in 30.2 innings. He struck out 27.4% of the batters he faced and had a ground ball rate of 71%. He only walked 4.3% of the batters he faced. Those are some impressive numbers.
Colby was also named the Topps Texas League Player of the Month.
Derrick Goold has a profile of Daryl Jones, whom the Cardinals are currently preaching patience with. Says his manager Keith Mitchell-
“It’s there. You can see it. You can see the tools. His defense can improve. His batting can improve. It hasn’t clicked yet. When it does click for him, you’ll see a big difference and he’ll move fast.”
lboros has an interview with Blake Hawksworth, who’s speaking some very La Russian language about “competing” and the “mental aspect of the game”. Look tomorrow for an interview with Adam Ottavino and more on the war over the 2-seamer.
It’s time for these journeymen AAAAers to journey elsewhere. Randy Keisler allowed 7 runs in 4 innings. He allowed 2 home runs.
Chris Lambert allowed 3 runs on 3 hits. Please God, let’s hope the Cardinals make a good #1 draft pick.
Dennis Dove allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, including a solo HR in just 1 inning of work. His ERA is now up to 5.28. His stock is slipping…
Rick Ankiel went 2 for 5 with 2 strikeouts.
John Rodriguez went 2 for 5 with a double.
Edgar Gonzalez 2 for 4 with a walk.
Mike McCoy went 2 for 5 with a HR.
Rico Washington went 2 for 4 with a double.
Skip Schumaker also went 2 for 4 with a double.
Springfield was off today.
Palm Beach 11, Clearwater (Phillies) 5
Mark Hamilton went yard three times. He drove in 6 and went 3 for 4 overall, plus he drew a walk. He’s hit 5 homers in his last 3 games. He’s now raised his OPS to .878, adjusted for park and that’s .925.
Adam Daniels allowed 4 runs on 9 hits and a walk with 8 strikeouts in 6 innings. He had 7 ground ball outs to just 2 flies.
Dan Nelson went 2 for 4 to extend his 12 game hitting streak.
Ian Church went 2 for 4 with a double.
Quad Cities and Wisconsin was rained out.
Filed under: Blake Hawksworth, Colby Rasmus, Daily Farm Reports, P.J. Walters
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Hey erik/AZ,
I realize this would take some more time and it might not be feasible, but why don’t you post the VSL Cardinals games in the daily reports? Just a suggestion. Also, I assume when Batavia and Johnson City start up you will include them? Thanks, your blog is great.
Dan,
I asked our readers here if they’d be interested in VSL games in the updates, no one responded. I don’t know who any of the players are down there, so I’ve decided to do periodic updates on who’s doing well down there.
As far as the short season clubs go, I will absolutely include them when they get started up. That will include Batavia, Johnson City and the new Gulf Coast League team. I also plan on keeping tabs on Cardinal players in the Arizona Fall League (or perhaps Hawaiian Fall League) when the time comes.
That Hamilton/Ferris reference is gonna come back to bite me in the ass. . .
Mike McCoy is killing the ball in AAA- wonder what is so different from AA? He was awful in springfield and now he looks great. He won’t sustain a .417 BABIP but what he’s doing right now is remarkable.
J-rod is finally over the 1.000 OPS line
I AM 73 YEARS OLD AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE CARDINALS SINCE THE WORLD SERIES OF 1946 WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. IN MY YOUNGER YEARS, THE LATE 40′S AND 50′S I COULD NAME EVERY PLAYER ON EVERY ROSTER (STATS AND AGE INCLUDED) IN THE AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUE. BACK THEN TEAMS HAD MASSIVE FARM SYSTEMS AND I FOLLOWED THEM ALSO, BUT INFORMATION THEN WAS VERY LIMITED. I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR WHEN I WAS YOUNG IF THE INTERNET HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE THEN. AFTER WATCHING EVERY CARDINAL GAME ON THE INTERNET, I GO AND CHECK THE MEMPHIS, SPRINGFIELD, PALM BEACH AND QUAD CITY BOX SCORES ( I LISTEN OFTEN TO ONE OF THESE TEAMS WHEN THE CARDINAL ARE NOT PLAYING), BUT ALSO EVERY MORNING I CHECK YOUR SITE FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR FROM AN OLD MAN AND LET YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON’T GET TO OLD TO LOVE THE CARDINALS. P.S. I WAS A PRETTY GOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND SEMI-PRO SHORTSTOP BUT HAD A WEAK ARM, I’M GLAD DAVID EXTIENE FOUND A WAY TO OVERCOME IT.
f bridges…
thank you for you kind words, sir. always good to know i have hungry readers. oh, if i could somehow have been in your shoes to witness the great Musial, Gibby and Lou.
-erik