SLU probably won’t get confused with the NCAA baseball powerhouses of the world, but nonetheless it was nice to get a fresh boxscore in late February. The prospects picked on the Billikens until they cried uncle.
- Brian Barton with his barking knee hit a 2 run homer in the 1st inning, and was 2 for 2 with a walk.
- Colby Rasmus reached base in all four of his plate appearances, with 2 hits, 2 walks and he scored 4 runs hitting lead off.
- Amaury Marti was 2 for 2 with a grand slam he hit with the breath of his nostrils, part of a ten run 4th inning.
- David Freese was 2 for 3 with a double, a walk and a stolen base.
- Bryan Anderson was 2 for 2.
- Other then Mitch Boggs, the pitching was solid. Boggs gave up 2 runs on 4 hits over his two innings. Walters didn’t allow a hit and struck out 2. Mortensen fanned 3 and walked a batter. Perez allowed a hit and retired the next 3.
In other news, Goold and Leach both reported Kris Honel did indeed agree to a minor league deal.
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Nice to see our guys do so well.
Even though it is more of a Major League issue I am wondering how the Spezio stuff affects the Minors. Makes me wonder if Miles was signed because they expected this to happen and that Ryan will be taking Spezio’s spot, or if I am just making too much out of the fact that TLR knew something about an incident in December before the warrant came out. Will this open a spot for Ryan even? Or will they now carry Juan Gone, Barton AND Skip? That would be a crowded OF but an empty IF unless one of them could play 1st and 3rd. Does Phelps get the job maybe? Lots of questions that may directly effect the minor leaguers.
Note: Perez’s hit was a fly ball dropped by the outfielder because the outfielder lost the ball in the sun.
What happened to Garcia? Since it was a shortened game, did they just skip him, or is something wrong?
I think they just skipped him, but not sure why.
Are my eyes mistaking me, or did Chris Carpenter make a pinch hitting appearance?
Re: Spiezio:
I think the Cards are just kind of clueless about what their players are doing off the field. But I suspect most teams are. These guys are adults, and the Cards have a long history of treating them like adults.
Still, it makes me wonder how TLR’s relationship with a solid citizen like Rolen could deteriorate the way it did, while he maintained apparently rock-solid relationships with seriously troubled guys like Hancock and Spiezio.
I’m reminded of Whitey Herzog’s conflicts with all the substance abusers her inherited. Whitey confronted it head-on (for better and for worse), while TLR seems oblivious to what his players are up to off the field.
I can’t remeber. Did Honel blow his shoulder out/
He had shoulder issues-tendonitis, and he also has had tommy john.
David Carpenter, a catcher in the low minors, was the pinch hitter, not Chris.
The legend of Amaury Marti continues…
Erik, when will get an updated Prospect Profile on him?