Future Redbirds

 Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus delves into the thought processes for each of the first twelve teams picking in the draft. While it is somewhat disappointing that he stopped just short of the Cardinals (I guess he had to stop somewhere), it is still interesting to see what he believes each of the teams picking ahead of the Cardinals will be thinking. It isn’t really a mock draft, since Goldstein didn’t settle on a single player for each team, but the way I read it, KG thinks that either Freidrich or Hunt will be available to the Cardinals at 13, depending on who Houston and Texas take at 10 and 11.

The system was 3-2 on the night, highlighted by an outstanding pitching performance by Jess Todd at Springfield. All the details are after the jump.

Nashville 11, Memphis 4

• It was an ugly night for the Memphis pitchers: Jaime Garcia got the start and gave up four runs in five innings on three walks and seven hits, while striking out three. Hugo Castellanos followed that with another four runs in one inning - he pitched a scoreless sixth inning, but then couldn’t retire a batter in the seventh. He gave up six hits and walked two. Jason Motte pitched a rough inning, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks.
• Matthew Scherer was the bright spot on the pitching side, pitching two scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out two.
• Joe Mather hit another homerun after being double-switched into the game in the seventh inning. He finished 1-2.
• Brian Barden and Jarrett Hoffpauir were each 1-3 with a double. Cody Haerther was 2-3 with a double.
• D’Angelo Jimenez and Gabe Johnson were each 2-4. Johnson also threw out two out of three would-be basestealers.

Springfield 1, Corpus Christi 0 (11 innings)

• Springfield scored in the top of the eleventh on a Mark Shorey HBP, a Pagnozzi sacrifice bunt, a Tyler Greene groundout that moved Shorey to third and a Jon Jay single. Jay finished the night 1-2.
• The Cardinals only managed three hits and one walk: Matt Pagnozzi was 1-2 with the walk and Isaias Garcia was 1-3.
• Jess Todd started the game and lasted seven innings, giving up only a hit batsman, one hit and one walk, while striking out four. Todd took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but gave up a walk and a hit that inning.
• Luke Gregerson pitched two scoreless innings and Marco Gonzalez pitched one scoreless inning, getting credit for the win. Fernando Salas struck out a pair in a perfect bottom of the eleventh to secure the victory.

Palm Beach 6, Fort Myers 3

• Arnoldi Cruz played third base and hit a homerun in going 1-5.
• Andrew Brown was the DH and went 2-4 with a double.
• Donovan Solano was 2-5 with a double and Nick Derba was 2-4 with two doubles.
• Shaun Garcea started and lasted six innings, giving up three runs on six hits, a walk and a hit batter while striking out five.
• Davis Bilardello pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and Josh Dew pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. Each struck out a pair.

Quad Cities 4, Kane County 0

• Paul Vasquez went 3-4 with a triple.
• D’Marcus Ingram, Charles Kingrey, and Francisco Rivera all went 1-3 with a walk. Ingram also doubled.
• Nick Additon pitched the first four innings, giving up three walks and two hits. Mark Diapoules pitched the final five innings, giving up one walk and five hits. They each struck out one.

VSL Cardinals 0, VSL Mets 1

• Yorbel Alcala is the clear winner for hitter of the day. The team only managed four hits and Alcala got three of them in going 3-4 with a double.
• The pitching line of the day is similarly easy to pick, as Moises Colorado struck out ten in five scoreless innings of work, giving up only two hits and a walk.