Comments on: Daily Farm Report 5/25/08

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:00:08 +0000

Does anyone want an outfielder we have, that we could trade? We seem to have a lot of decent outfielders but no everyday person. All our guys are decent but have problems. I imagine lots of teams have decent players like this in their minors. We just haven’t had this problem in a while at St. Louis.

By: HL is not Dirty

HL is not Dirty — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:44:45 +0000

Today was bizarro day, Joe Mather bunts for a base hit, Colby Rasmus hits a HR.

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By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:38:41 +0000

Don’t look now but Colby may be heating up, 1-2 HR, K, BB 2RBI so far

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:29:26 +0000

>>They also have nothing to lose in letting Kennedy go.<<

Just more dead wood from the Walt Jocketty tree. It needs to be pruned. I had hoped Jarrett Hoffpauir would take the bull by the horns this season making a play for MLB time but he has not. I agree that Barden seems like a reasonable alternative. Also, he can play 3B. B. Ryan has had troubles with throws from 3B. Miles @ 3B is a joke. Why don’t we just set a chair out there?

By: easy

easy — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:52:03 +0000

I don’t think there’s a rush to get Mather up either. There’s probably a very long list of forgotten outfielders who’ve put up his stats, at his age in two months of AAA ball. I’m starting to think he’s for real but not convinced. He also doesn’t solve an immediate position problem. Brian Barden, however, may. He was supposed to have been a defensive whiz at 3b, is apparently playing well at ss and has seen time at 2b. He’s also hitting great. Now I know that there is also a long list of forgotten infielders who have done this well at age 27 too but he intrigues me. They also have nothing to lose in letting Kennedy go. If he can play a good 2b he could add some offense to the club’s weakest position as well as add some defensive versatility that neither Kennedy nor Miles have.

By: Rockin' the Red

Rockin' the Red — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:55:22 +0000

Don’t look now, but Mark Worrell is dominating Memphis, despite a fairly high BABIP. We shouldn’t be having any bullpen problems with the amount of depth we have in the minors.

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:04:28 +0000

Well….Terry Evans begot Jeff Weaver a couple years back…eventually Mather should do equal/better…..though of course Weaver was worth a sack of baseballs when we got him.

Been thinking a little bit about Bryan Anderson…..it seems as though the best option is to trade him once he earns scouts’ acknowledgement that his defense is up to everyday standards….Yadi is here to stay (and should be) and it’s so difficult to develop a catcher….I got to think Anderson will fetch something out there.

By: haltz

haltz — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:21:40 +0000

To be fair, that isn’t what TLR said. Just that it isn’t time yet, which is defensible. Unless Leach revised his entry at some point.

By: Hardcore is not Dirty

Hardcore is not Dirty — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:13:44 +0000

I have to wonder, if LaRussa hadn’t been brought back by the organization…would we be having this problem with the OF glut?

It would seem that LaRussa doesn’t believe in allowing the transition to actually take place WHILE the team contends. Also, part of the problem is the Schumaker/Barton dynamic. Barton is in an awful slump right now (more than likely attributed to having no ABs for almost a month) while LaRussa is in love with the idea of Skippy as the leadoff hitter. He seemingly can’t grasp putting someone else competent there, so we are treated to guys like Kennedy leading off.

They can make the argument that the OF deserves to be the way it is because we are contending, and that’s fine. But I’d like to also hear them argue that adding Joe Mather and replacing Chris Duncan wouldn’t also make the team better.

This team seems to be serving two masters: Win now or transition to the future. You can have both, but not the way the team is currently trying to do it.

Since he came off the DL, I’ve been watching Mather hit thanks to the Redbirds internet broadcasts. I can’t imagine this kid not hitting in the big leagues. He is a physical specimen with a great approach at the plate. He is the anti-Chris Duncan. He actually looks like he fits into his body, moves well for his size and seems to know where he is going when he moves on the ball.

It’d be a shame for the team to waste his hot streak, or him get injured and not see time this season.