Comments on: Daily Farm Report - 6/5/08

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:15:17 +0000

Love hearing about Colby’s line drive homerun, more proof that the tools are still there. Hopefully he can share in some of the success the other 05 1st rounders have at the major league level.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:32:09 +0000

i went to the redbirds game last night…here are some thoughts:

bryan anderson played really well behind the plate…he did have a passed ball(though it as scored as a wild pitch, still not sure why though)…his play to get the guy at third was a really heads up play; it completely fooled the guy at third…he also showed a good eye at the plate and made some good contact(though he went 0-2)…i was really excited to finally get him play, and though he didn’t get a hit, i was not disappointed

colby’s homer was a LASER…i bet it did not get 30 feet off the ground…a lot of times, homeruns are just flyouts that carry out of the park…in this case, it looked like one of those miguel tejada specials….had it not gotten out, it would have been a definite double, maybe a triple
he got on base with an error in the 8th…i told my dad he was gonna steal second…my dad was suspicious since we were down by one and there was one out…of course colby took off…got an absolutely great jump and beat the throw pretty easily…but the ump missed the call, because rasmus slid over the bag and came off of it and the ss still had the tag on him…should have been called out.
his strikeout was on three pitches…he looked completely lost at the plate in that at bat, but that is to be expected from everyone once in a while(well…not pujols)

speaking of being lost at the plate…duncan is just guessing…he is not reacting to pitches at all and he is really suffering because of it…he did get on base in the 8th on what the scorer deemed a shortstop error…i think that was a little unfair…the shortstop would have had to make a great play to get duncan…duncan did run the bases well though and advanced to second when the shortstop threw to third trying to get colby(the ball got away)

i really think motte thinks his secondary pitch is a fastball in the dirt…he really really needs a breaking pitch or a change…he would get to 0-2 on a guy by throwing high heat and then not be able to put him away…by then the guy had timed up his fastball, so motte gave up to opposite field doubles(though one of them may could have been caught by a plus defender in lf, but duncan was out there and he crashed into the wall for no real reason….it would have taken a great play though)

By: poorcollegeguy

poorcollegeguy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:55:25 +0000

the only reason why i thought of reyes was because he and parisi are pitching on the same days, so he would be able to fill right in. I forgot about the off day on Monday and the ability to skip the spot anyway, so that works too.

By: RedBirdBrain

RedBirdBrain — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:30:22 +0000

Pierce - apologies, didn’t see your earlier post. I guess Mo’s comments should be seen as confirmation of your (and the Birdhouse’s) scoop.

-RBB

By: RedBirdBrain

RedBirdBrain — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:28:29 +0000

John Mozaliak is on The Morning After right now (a morning sports radio show on 1380 AM in St. Louis, for those out of town) and mentioned that after Parisi’s performance last night, they need to make a move - most likely at Mike’s expense. He said since Reyes had just pitched that ‘it will most likely be Boggs’ that gets the call, though he still has to call Memphis and discuss.

As Perez and Mather have learned, things often happen last-minute, but a pre-emptive congrats to Mitch!

-RBB

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:37:12 +0000

It’s not absolutely urgent to replace Parisi with a starter, as the Cards have an off day on Monday and that slot in the rotation can be skipped. Better would be to bring up a useful reliever — if there was one, but it stretches the point to call Jimenez “useful.” Is Boggs on the 40-man? I don’t think so. Motte is, but he isn’t going to fare any better against major-league hitters than Parisi, which is a scary thought.

By: mikedallas23

mikedallas23 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:18:38 +0000

poorcollegeguy, even though I don’t think they would have called up Reyes anyway, he pitched last night and they need a fresh arm for this weekend, so Reyes wasn’t really an option.

By: poorcollegeguy

poorcollegeguy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:58:25 +0000

Boggs, im fine with that. Parisi just isnt gonna cut and i dont think there is any room for him to improve. If it is Boggs it shows just how much this club has soured on Reyes.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:45:28 +0000

The Birdhouse is saying Mitchell Boggs to St. Louis. No word on who’s being sent down, but you gotta think it’s Parisi.

By: Whopperman

Whopperman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:35:15 +0000

On the CS from third…RR had runners on first and third with two out, and the runner from first went with the pitch. Anderson bluffed a throw at him (very convincingly — he didn’t give away what he was doing at all), and the runner from third broke before he realized it was a fake.

Rasmus’s homer as a screaming liner into the second row in right. Hoffpauir’s wasn’t gone by a lot, but there wasn’t much doubt — it hit the rail on front of the bluff.

Motte still just has one pitch. He seems to be trying to throw something else from time to time, but it’s not effective yet.