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Heading To The Desert

Posted on June 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Filed Under: Arizona Diamondbacks | St. Louis Cardinals
The Cards had an off day yesterday, but it obviously wasn't uneventful.  Lots of talk about the signing of Jeff Suppan, and not a lot of it positive.  Bernie Miklasz discussed it this morning, doing his best to make sense of it.  I still don't see the upside of Suppan over a guy like PJ Walters.  Suppan is going to occasionally be able to fool people, probably, but can it last throughout a whole game?  More than one game?  I trust in Dave Duncan's ability to help pitchers make the adjustments they need, but again, if the young trio we have are not fit for a championship-level rotation, neither is Suppan.

I mean, heck, if they are just looking for an arm, rotate through Memphis.  Use PJ Walters, then Evan Maclane, then back to Walters, then take a look at Lance Lynn.  Nobody says it has to be a consistent member of the rotation.

Enough of that.  There are minor arguments for signing him, but I think the cons outweigh the pros.  Plus the indication of the mindset of the front office, especially after signing Aaron Miles and Randy Winn, is troublesome.

Cards head to Arizona today.  In theory, it's a place where the bats should get working, though they will have to face Dan Haren later in the weekend.  Tonight, though, they go up against Rodrigo Lopez.  Lopez pitched well against the Cardinals in the earlier series this year, allowing only two runs over seven innings.  Historically, it's been hit or miss against Lopez:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Randy Winn 15 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 .143 .200 .214 .414 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Pujols 10 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 1 0 0 1
Felipe Lopez 8 7 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 .571 .625 1.429 2.054 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Holliday 7 7 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 .429 .429 1.143 1.571 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Ludwick 7 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .500 .571 1.000 1.571 0 0 0 0 0
Yadier Molina 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 0 0 2
Skip Schumaker 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 0 0 0 0 0
Colby Rasmus 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Miles 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Ryan 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0 0 0 0 0
Jason LaRue 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 73 67 17 5 0 4 6 5 14 .254 .301 .507 .809 0 1 0 0 3
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/11/2010.

Albert Pujols hasn't gotten a hit off of him yet. Tonight would be a good time to get that taken care.  Lopez, Holliday and Ludwick all have good numbers against him, even if it's a small sample size.

Jaime Garcia goes for the Redbirds.  Garcia hasn't faced the Diamondbacks yet in his career, with Adam LaRoche's two at-bats the only experience any of their hitters have against him.  Sounds like it'll be another low-scoring game!


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