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Leaping For Lynn

Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Filed Under: New York Mets | St. Louis Cardinals | Washington Nationals
I wrote out a nice, solid post, full of links and thoughts.  Then I go to post it and Movable Type picks that moment to tell me that an upgrade is needed.  And, of course, once the upgrade is done, the post isn't saved.  So here's the short version.

Lance Lynn was good yesterday with strong 3 innings, one bloop hit, 3K.  Dave Duncan was impressed.  He was hitting low nineties, but with movement.  Good stuff.

Leaping for Lynn not mine, but Bill Ivie's contribution from last night's UCB Radio Hour, as a play on last year's successful Honkin' for Jaime done by the guys at Pitchers Hit Eighth.  I think Lynn should get that last slot and I'm very impressed with the way he came out and took command yesterday knowing there is little room for error if he wants to catch Kyle McClellan for the last slot in the rotation.  If he can replicate what Jaime Garcia did last year, he'll be in great shape.

Jake Westbrook threw 50 pitches for 2 innings and Albert Pujols struck out 3 times.  Don't see either of those things very much.  Westbrook got a lot of foul balls yesterday, which isn't a problem.  He's got to have command to be successful, so as long as he wasn't walking a lot of guys, doesn't seem to be a concern.

David Freese will go on Monday, maybe Sunday.  He's got to "play hard, but play controlled."  I was worried when I heard he was being pushed back but he went through baserunning drills yesterday with no reported problems, so perhaps he really is going to be OK.

Chris Carpenter and Mitchell Boggs both felt better yesterday and Carp played catch today and reported no problems.  He still may miss a start, but it shouldn't be an issue getting into the season.  Boggs says he'll be pitching this time next week.  Sounds good to me!

Split squad today.  Nationals visit Jupiter in a game on KMOX and that will feature Pujols, Colby Rasmus, Yadier Molina and the starting middle infielders.  Rest of the team heads to Mets camp to play in a game that will be tape-delayed telecast by MLB Network.  Double your fun today!

Again, apologize for the short and offhand manner of this post.  I swear that the first one was much better.  Curse you, Movable Type!


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WilliaminMaine | March 3, 2011 11:42 AM | Reply

The three strikeouts for Pujols reminded me of his jump in strikeout rate to 12.9 percent last year, his highest percentage since his rookie season. Do you have any explanation for the extra strikeouts and does it point at all to the first indication of gradual decline?

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2011 Top Hero: Lance Berkman (24)
2010 Top Heroes: Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols (24)
2009 Top Hero: Albert Pujols (28)
2008 Top Hero: Albert Pujols (25)

Goats
Matt Holliday (4)
Carlos Beltran (3)
David Freese (3)
Jaime Garcia (3)
Marc Rzepczynski (3)
Adam Wainwright (3)
Rafael Furcal (2)
Tyler Greene (2)
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J.C. Romero (2)
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Mitchell Boggs (1)
Matt Carpenter (1)
Tony Cruz (1)
Daniel Descalso (1)
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Kyle Lohse (1)
Victor Marte (1)
Eduardo Sanchez (1)
Jake Westbrook (1)

2011 Top Goat: Ryan Theriot (12)
2010 Top Goat: Brendan Ryan (14)
2009 Top Goats: Rick Ankiel and Todd Wellemeyer (13)
2008 Top Goat: Troy Glaus (13)

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Happy Flight Opportunities: 12
Happy Flight %: 58%

Through 5/20

    Cardinal Nation Approval Ratings (March 2012)
    Adam Wainwright 91.9% (down 2.8%)
    Chris Carpenter 90.1% (up 3.2%)
    Lance Berkman 88.6%
    Tony La Russa 88.2% (up 17.4%)
    Yadier Molina 87.4% (up 3.7%)
    Matt Holliday 87.3% (down 3.8%)
    David Freese 85.5%
    John Mozeliak 85.4% (up 13.3%)
    Mike Shannon 85.3% (up 0.4%)
    Jose Oquendo 84.7%
    Derrick Goold 82.8% (down 5.0%)
    Mark McGwire 82.6% (up 20.1%)
    John Rooney 81.5% (down 2.8%)
    Mike Matheny 81.1%
    Bill DeWitt 79.8% (up 8.8%)
    United Cardinal Bloggers 78.9%
    Skip Schumaker 73.3% (up 9.2%)
    Jim Hayes 71.9% (down 4.2%)
    Jon Jay 71.1%
    B.J. Rains 69.5% (down 0.9%)
    Kyle Lohse 68.9% (up 13.8%)
    Dan McLaughlin 68.0%
    Joe Strauss 67.7% (up 10.2%)
    Ricky Horton 67.5% (down 1.6%)
    Al Hrabosky 66.4% (up 3.2%)
    Albert Pujols 54.9% (down 45.5%)
    Colby Rasmus 46.5% (down 35.3%)

    2011
    Dave Duncan 87.9% (up 0.9%)
    Matthew Leach 85.5%
    Pop Warner 76.7%
    Ryan Franklin 72.8% (up 3.1%)
    John Vuch 68.9%
    Jeff Luhnow 66.4%
    Dan Lozano 58.7%

    2009
    Rick Ankiel 83.9%
    Chris Duncan 69.1%


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