Former Cardinals Watch

[Jocephus]

axford will be closing in colorado, replacing ottavino

[Swirls]

axford will be closing in colorado, replacing ottavino

Holy [expletive] I didn't even realize Ottavino was still in baseball, let alone that he had been pretty effective the past few years for Colorado.

[mikechamp]

axford will be closing in colorado, replacing ottavino

Holy [expletive] I didn't even realize Ottavino was still in baseball, let alone that he had been pretty effective the past few years for Colorado.

Sadly, he's going to have TJ surgery now. Ottavino's financial future just took a big hit. Maybe someone will pay him something for the 2017 season, though.

[heyzeus]

The Redsox just DFA'd Mujica.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

The Redsox just DFA'd Mujica.

Let's pick him up!

[Jocephus]

Angels acquired INF Ryan Jackson from the Royals for C Drew Butera.
Jackson was batting .305/.379/.407 in 68 plate appearances this season for the Royals' Triple-A affiliate, but he'll be nothing more than organizational infield depth for the Halos. The 26-year-old (27 next week) hasn't appeared in a major league game since 2013. May 7 - 12:39 PM

[Jmodene]

Some Shelby Miller stuff, since there seems to be a growing consensus that we somehow "lost" the trade.

What Shelby Miller is or isn't doing has no relevance to what Justin Heyward is doing or not doing.

Sure, he's doing well. But it's not like he's doing anything unusual... as was pointed out on MLB Network, he *always* does better in April and May. Looking up his career splits:

April-May: 15-8, 27 games, all starts. 48 ER in 162 IP, for a 2.67 ERA. 142 K, 61 BB. 7.89 K/9.

June-July-August: 9-11, 32 games, all starts. 80 ER in 192 2/3 IP, for a 3.74 ERA. 144 K, 64 BB. 6.73 K/9.

ERA a run higher, K/9 down by more than 1 per inning. And that's just a quick-and-dirty look.

It will be interesting to see if he wilts in the summer heat as per usual.

But again, I couldn't really care less how he does - I'm just rooting for Heyward to do well.

[Vidor]

Remember when everyone was wondering why we didn't make Ryan Jackson our everyday shortstop?

[Jmodene]

Remember when everyone was wondering why we didn't make Ryan Jackson our everyday shortstop?

Or Tyler Greene.

[Jocephus]

how egregious as fans