Former Cardinals Watch

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Big LOL at this

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Love to revisit this classic

[Jocephus]

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/marco-g ... ual-raise/

Marco Gonzales Got an Unusual Raise
by Sheryl Ring
November 5, 2018

That elbow surgery turned out, of course, to be a Tommy John procedure to repair his ulnar collateral ligament. Notably, the Cardinals said at the time that Gonzales first told the team’s minor-league staff about his elbow pain after he was optioned. But according to Gonzales, that’s not what happened. The southpaw filed a grievance against the Cardinals, arguing that the team optioned him after already being made ware that he had a damaged ligament and was considering UCL surgery.

Now, had Gonzales won his grievance, he could have theoretically gained back a full year (or more) of major-league service time accrued while he was out with his Tommy John surgery and recovery. And this would have real consequences for the Mariners, who would lose a year of control over their young lefty or even have him hit free agency a year earlier. So they offered Gonzales a raise over his $550,300 salary in exchange for dropping his grievance.

At this point, we don’t know who was right with respect to the grievance, and we probably never will. But at the same time, Gonzales’s case is a good example of some of the problems plaguing the relationship between the league and players right now. Gonzales’ grievance was kicking around for better than two years without a resolution, and ended up having to be settled. One of the goals of alternative dispute resolution systems, like grievances, is to avoid the expense and time involved in litigation.

[cardsfantx]

The Mariners have hired Paul Davis as their new pitching coach.

Davis comes to the Mariners by way of the Cardinals, where he was the manager of pitching analytics this past season. He'll replace Mel Stottlemyre Jr., who was Seattle's pitching coach for the past three seasons. The Mariners ranked 17th in MLB with a 4.13 ERA this past season.

Source: Shannon Drayer on TwitterNov 6 - 12:45 PM

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The Mariners have hired Paul Davis as their new pitching coach.

Davis comes to the Mariners by way of the Cardinals, where he was the manager of pitching analytics this past season. He'll replace Mel Stottlemyre Jr., who was Seattle's pitching coach for the past three seasons. The Mariners ranked 17th in MLB with a 4.13 ERA this past season.

Source: Shannon Drayer on TwitterNov 6 - 12:45 PM

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[cardsfantx]

not off to a great start...

Rick Ankiel, who has been planning a comeback to baseball as a reliever, underwent a primary repair of elbow ligament and could miss the start of 2019.

Ankiel didn't need Tommy John, so it sounds like he still could pitch early on next season if his rehab goes well. The Cardinals were planning on offering him a minor league contract to try out for the team as a reliever. That's still likely to happen eventually, but the deal will wait until Ankiel is closer to returning.

Source: St. Louis Post-DispatchNov 7 - 3:20 PM

[mikechamp]

not off to a great start...

Rick Ankiel, who has been planning a comeback to baseball as a reliever, underwent a primary repair of elbow ligament and could miss the start of 2019.

Ankiel didn't need Tommy John, so it sounds like he still could pitch early on next season if his rehab goes well. The Cardinals were planning on offering him a minor league contract to try out for the team as a reliever. That's still likely to happen eventually, but the deal will wait until Ankiel is closer to returning.

Source: St. Louis Post-DispatchNov 7 - 3:20 PM

Sounds like he'll be out for a while:

As Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, a procedure was performed to fix damage to Ankiel’s ulnar collateral ligament.

Since Ankiel avoided a full-blown UCL replacement, he won’t require a year-or-more rehabilitation timetable. Still, he’ll be sidelined for quite a while. Per Goold, the estimate is that he’ll be ready to go by the middle of the 2019 season.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/basebal ... 632f6.html

[Secret Weapon]

So does he pay for that surgery himself?

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not off to a great start...

Rick Ankiel, who has been planning a comeback to baseball as a reliever, underwent a primary repair of elbow ligament and could miss the start of 2019.

Ankiel didn't need Tommy John, so it sounds like he still could pitch early on next season if his rehab goes well. The Cardinals were planning on offering him a minor league contract to try out for the team as a reliever. That's still likely to happen eventually, but the deal will wait until Ankiel is closer to returning.

Source: St. Louis Post-DispatchNov 7 - 3:20 PM

Sounds like he'll be out for a while:

As Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, a procedure was performed to fix damage to Ankiel’s ulnar collateral ligament.

Since Ankiel avoided a full-blown UCL replacement, he won’t require a year-or-more rehabilitation timetable. Still, he’ll be sidelined for quite a while. Per Goold, the estimate is that he’ll be ready to go by the middle of the 2021 season.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/basebal ... 632f6.html

FTFY

[Jocephus]

i hope he plays until his 40s

Tigers re-signed INF Pete Kozma to a minor league contract.
Kozma elected free agency last month after being outrighted off the Tigers' 40-man roster, but he's ultimately decided to return. The 30-year-old will have a shot to see spot duty in the majors again in 2019 on a rebuilding Tigers squad.
Source: Baseball America
Nov 9 - 9:23 AM