Cardinals in talks with the Rays for Andrew Kittredge (Deal done)

[cardsfantx]

After TJS apparently his SO numbers have sucked, which is the one thing we need

So great!

Hope this isn’t their “move” to finish up the offseason

[cardsfantx]

Unfortunately for both the Rays and Kittredge, much of his time has been spent on the injured list since that phenomenal 2021 campaign. He dealt with back tightness early in the 2022 campaign before undergoing Tommy John surgery that June and didn’t return to the majors until mid-August. In 31 appearances between the 2022 and ’23 campaigns, Kittredge performed solidly despite the circumstances with a 3.13 ERA and 4.18 FIP in 31 2/3 innings of work. With that being said, some of the veteran righty’s peripherals took a turn for the worse during that time. The righty’s groundball rate dipped to just 42.7% during that time while his strikeout rate sank to 19.2%.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Viva Dick Palace

[MrCrowesGarden]

[ghostrunner]

This seems perfectly fine to me. His ‘22 and ‘23 numbers are based on 20 and 11 innings respectively, but the ‘23 numbers are good so that’s encouraging in terms of gauging his recovery. And we gave up Richie Palacios, which is totally acceptable.

Like everything else this offseason, the question is what’s left to come. But it’s not a bad way to bolster the bullpen imo.

For a relief pitcher he seems pretty reliable.

[Jocephus]

that seems misleading considering he pitched a total of 31.2 the last 2 seasons and his 2021 season, his lone all-star performance level, he pitched in 71.2 innings

[cardsfantx]

that seems misleading considering he pitched a total of 31.2 the last 2 seasons and his 2021 season, his lone all-star performance level, he pitched in 71.2 innings

Exactly, so guess we don’t know what we’ve got?

But we didn’t give up anything really, so…

[cardsfantx]

This seems perfectly fine to me. His ‘22 and ‘23 numbers are based on 20 and 11 innings respectively, but the ‘23 numbers are good so that’s encouraging in terms of gauging his recovery. And we gave up Richie Palacios, which is totally acceptable.

Like everything else this offseason, the question is what’s left to come. But it’s not a bad way to bolster the bullpen imo.

For a relief pitcher he seems pretty reliable.

Yeah, fine if this is just a move to clear out our OF depth

But hope this isn’t THE bullpen move MO was alluding to

[WAR God]

I don’t even know who Richie Palacios is. So I’m not too concerned.

[phins]

The Cardinals are turning into the Reds before our eyes.

Spend some damn money.