Former Cardinals Watch

[JoeMcKim]

Cairo is hitting .177 for this season so he may be about to come to an end of his career. But for a career utility player making it in the majors until you're almost 40 is amazing.

[Popeye_Card]

Cairo is hitting .177 for this season so he may be about to come to an end of his career. But for a career utility player making it in the majors until you're almost 40 is amazing.

And he has been awful for close to 10 years now. I can understand guys like Counsell hanging on. Cairo I have never understood.

[doe_boy]

Cairo is hitting .177 for this season so he may be about to come to an end of his career. But for a career utility player making it in the majors until you're almost 40 is amazing.

And he has been awful for close to 10 years now. I can understand guys like Counsell hanging on. Cairo I have never understood.

There's evidently quite a market out there for guys who can play multiple positions poorly.

[greenback44]

Rasmus's OPS fell below the Taguchi Line (700) yesterday.

I hadn't realized Isringhausen's ERA had crept above 4. This could be the end for him.

[fanforever]

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ss ... on_th.html

Off the field, Perez has been issuing a lot of non-comments since criticizing Indians ownership and front office in a FoxSports.com story in early September.

After Tuesday's win, Perez's answered reporters' questions bluntly and quickly. The only time he talked at length was about set-up man Vinnie Pestano's bounce-back performance Tuesday after allowing a game-winning three-run homer to Adam Dunn on Monday.

Some examples:

Reporter: How did it feel to play the spoiler today?

Perez: "I could care less. I'd rather be playing for something."

Reporter: How have you managed to stay sharp between save opportunities?

Perez: "I've had a lot of practice this year."

Reporter: Are you starting to think about next year and what you can build on?

Perez: "I'm not."

Reporter: What's been your routine because you wouldn't expect to go six, seven or eight games between save opportunities?

Perez: "Have you watched us this year? We haven't been in seven or eight games in a row."

Reporter: What do you think the team has learned from this year?

Perez: "No comment. I have opinions, but I'm not going to say them right now."

As Perez walked away from reporters, he said, "It will be a fun last couple of days of the season when I'm allowed to talk again."

The season ends Oct. 3

[heyzeus]

"Jason Isringhausen told MLB.com on Wednesday that he is likely to retire from baseball after the 2012 season.
Izzy has two young daughters at home and turned 40 years old earlier this month. "I'll miss the competition," the veteran right-hander said Wednesday. "I love being on the mound throwing against hitters that are the best in the world. That's the only thing I do love. I don't like all the travel, I don't like all the politics and everything that goes on with it." He has posted a 4.14 ERA in 45 2/3 innings of middle relief this season for the Angels. "

[Vidor]

Pretty good career, especially for a guy who was written off as a failure by the Mets 13 years ago.

[lukethedrifter]

[fanforever]

Colby Rasmus is batting .179/.240/.283 with 77 strikeouts in 240 at-bats since the All-Star break.

[Vidor]

Colby Rasmus is batting .179/.240/.283 with 77 strikeouts in 240 at-bats since the All-Star break.

What happened to him? Seriously, WTF?