Amaury Marti is currently hitting .424/.509/.633 in 39 games for the Mexican Red Devils of the Mexican League, also known as Liga de Amaury Cazana. Bud Selig ordered the Cardinals to banish him to there, in fear of the major leagues losing competitive balance.
Amaury also refuses to accept the watch curse. He has the power to curse, and the power to bless.
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The worst part of the draft for me is the wait between draft day and when we actually get to see these guys in uniform for the system. It was a long first day and I would like to extend thanks and congratulations to Erik - he worked hard all day long in providing us [...]
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[UPDATE: Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus is reporting that Buster Posey is asking for $12M and, therefore, the Rays will be selecting Tim Beckham first overall. KG thinks that the number is posturing on Posey's part and I happen to agree. Frankly, I think the Rays should be taking either Beckham or Alvarez anyway.]
I haven’t had [...]
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There are little bits of draft news all over the place these days. Bryn Smith at Baseball Prospectus did a wrap up of the NCAA Regional Playoffs from the weekend in an Unfiltered post and it included a “Draft Notice” section with each regional. Kevin Goldstein’s Monday Morning Ten Pack was dedicated to the draft [...]
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Derrick Goold posted the third and final installment in his “PostCards with Luhnow” series today. Also, the guys at Major League Jerk posted a first round mock draft. They’ve got the Cardinals taking high school first baseman Eric Hosmer. That would certainly be a departure for the Cardinals.
Anyway, the system went 3-2 on the night - [...]
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Baseball America has a profile of Tim Melville as the top story on their draft page (subscription only). He has not had the greatest season he could have hoped for, which has been partially blamed on the weather in the midwest and on a fluke injury where he was struck in the eye by a [...]
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Cardinals catcher Bryan Anderson has hit at every stop of his minor league career, including a torrid first month of this season that earned him a promotion to AAA. Bryan was drafted out of high school in the fourth round in 2005 and he was a mid-season and post-season all star for the Texas League in 2007 [...]
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I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the prospects currently in the Cardinals system and that the Cardinals have developed (or failed to develop) over the past five years or so on a position-by-position basis to take a closer look at the strengths and weaknesses of the system. The first position [...]
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Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus delves into the thought processes for each of the first twelve teams picking in the draft. While it is somewhat disappointing that he stopped just short of the Cardinals (I guess he had to stop somewhere), it is still interesting to see what he believes each of the teams picking [...]
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Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus chatted on Thursday and answered a question about the Cardinals organizational attitude towards pitcher health:
Kingpin (Grinnell, IA): Two part question - #1 Is there an underlying reason for the Cardinals‘ seemingly high injury rate among picthers (Carpenter, Mulder, Isringhausen, Kinney, Brad Thompson, Tyler Johsnon all just this year)? #2 Is [...]
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Kevin Goldstein chatted on Baseball Prospectus today (sorry, it is subscription only - UPDATE: I was wrong, it is not subscription only - it is free to all). He only answered one question that was directly about the Cardinals (offering no insight into Rasums’ struggles other than that he thinks Cardinals fans should be concerned), [...]
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This article indicates that the Cardinals will either be putting Isringhausen on the DL or possibly designating him for assignment. I would imagine that he would clear waivers at this point and his comments seem to indicate that he would accept a minor league stint to find a cure for what ails him. The corresponding [...]
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Today was an off day for Memphis and a travel day for me. I am a bit out of the loop on what has been going on since I have been out of town since Saturday (which is ironic since I was actually in St. Louis). From the looks of things, though, Springfield is really [...]
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