Post by CardinalsGM on Aug 14, 2007 23:52:34 GMT -5
After sacrificing the already weak farm system, the Cardinal front office has put together the following lineup at this point:
C: Mike Matheny
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Miguel Cairo/David Eckstein
SS: Edgar Renteria
3B: Scott Rolen
LF: Ryan Klesko (vs RHP) Eduardo Perez (vs LHP)
CF: Jim Edmonds
RF: JD Drew (vs RHP) Ryan Klesko (vs LHP)
Bench:
A couple are listed above, depending on the opposing starting pitcher, but others are:
OF Brian Buchanan providing the pop.
OF Orlando Palmerio providing extra speed and nice OF D in all 3 positions
C Eli Marerro
OF So Taguchi
The Staff includes:
SP Matt Morris
SP Ben Sheets
SP Adam Eaton
SP Mike Crudale
SP Jimmy Journell
MR Russ Springer
MR Cal Eldred
MR Jeff "I'm not too old yet" Fassero
MR Garrett Stephenson
SU Steve Kline
CL Jose Jimenez
"As the GM, I'd put our offense up against about any other lineup in the majors," stated Carpenter. "With the upcoming return of JD, our lineup gets that much stronger and some of the guys who have been filling in go back to their roles as bench players.
"Our pitching has kept us around, and with a few guys are getting past their prime, we're doing our best to find some replacements that we know will fit in and help us out. We called up our AAA ace in Jimmy Journell and threw him in the fire in Colorado, which probably wasnt' the best idea, but he rebounded nicely in his 2nd start against Milwaukee and got his first career win."
"We feel we're standing in a good position right now, and hopefully we can hang on the next couple of months until Chris and Jason can come back and we'll see what happens when we get back to full strength," said Carpenter.
C: Mike Matheny
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Miguel Cairo/David Eckstein
SS: Edgar Renteria
3B: Scott Rolen
LF: Ryan Klesko (vs RHP) Eduardo Perez (vs LHP)
CF: Jim Edmonds
RF: JD Drew (vs RHP) Ryan Klesko (vs LHP)
Bench:
A couple are listed above, depending on the opposing starting pitcher, but others are:
OF Brian Buchanan providing the pop.
OF Orlando Palmerio providing extra speed and nice OF D in all 3 positions
C Eli Marerro
OF So Taguchi
The Staff includes:
SP Matt Morris
SP Ben Sheets
SP Adam Eaton
SP Mike Crudale
SP Jimmy Journell
MR Russ Springer
MR Cal Eldred
MR Jeff "I'm not too old yet" Fassero
MR Garrett Stephenson
SU Steve Kline
CL Jose Jimenez
"As the GM, I'd put our offense up against about any other lineup in the majors," stated Carpenter. "With the upcoming return of JD, our lineup gets that much stronger and some of the guys who have been filling in go back to their roles as bench players.
"Our pitching has kept us around, and with a few guys are getting past their prime, we're doing our best to find some replacements that we know will fit in and help us out. We called up our AAA ace in Jimmy Journell and threw him in the fire in Colorado, which probably wasnt' the best idea, but he rebounded nicely in his 2nd start against Milwaukee and got his first career win."
"We feel we're standing in a good position right now, and hopefully we can hang on the next couple of months until Chris and Jason can come back and we'll see what happens when we get back to full strength," said Carpenter.