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While Carpenter wasn't dominate yesterday he pitched 6 three hit shutout innings. Today Mulder was just as good going 6 2/3 and giving up a one run. Lots of ground balls. This is what Mulder was signed for. The Cardinals have become a perenniel playoff team. So I think we need to judge these guys on the postseason. This is exactly what everyone wanted when Mulder was signed. We did not have two guys like this in last years playoffs.
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This bullpen is an absolute disaster. Last year we could count on Kline and King to dominate lefties. We could also count on Calero/Haren/Taveraz to be great as well. This season I still feel pretty confident in Taveraz but the others guys are gone or not effective.
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I think finally we have that formidable lineup back. We haven't seen it in 365 days because of injuries. Yeah, we miss Rolen but Reggie Sanders is a lot better this year. I never thought i'd say this but I think I like Eck and Grudz better than Womack and Renteria --- with the bat and in the field. But all in all, this lineup is very dangerous like last year. I'm talking today. Certainly it wasn't for most of the season.
Izzy. Well, he's going to scare the heck out of everyone but typically get the job done at the end of the day. He just needs to come in and throw strikes. He did a much better job of that today.
Why this is the year --- In my opinion this is the most complete team in the playoffs. Particularly if we can get one of our starters to take a key bullpen role.
Why it isn't -- until we can feel comfortable with a 3 run lead with two innings to go we will not make it past the NLCS.
While Carpenter wasn't dominate yesterday he pitched 6 three hit shutout innings. Today Mulder was just as good going 6 2/3 and giving up a one run. Lots of ground balls. This is what Mulder was signed for. The Cardinals have become a perenniel playoff team. So I think we need to judge these guys on the postseason. This is exactly what everyone wanted when Mulder was signed. We did not have two guys like this in last years playoffs.
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This bullpen is an absolute disaster. Last year we could count on Kline and King to dominate lefties. We could also count on Calero/Haren/Taveraz to be great as well. This season I still feel pretty confident in Taveraz but the others guys are gone or not effective.
The same:
I think finally we have that formidable lineup back. We haven't seen it in 365 days because of injuries. Yeah, we miss Rolen but Reggie Sanders is a lot better this year. I never thought i'd say this but I think I like Eck and Grudz better than Womack and Renteria --- with the bat and in the field. But all in all, this lineup is very dangerous like last year. I'm talking today. Certainly it wasn't for most of the season.
Izzy. Well, he's going to scare the heck out of everyone but typically get the job done at the end of the day. He just needs to come in and throw strikes. He did a much better job of that today.
Why this is the year --- In my opinion this is the most complete team in the playoffs. Particularly if we can get one of our starters to take a key bullpen role.
Why it isn't -- until we can feel comfortable with a 3 run lead with two innings to go we will not make it past the NLCS.
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