Meet Them in Saint Looie - Mets @ Cards IGT - 3/30/26

[Frayed Knot]

ROAD TRIP!!!! First one of the year (Duh!) - 7:45 EDT Monday Night start:; Clay Holmes vs Kyle Leahy.  This will be the third full ML season for the soon-to-be 29 y/o RH Leahy who started in 2024 [33 starts, 4.07 ERA; 1.03 WHIP] then worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen in '25 [62 G, 88 IP, 3.07 / 1.23]

As for the rest of the lineup, the Cardinals, after 71 wins in '23, 83 in '24, and 78 in '25, are in full-out rebuild mode under new PoBO Chaim Bloom. Gone from the '25 squad are the likes of Willian Contreras, Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado, and Sonny Gray. All of which leaves a mostly under-30* roster all over but not a lot of recognizable names beyond SS Masyn Winn and massive disappointment (to date) Jordan Walker in RF. Even fan fave Lars Nootbaar (cuz who doesn't like a good Nootbaar after lunch?) is on the 60 day IL to start the year.

Cards took 2 of 3 in their first series at home vs TBR, all of them high-scoring for whatever that's worth: 9-7 (W), 6-5 (W in 10), 11-7 (L) on Sunday.

The only ex-factor is StL being the current home for Ryne Stanek

 

* P - Riley O'Brian, 31; P - Ryne Stanek, 34; 3B - Ramon Urias, 32 ... that's it, that's the over-30 portion of the roster!

 

[Gwreck]

Nice weather the first two days in St. Louis but 80% chance of rain Wednesday is potentially problematic.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Myers	0	0	39	0	0	0	39
Garcia, L	0	0	20	0	19	0	39
Williams	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
Brazoban	0	0	0	0	4	14	18
Weaver	0	0	0	0	16	22	38
Raley, B	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Lovelady	0	0	0	0	21	26	47
Manaea	0	0	0	0	0	29	29

[Edgy MD]

Thanks for honoring the important new standard of getting the IGT up early.

Looking forward to seeing what color the box turns when a reliever reaches 40 pitches.

[MFS62]

There are two catching Contreri and the one no longer there is the one who is a real pain in the tuchus against the Mets (slipping comfortably into the Yaddy F'n Molina roster spot). Glad they won't be seeing him in this series.

Later

[Cowtipper]

I've been slacking. I haven't watched a single highlight of this season yet. I get more into it when I buy MLB TV at a discount sometime around May. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

Thanks for honoring the important new standard of getting the IGT up early.

Looking forward to seeing what color the box turns when a reliever reaches 40 pitches.

Usually, I'll have the charts and whatnot up a lot earlier than today; it's spring break, and I had to take the youngest to TWO doctor appointments this morning.

Red is as far as the color spectrum goes.

[Edgy MD]

8 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Usually, I'll have the charts and whatnot up a lot earlier than today; it's spring break, and I had to take the youngest to TWO doctor appointments this morning.

Red is as far as the color spectrum goes.

Damn, purple is just waiting to be fired up.

Best wishes to your kid.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Edgy MD said:

Damn, purple is just waiting to be fired up.

Best wishes to your kid.

Oh, nothing imminent, just check-up type stuff.

But thank you.

[Gwreck]

Lindor SS

Soto RF

Bichette 3B

Polanco DH

Baty RF

Young 1B

Semien 2B

Benge CF

Alvarez C

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Everyone raise your hand if you expected Jared Young (!) to get a start before Vientos or Tyrone Taylor.

 

[Lefty Specialist]

Vientos does seem to be the forgotten man so far....

[whippoorwill]

I love that movie, btw

[Edgy MD]

Vientos will get his belts in.  Plenty of lefties ahead.

[Gwreck]

1 hour ago, Edgy MD said:

Vientos will get his belts in.  Plenty of lefties ahead.

He’s got a better OPS than Young against righties too.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Surprised Lieper didnt send Lindor on the triple

[Lefty Specialist]

Scored the run, which is what they had to do there.

[metirish]

My SNY feed from within the MLB app on the TV is a beat out of sync and it's super annoying 

[metirish]

Nice play at 3rd by Bichette 

[Edgy MD]

31 minutes ago, Gwreck said:

He’s got a better OPS than Young against righties too.

Young needs more than 117 career plate appearances in the majors to show what he can do.

His minor league career has been impressive enough that an odd start while he is up is worth looking at.

[Lefty Specialist]

Fluffernutters!   I loved Fluffernutters!

[metirish]

I have never heard of them until now

 

Nice at bat from Benge who finds a hole 

[Lefty Specialist]

[metirish]

This game needs some life

[Frayed Knot]

53 minutes ago, metirish said:

My SNY feed from within the MLB app on the TV is a beat out of sync and it's super annoying 

I'm also not picking up the bal off the bat well. It's like the lighting And sound is off.

[Centerfield]

Maybe that great new offensive approach was a mirage. 

[metirish]

Yes same , it was fine over the weekend series, but I noticed it right away tonight when Gary and Keith opened the show and the mouth and words were a hair off 

[Centerfield]

Bichette!  There a hit with RISP!

[Edgy MD]

Bo Bichette is so unfamiliar with hitting the ball suddenly that he puts one into the gap and falls down.

[Edgy MD]

BELIEVE in Jared Young.

[Centerfield]

Jared Young!  A guy who’s insertion into the lineup I did not question at all!