The Cards are playing a Spring Training game today against the Yankees and I have Tivo… I’ll try to make a few observations as I watch….

Ponson is looking good. Granted he isn’t facing the TRUE Yankee lineup but he got Sheffield and Matsui (both starters) to pop up weakly on the infield. The choice to have both Ponson and Reyes pitch today is a good one for interested fans. This will let the two be evaluated against largely the same lineup. Now certainly we fans won’t have the same perspective on that number 5 starting spot as Dave Duncan and LaRusa but it will be nice to see the two candidates side by side.

Duncan just jacked one against Randy Johnson! I think Dunc has a great chance of making the club at this pace.

Luna got a hit and stole a base in the inning as well. I still don’t understand the fascination with Luna… maybe it’s his youth?

Is it just me or does everyone still cringe when Rolen goes to field a ball while a runner is running from second to third? I can’t help but think of Alex Cintron running into him and knocking him out for the playoffs that year… I don’t even like to type those words, much less picture them happening again. Here’s to your health Scotty!

There’s another Luna hit and another stollen base. If he keeps this up, he’ll get the chance to prove whether he’s got what it takes to start in the bigs or not…. Spivey just took one off the hand… hope he’s ok. Luna may win this job just by staying healthy.

Reyes is looking good. The announcers keep talking about how “lively” his stuff is. All I know is that the ball is jumping and he has only given up one run so far. We might have the good problem of having 6 quality starting pitchers… and thats without Wainright in the picture. If Reyes and Ponson keep it up or Wainright comes on strong, the Cardinals might think about trading away Suppan or Marquis. (more on that a little later in the week). The cheeper we can go with our 3,4, and 5 pitchers, the more we can spend to resign Mulder or go out and get a stud corner outfielder (again, more about this later). I just can’t see the Cardinals sending Reyes to the pen or back to Triple A, but hey, who knows?

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The Cards are playing a Spring Training game today against the Yankees and I have Tivo… I’ll try to make a few observations as I watch….

Ponson is looking good. Granted he isn’t facing the TRUE Yankee lineup but he got Sheffield and Matsui (both starters) to pop up weakly on the infield. The choice to have both Ponson and Reyes pitch today is a good one for interested fans. This will let the two be evaluated against largely the same lineup. Now certainly we fans won’t have the same perspective on that number 5 starting spot as Dave Duncan and LaRusa but it will be nice to see the two candidates side by side.

Duncan just jacked one against Randy Johnson! I think Dunc has a great chance of making the club at this pace.

Luna got a hit and stole a base in the inning as well. I still don’t understand the fascination with Luna… maybe it’s his youth?

Is it just me or does everyone still cringe when Rolen goes to field a ball while a runner is running from second to third? I can’t help but think of Alex Cintron running into him and knocking him out for the playoffs that year… I don’t even like to type those words, much less picture them happening again. Here’s to your health Scotty!

There’s another Luna hit and another stollen base. If he keeps this up, he’ll get the chance to prove whether he’s got what it takes to start in the bigs or not…. Spivey just took one off the hand… hope he’s ok. Luna may win this job just by staying healthy.

Reyes is looking good. The announcers keep talking about how “lively” his stuff is. All I know is that the ball is jumping and he has only given up one run so far. We might have the good problem of having 6 quality starting pitchers… and thats without Wainright in the picture. If Reyes and Ponson keep it up or Wainright comes on strong, the Cardinals might think about trading away Suppan or Marquis. (more on that a little later in the week). The cheeper we can go with our 3,4, and 5 pitchers, the more we can spend to resign Mulder or go out and get a stud corner outfielder (again, more about this later). I just can’t see the Cardinals sending Reyes to the pen or back to Triple A, but hey, who knows?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 at 7:16 pm and is filed under Cardinals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.