r/Cardinals

Watching him and Frias play together should be cinema

It's hard to fathom rooting for the Brewers in any scenario but the Dodgers are breathing down the Cardinals back to take the #2 most World Series wins all time honor. If the Dodgers win the WS this year they're only 1 more away from tying the Cardinals with 11 World Series titles. So what would rather see a hated NL Central rival finally win their first WS or the Dodgers getting to their 10th WS win?

As a new fan (only 15 years) it feels like the entire time I've been a fan we have had periods of dominant defenses, explosive offenses, good defensive depth, but it seems like we have never had a dominant pitching core in my time.

Did we ever historically? Is it not something we are prioritizing? I could be completely wrong, just trying to learn.

The Cardinals have not finished last in the National League since 1918 and haven't had back to back under .500 full 162-game seasons (have to win 19 more this year)

Help me out. Herrera is obviously our best hitting catcher. Where does he rank defensively? And what's his weakness? Is it throwing guys out or his plate work?

Guys he isn’t the greatest player of all time. Greatest player of our generation? Maybe. Best player in the league today? Definitely. But not the greatest ever to play, that would be JJ Wetherholt. Báez is a close second, followed by Pujols. After that it’s a crapshoot between Yadi and Waino.

But give Baez a chance to come into his own. Let’s not label him the “GOAT” yet. Wait until after today’s game at least. Patience.

Everybody knows what he did and that’s good. And I’m lucky enough to have a Cardinals friend that I can talk to and other friendly friends but they ain’t seeing it. I just want to talk about what I seen. So it was today I’m watching the game at stupid one o clock. I been hearing about Baez how he’s a top prospect. This ain’t my first rodeo. So I’m like ok let’s get a look at this guy. When I tell you that first swing told me… it wasn’t so much that he hit it and it was a homerun. He hit that ball and I said “holy shit” before it even went over the wall. The swing. I haven’t heard anyone talk about the purpose or power in or talk about the swing. He didn’t just accidentally get it on the right part of the bat or whatever he MURDERED that ball. That ball had no other choice ffs! His approach and swing is what I’m excited about.

3rd HR. No one has ever hit 3 in the 1st 3 ABs of a career!!