11 Time WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals Thread

Originally posted by jrg:
heyward had either 1. REALLY get going or 2. hope grichuk doesn't keep smashing the ball

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by jrg:

heyward had either 1. REALLY get going or 2. hope grichuk doesn't keep smashing the ball

True story, couple years ago Heyward got hurt and we called up Jose Costanza, dude was on fire when he came up. Heyward pretty much rode the bench for a coupel months until Costanza finally cooled off

Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams will miss significant time with a torn quadriceps, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on Twitter. Surgery is a possibility for the 26-year-old.

The injury is said to be worse than that of fellow St. Louis outfielder Tommy Pham, who is on the 60-day DL with his own quad injury. The Cardinals had already decided to rely onMark Reynolds at first for the immediate future, but the severity of the injury could potentially contribute to additional roster planning over the summer.

Of course, Adams has been off to a rough start, hitting just .243/.281/.375 over his first 153 plate appearances on the year. But the team certainly had good reason to expect better the rest of the way: after all, Adams averaged a .287/.327/.474 line over the prior two seasons.

Reynolds could ultimately be paired with Dan Johnson, who is in the fold at Triple-A, or a similarly available left-handed bat such as Travis Ishikawa. The team could in theory consider sliding an outfielder like Matt Holliday, Randal Grichuk or Stephen Piscotty in at first, but none of them have played the position before (at least professionally).

But if Adams will miss much of the rest of the season, it certainly seems at least plausible that the Cards will dabble in the summer trade market. Adam Lind, Justin Morneau, andRyan Howard are among the players that could be marketed at the deadline.

Originally posted by jrg:
Dudes a baaaaaaaaad man