TheBlackSox8 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Was his left knee he hurt into third not his right ankle anyway. Separate from his hit ankle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Speaking of baseball IQ plays. Thanks Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, TheBlackSox8 said: Was his left knee he hurt into third not his right ankle anyway. Separate from his hit ankle. Sox Twitter says Hamstring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 If someone is going to get hurt running hard to first, you are only delaying the inevitable. They have to play hard at some point or they have no shot of being a star. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Friday Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Looked to me like it was the late slide that got him, not the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, BigHurt3515 said: Sox Twitter says Hamstring He walked off fine, hopefully it's a small sprain or something. Watching the Cards broadcast they showed him grabbing the back of his left knee...so Hammy makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazox Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Need something special now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just now, TheBlackSox8 said: He walked off fine, hopefully it's a small sprain or something. Watching the Cards broadcast they showed him grabbing the back of his left knee...so Hammy makes sense. It also makes sense since he had a little issue with it a few days ago. Seems the injuries of the year are hamstrings, obliques and thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 please get a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT35 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: One day he'll have Robinson Cano's profile in the league and his manager will let him jog when he's not at 100% in order to keep his incredible talents in the lineup more often. I look forward greatly to that day. This is pro ball. The idea that you have to go balls to the walls all the time is counter-productive and naive. The worst thing you can say about future HOFer Cano is that he jogs to 1B. Let's hope that's the worst we can say about Moncada in 8 years. It's the only acceptable way to play the game. Hustle isn't always running into the walls, it's a mindset that improves every aspect of the game--mental sharpness, the will to win. You must apply it to every aspect of the game so it becomes reflex. He won't achieve any star profile without it. It is Renteria's job to make sure that his players are engaged and performing at their highest possible level at all times. Maybe if Moncada plays balls to the wall everyday for the next 8 years he can have a lazy moment--then people will look at it and say--yeah, he had a bad moment, but that's not the player he is and it probably won't happen again...THAT is when the free pass comes...not in his first full season in the major leagues when he's still being defined and bulding habits and team culture. We need to break those bad habits of disengagement and the "too proud to run it out" mindsets now--for everyone--we will not become a winning team on talent alone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Pham is having a great day in CF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazox Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Good effort , not to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 they did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 All this "can't wait until he doesn't have to hustle" reminds me a bit of Wil Myers learning from James Shields that he didn't need to coddle injuries anymore, his time was now, and Myers finally put together a "healthy" season with lots of at bats. He tweaked something. It sucks. Having him play the game half speed for some unnamed future date means you'll just never get to see the real moncada play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
he gone. Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 s*** happens. If he's out there you have to trust Yoan, Hermy and staff that he's okay to play. If he's on the field he should be playing the game the right way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT35 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, bmags said: All this "can't wait until he doesn't have to hustle" reminds me a bit of Wil Myers learning from James Shields that he didn't need to coddle injuries anymore, his time was now, and Myers finally put together a "healthy" season with lots of at bats. He tweaked something. It sucks. Having him play the game half speed for some unnamed future date means you'll just never get to see the real moncada play Excatly. I am beginning to really dislike all the people out there who use the phrase "work smarter, not harder." No...we should work smarter AND harder. Push BOTH bars high and gain an advantage over all those who have decided to pick just one. I'm talking smarter in the sense that you should play as hard as your body will allow. If it's raining and you're hamstring is sore and you are wondering whether you should try to risk an extra base--then no, take the smart approach, run as hard as your body will allow to your base and be ready to go if there's a bobble or misplay of any kind. Run as hard as you can to first base all the time--If it's not fast enough, let the manager make the call to keep you out of the lineup for someone healthier--but as long as you're in there--you play as smart and as hard as you can. Know your body and it's abilities on any given day and be ready to play as hard as it allows without being stupid--unless you're in a game 7 situation and there is no tomorrow. In that case...keep playing hard with that bloody sock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 59 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Maybe he isn't unlucky, so much as analytics have caught up to his batted ball profile and defenders are playing him differently. When players have "unlucky" seasons, you have to take that into account. Look at his spray charts, he uses all parts of the field. There's no way to shift effectively against that. You can't "catch up" to his batted ball profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 4-2 vs. KC 4-18 vs. everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: 4-2 vs. KC 4-18 vs. everyone else *5-2 and 3-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Yet, except for that stretch there where we got absolutely killed for 5 or so games there, by and large, we've been pretty competitive in most of our games. Then you have the 3 blown leads against DET, OAK and then the Soria debacle the first game against StL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 9 hours ago, OmarComing25 said: Look at his spray charts, he uses all parts of the field. There's no way to shift effectively against that. You can't "catch up" to his batted ball profile. Actually there is, you position the defense where there are clusters. Playing the percentages of where a hitter is most likely to hit the ball. It isn't going to be as effective as a shift for a pull hitter, but it can still have a positive effect for making outs for the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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