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This Honda s*** is cringeeeee

Lol Pillar

Happ looks great honestly

That's awful Morales, three very hittable pitches.

Alright Granderson let's make up for it.

I feel like he knew who was running so didn't want to rush an overthrow.

Lol Donaldson is ridiculous

People relax lol, it's only the first inning.

Ugh f*** the Marlins so much

We're gonna see a lot of that this season. #regressiontothemean

Jesus Christ what a start lmao.

Never doubt the Cardinals and their handling of their pitching prospects.

That impromptu Let's Go Blue Jays chant was awesome. Nearly got chills from that.

Jordan Hicks just finished off the Mets' inning with a 100 mph fastball to retire Jay Bruce. You still worried MikeM?

The oldest son is a spitting image of young Roy.

Jose Martinez just took Thor deep. Man that guy's gonna have a huge year.

I believe at 3.

Lester isn't looking very good, plus he's getting BABIP'd and Schwarber is killing him in the outfield.

Overrated might be a bit harsh but you definitely hit the nail on the head as to how most people view him. His bat has always left something to be desired, and during his bad stretches he's awful to watch as he just hacks away at every pitch no matter how far inside or outside in the dirt. It is scary and likely that as he keeps getting older he'll lose much of his value which is tied to his athleticism which makes him such a great defender. I wouldn't put a lot of stock into a single season of slightly worse defensive metrics, in which he still graded out quite superbly in comparison to his peers. The problem with a guy like Pillar is the league hasn't valued defense highly for a long time now, so you couldn't really move him at his peak value because the return wouldn't have justified it, he's a valuable guy to have on the team while he's young and athletic and his defense is great, but that all goes down south quickly when he stands on the wrong side of 30 and his defense sharply declines. Obviously you'd prefer a Trout or a Springer or a Blackmon over him but during his tenure with the team he's done a great job, much better than anyone could have hoped for from a 32nd round pick, with that said the team should be looking to replace him relatively soon, but with in-house options like Teoscar Hernandez and Anthony Alford there is some good potential without going the expensive route.

He's been an above-average hitter for the past 4 seasons (not to mention in his whole career) and doesn't even strike out that much. I'll believe the declining bat speed when I see it and the numbers start to reflect that. I don't think his replacement (Pearce) would do much better in terms of bat speed, and he's a disaster in the field and not as good a baserunner as Granderson.

I had Joey Votto for the guaranteed walks points. f***

It's pretty common these days to see a pitcher hitting 8th in the NL, they do it so the 9 hitter has a least some chance to turn the lineup over with a man on base as opposed to the guaranteed out. Sort of like a poor man's leadoff hitter if you will.

It was a good call but his voice is not the best for radio, he was basically just screaming. The passion is great but it's a tough listen when he has calls like that.

Fixed. It's a very good offense but at least it's no Astros.

Damn you!