That loss.
Please don’t blame that loss on anything other than bad hitting.
- Grichuk 0-6
- Carpenter 0-6
- Holliday 1-6
- Heyward 1-5
In total the Cardinals had 23 LOBsters on the night and could only muster 1 run over over 14 innings of play. The only positive any Cardinals fan can take from Monday night’s tilt is that it started at 6p CT, so the four hour and fourteen minute game time didn’t keep you up any later than normal.
With Lackey on the bump and the weak links of the rotation upcoming later this week in Flushing, this was supposed to be the game that the bullpen got a bit of a breather.
Whoops.
They worked 6 1/3 innings on Monday night. In 352 total innings the Cardinals have played in 2015, the bullpen has accounted for 128.2 innings pitched.
36.6%!
That, my friends, is an unsustainable rate.
So I have an idea…
The Cardinals eliminate starting pitchers all together. That’s right – no more ‘starters’. They’d have guys technically be the 1st pitcher to pitch in a game, but instead of being disgusted with a 4 inning start, now we’d all be elated!
They’d have 13 arms on the staff. And all 13 arms would be ready to go 3/4 times per week for a few innings at a time.
Every other week, the two worst performers are sent down to AAA and the two best in AAA are called up. A relegation system similar to the English Premier League. Perhaps even have fans do an online vote on who they’d like to see shipped to Memphis?
I mean, just going HAM on baseball’s stodgy ways.
And even though this is never going to happen, admit it, the Cardinals aren’t really that far from this system right now.
#EmbraceChange
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