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uh which is some good news I think in my
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Robert Murray says that the Cardinals
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are going to call up number four
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Prospect Thomas a Jai who was acquired
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in the deal with Texas for Jordan
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Montgomery last year uh this has also
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been confirmed by Katie Woo so hitting
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253 this season he's got 20 bombs he's
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got 67 RB's nine stolen bases the Ops at
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751 for Memphis this year uh really
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turned it on since July he's been more
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of the hitter you saw last year when he
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won the doublea MVP award uh 11 of his
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home runs have come since the beginning
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of July uh he hit 349 that month and 235
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in August but he popped seven dingers in
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August so um it was a bit of a slow
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start for him this year coming out of
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the gate but uh has turned things around
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and now you're seeing him put up solid
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numbers once again uh John Denton says
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the timing of this makes sense with the
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Cardinals wanting to give Mason win a
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night off and Brendan Donovan still
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dealing with the infection in his
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swollen big toe it's also another
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glimpse of the future for this team that
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has 2025 on their mind uh more now than
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ever after the rough series with the
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Mariners over the weekend where they
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ended up dropping two of three
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uh to a team that you know they're not a
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bad team overall but offensively they're
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they're supposed to be a really bad team
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uh they've got Elite pitching Cardinals
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learned that the hard way by scoring
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just seven runs in those three games and
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uh we I thought they were going to be
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close games you know a lot of two to1
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three to2 type of ball games uh the
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Mariners score six in game one and then
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10 in h game three uh that that was not
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what we were looking for uh game one
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fetty was decent but got yanked after
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four and two-thirds Innings and of
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course after praising Matthew Liberator
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uh so much recently he gives up a
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two-run jack they get three off Ley late
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in the game and the Cardinals only
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muster one run on Jordan Walker's solo
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shot which was an absolute missile over
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the left field wall game two you get the
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brilliant performance from Kyle Gibson
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he throws a season High 112 pitches he
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strikes out nine Gets You Through six
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and two-thirds Innings then on the other
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side Logan Gilbert who's a very good
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pitcher as well he's burning through the
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Cardinals lineup until the bottom of the
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eth Pedro paaz uh Tak some deep into the
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night two run shot Cardinals win that
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one two to none but then we get to
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Sunday and this is where I want to focus
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a little bit because this has a been a
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very big topic of discussion it's
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something we've brought up here on
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lockon Cardinals a few times already is
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miles michelas miles michelas gets the
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start and it went about as bad as it can
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get he he was not good the first five
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batters get hits double single one to
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nothing already uh sing single double
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three to nothing followed by another
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single we're five batters into this
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sucker and you're down three to nothing
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already gets the next two guys on
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strikes first and third two out another
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base hit makes it five to nothing before
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our guys even pick up a bat it took him
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23 pitches just to get out of the first
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inning uh or just to get to the first uh
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out uh wasn't the first inning first out
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23 pitches uh comes out for the second
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inning lead off single gets a fly out
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then Randy a Ros Arena rips a two Homer
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you knew it would happen eventually that
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Rosena would do something seven to
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nothing and you know these are the
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Mariners these are the Mariners not a
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good offensive team whatsoever bottom of
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the American League in a lot of
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categories if it wasn't for the white
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socks they'd be at the very bottom of a
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lot of the categories uh Michaelis
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allows another double before the second
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inning finally ends Ali closed the book
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on him after that brings in Steven matz
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for the third inning and there you go so
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I mean to go into a hole like that right
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away against the Mariners with the way
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their pitching staff is is um not not
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good uh almost insurmountable uh to come
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back against them when you've given up
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that amount of offense already according
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to Rob Reigns michelis has now made
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eight starts for the Cardinals since his
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last win which was on July 21st and I
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know wins and losses we you know it
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depends on a lot of things for that to
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happen but over that stretch he's been
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Terri terrible 54 hits 30 earned runs
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and 37 in the third Innings that's an
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erra of 7.23 guys
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7.23 now you go back to June 27 michelas
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has won only two of his last 13 starts
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the area
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6.75 over that stretch uh ER on the
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season at 5.55 according to Jeff Jones
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uh the last Cardinal pitcher to throw at
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least 150 Innings and have an erra of
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5.50 or higher was the U you know the
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the legendary Kip Wells back in 2007
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you're like who
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exactly they've only had 11 such seasons
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in their history according to Jeff eight
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of which were in 1929 or earlier the
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three modern times were Kip Wells Jason
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Marquee and 07 and then uh Jose gimenez
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in
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1999 some uh fantastic throwback names
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by by the way Jason Marquee Jose jenez
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yeah uh but this is the level that we've
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dropped to with Miles micheles this is
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how bad he's gotten this
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season I don't know what else you need
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to see from this guy to prove to you
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that he doesn't belong in this rotation
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anymore either come up with something
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like shoulder
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fatigue or sore hip or something oh my
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hammy something something sit him down
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and let someone else have a crack at at
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his starting spot for at least the rest
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of this year now the argument that
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you'll get from you know people like
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from the Cardinal I should say not from
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fans fans aren't going to argue with me
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on this at all but the argument uh that
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the Cardinal will say well we're paying
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him $17.6 million that's why it needs to
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be in there as lame as that contract
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it's is um if the goal is to
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win why would you keep throwing them out
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there why if the goal is to rebuild for
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next season if that's what you're
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starting to think of you're like okay
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2025 let's start working on that instead
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why would you keep throwing them out
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there like there's really not a whole
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lot of positives with Miles Michael is
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taking the ball anymore I feel the same
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way about Lance Lynn like I don't know
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why we're we're going to start him he's
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not gonna be a part of the future of
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this team I can't imagine that the
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Cardinals would bring him back next year
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and select his
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option Kyle Gibson maybe I I don't see
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how you're gonna bring Lance
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slimack but miles michelas is not
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helping you win right now and he's not
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going to help you figure out what you're
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going to do in the future with any uh of
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the other prospects that you have in
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your organization that probably deserve
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a crack at a starting job so what is the
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point of him in this rotation anymore
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this season the question is now what do
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you do with them moving forward if you
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were to make that decision so we'll
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we do with Miles michelis guys what do
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you think what do you want to do with
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them all right you know what he is you
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know what he brings to the table each
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and every outing where do we go from
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here all right
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so this year as I said you could come up
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with some sort of injury designation
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like we don't know as of the time that
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I'm doing this that we don't know what
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the corresponding move is with Thomas
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and ji yet so maybe something happens
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but uh you can come up with some sort of
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injury designation like I said arm
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fatigue is a good one um You can call up
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someone like Michael mcgrey who was
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awesome in his one and only start at the
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major league level earlier this year and
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has continued to pitch pretty well at
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Memphis now on the surface if you go to
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mcgreevy's numbers they're not going to
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jump off the page at you uh8 and8 3.97
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ra only 134 K and 145 Innings but
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since making that start for the
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Cardinals at the end of July which he
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was brilliant in he has gone three and
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one at Memphis with a 2.56 ER 38
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strikeouts and 35 and two-thirds Innings
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so whatever change he has made it's
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working it's
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working and when you start thinking
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about next year's rotation you know
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where where most of us have decided hey
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2024 is not going to happen they're
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going to miss the playoffs for a second
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straight year
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unfortunately what's on tap for 2025
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well when you start thinking about that
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rotation Michael mcgrey has certainly
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put his name into this the discussion
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and I don't think at the beginning of
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the year you would have thought that
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because he hadn't had much success in
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the minor leagues he was just kind of a
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me pitcher just kind of middle of the
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road and it didn't look like things were
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going to work out as uh well as you'd
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hoped when you took him in the first
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round a few years ago but things have
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changed there's been some uh adjustments
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made and now Michael mcgrey looks like
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somebody that you legit need to start
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thinking about taking out one of those
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uh those starting rotation spots um
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right now if you look ahead and you go
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towards the what you got under contract
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for next year Sunny gray Eric fety
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Steven matz miles micheles and Andre
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Palante you've still got the options on
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Len and
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Gibson but currently they're not you
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haven't activated that so you know we
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don't really have to concern ourselves
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with that but those are the that I think
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are penciled in as you're starting five
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gray and Fetti they're not going
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anywhere right unless you decide to
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trade Fetti away which is something that
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I I've seen people bring it up they're
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like well what if you traded him again
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like what if you were like well here's a
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a year of Eric Fetti to somebody and you
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get some prospects in return if you
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weren't Blown Away with what he did this
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year since he's been in a cardinal
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uniform I get it it hasn't been the best
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hasn't been as good as you thought it
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was going to be uh so that's an idea but
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as of right now I think gray and fetty
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because at what fetty cost is going to
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be they're going to want him you know
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they're going to want to keep him around
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at 7.5 uh Stephen matz who they okay on
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Sunday in relief after the Michael is
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shellacking uh he'll certainly get a
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crack at the rotation again uh it's
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always about health with him really if
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he's healthy he'll be in that rotation
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more than likely and I've said before
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with the lack of left-handed pitchers
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that you have available as a starter
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it's kind of nice to have a Steven matz
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there when he's healthy of course
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to break up the just the righty righty
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righty look that you have in your
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rotation already Andre Palante had an
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ugly game against
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Milwaukee okay but he's been a really
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nice surprise for you and has definitely
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eared a spot in the rotation for next
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year hasn't done anything to screw that
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up I don't think uh that leaves
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Michaelis as your last guy and puts your
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former first rounders like like Michael
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McGreevy like Zack Thompson who was up
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on this club earlier this season and has
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been in Memphis ever since uh they've
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been on the outside looking in now uh
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what about Quinn Matthews you know we're
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starting to see guys not afraid to just
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let them pitch at the major league level
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you know younger pitchers and again
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Quinn Matthews was a college guy he's
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not some high school kid who's been in
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minor league baseball for two years he's
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only 21 or something you know he no he's
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a mature man now uh so Quinn Matthews
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coming up in being a part of this
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rotation next year I'm not ruling that
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out yet I would it's something at least
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that I bet fans would be excited to to
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see if you actually thought about it
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what about Gordon
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gtho Ian badell can none of them be more
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competitive at the major league level
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than what you're getting from miles
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micheles is that what is that what we're
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telling us or are we saying uh but he's
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making 17.6 so we have to put him in
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despite him not being a good
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pitcher and that again comes back to is
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winning the most important thing here or
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are you just worried about saving face
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because you're screwed up on that
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contract and it was a mistake Uh Kevin
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wheeler whom you can hear in the
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afternoons on KMOX was pointing out how
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bad michelis has been recently and so
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you know I tweeted him I was like hey uh
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what would be your plan for Miles next
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year if you were in charge would you
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just cut your losses and move on from
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him the way that you know the Cardinals
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did with Dexter Fowler they shipped them
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to the angels ate almost all of the
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salary basically and just kind of was
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like look it's we screwed up let's move
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on
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uh or do you give michelas another shot
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in the spring so those were the options
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I kind of threw at him
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um if we look at those two options
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because I don't want to just glaze over
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it but I know a lot of people just want
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to get rid of them I I know that and I
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get it I get it I completely understand
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that you want to DFA them just remove
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them eat the money again this is a big
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part of this because miles is still owed
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so much next year and it's not just a
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couple of million dollars we're talking
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17.6 million that you would have to pay
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him to not Pitch for you anymore but
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that's what some fans want they just
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want to see it and chalk it up as a loss
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cause and move on just move on with our
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lives the other option keep him around
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until next year see if he can figure
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something out maybe the the coaching
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staff or somebody come and figure out
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why he's become one of the worst
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pitchers in baseball and try to fix him
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in his final contract here with the team
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this is the option that Kevin wheeler
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went with he said I don't think I just
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flush the money down the drain but I
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definitely make spring trading a
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competition they kind of went that route
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this past spring when it came to Stephen
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matz they they wanted to see what he
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could do if he could stay healthy and
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make a determination from there um as to
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whether or not he should be in the
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rotation or he should be shipped over to
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the bullpen despite being paid $1
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million uh Zack Thompson was in the mix
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Matthew Liberto
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uh as well so maybe that's the approach
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that that they go with in spring
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training give michelis a fair shot give
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him the offseason to figure it out see
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if there's something that we can do here
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um and then make a decision from that
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the problem is would the Cardinals
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actually do that is that something they
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would actually try I'll tell you what I
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think about it next on lock on
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Cardinals passion drive and patience
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what brings home the winning trophy is
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those two options between for miles
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michelas and personally I think the best
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decision is to just move on because it's
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not my money and I don't feel bad about
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them uh and I don't want to keep handing
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the ball over to a guy who since
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July doesn't give you a chance to win
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most games you know you get these little
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these blip starts where he looks good
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like the against the Brewers they win
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three to nothing in a game miles Michael
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has started who saw that coming all
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right so is he more of that guy or is he
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the guy that constantly gives up five
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six runs and four rings and just isn't
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very good it's just one of the most
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hitable major league pitchers of the
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plan I mean come
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on as much as it is like it is beautiful
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when miles michelis is on don't get me
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wrong like there there are times when
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you watch him and he's drilling the
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corners I mean he is on the black of the
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plate all day and then he's got that
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looping curve that comes and it's full
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and sometimes it can be really really
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nice but it doesn't happen enough to
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where you can sustain him getting
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blasted three out of five star s and
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that crushes your Bullpen you know
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there's an effect to all of this so the
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logical and what I think the more
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Cardinal way to do this is they're gonna
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give miles a chance to redeem himself in
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the spring next year I agree with Kevin
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wheeler I think they're GNA bring him
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back again and say all right let's see
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what you got and take it from
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there probably not the approach most
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fans want but I don't I just I don't see
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this card C ownership this front office
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turning their back on a veteran I I
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certainly don't see Ali turning his back
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on a veteran he's not he's not that
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manager to just say well you just don't
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have it anymore dude you're you're done
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and we're gonna bench you no he kind of
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gives them the benefit of the doubt
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which is an admirable thing but there's
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a a point where you just
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gotta you gotta cut the cord man and you
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gotta say look we're not winning ball
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games when you're throwing anymore and
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we got to do something about that could
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you him could you trade
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him do the follow eat a substantial
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portion of his contract
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sure sure that's
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um here's my thing that's great if you
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want to do that but you got to find
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somebody who wants him and I I've seen
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comments where of course there's going
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to be people out there that want him you
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know he he eats Innings and well does
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he but he's only lasting three and four
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Innings because he gets killed is he
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really eating that many innings for you
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sure he's been healthy but it's it's
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just not been good and
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I I mean I'm sure there'll be somebody
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if you're G to eat 10 12 million of that
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contract would pay him you know the five
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million to seven million to to to watch
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him pitch I just if I'm another team I'm
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looking at it going why would I want him
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even at a discounted price like what is
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it about him that
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if he's not good enough to be in your
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rotation and you're the Cardinals who
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were just floating at 500 why the hell
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would I want him so that's just how I
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think because I just think he's gotten
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that bad like he's to the you know like
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I said he's like the Patrick Corbin he's
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the right-handed versin of this a very
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overpaid guy who at one time was a
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better pitcher and it just isn't anymore
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and and gets creamed a lot of times like
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not just four runs over five innings
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like seven in four inad like it's
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bad so personally I'm just ready to move
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on to the next era of Cardinal baseball
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and my miles michelis feels like kind of
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hanging on to the Past like it's just
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like it's kind of like with Goldie like
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I understand why there's reasons to
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bring him back and stuff but I feel like
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you're hanging on to the past of a
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portion of Cardinal baseball that hasn't
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won much and I I'm ready to see new
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faces and uh see what goes on with
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that I'm just I'm just kind of done with
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it he's he's like a relic and I just I I
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don't need to see it anymore certainly
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don't need to see it anymore this year
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so we'll see what happens um new series
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begins tonight Reds and Cardinals at
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Bush Stadium the Reds essentially ended
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the Cardinal season with that sweep in
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Cincinnati which arguably the ugliest
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series the Cardinal played all year uh
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when they just got waxed by the Reds U
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the last time these two teams hooked up
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neither of them are going anywhere the
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uh Reds certainly love to beat the
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Cardinals that's kind of their it's kind
00:24:02
of their
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thing they they really get enjoyment out
00:24:06
of defeating the Cardinals uh tonight
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you've got Andre Palante getting the
00:24:10
ball against one of the Red's top
00:24:12
pitching prospects in right-hander Rett
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louer who in his last appearance looked
00:24:16
really really good shut out the Houston
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Astros over six and the third Innings
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Palante looking to bounce back from his
00:24:22
rough performance against the Brewers
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you got a A first pitch set for 645 St
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Louis time uh when Wednesday you're
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looking at Lance Lynn coming back making
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his first start since going on the I
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um again I don't know why we're going
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down this road with like what what is
00:24:40
why are we watching Lance Lind pit still
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uh then Sunny gray coming up on Thursday
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which is a day game and uh then they
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travel to Canada over the weekend
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so you know I I I just want to see new
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blood I just do I I've seen this show
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for two years and I you know we're over
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it and we're ready to see new blood I I
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hope we get to see Thomas and Jai uh
00:25:03
playing I I don't want to see him just
00:25:05
rotting on the bench you know with h
00:25:07
Donovan you know dealing with that
00:25:09
infection I I hope that we get to see a
00:25:12
decent amount of Thomas and JC playing
00:25:14
second base along with uh you know Mason
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went at shortstop so uh we'll see what
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happens there um I want to see new
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pitching you know I want to see some of
00:25:22
these young guys get a crack and get
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some major league experience why not
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Michael mcgrey again you know why what
00:25:28
what has he deserved what has he done to
00:25:30
deserve to be stuck in Memphis anymore
00:25:31
like here we are creeping up on the
00:25:33
middle of September you're pretty much
00:25:36
done what are we doing so we're gonna
00:25:38
let Lance Lynn and Miles michelas
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continue to pitch like it just doesn't
00:25:41
make a lot of sense to me uh also want
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to uh address this here real quick uh
00:25:46
super sad news yesterday to hear about
00:25:49
the passing of one James Earl Jones that
00:25:53
that sucked man most of us grew up
00:25:56
knowing James in some way shape or form
00:25:59
um Darth Vader obviously the voice of
00:26:02
Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies um
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Lion King He was the king in Coming to
00:26:09
America one of the great Eddie Murphy
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movies U but obviously baseballwise his
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uh his roles in Field of Dreams And The
00:26:16
Sandlot were were awesome you know The
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Sandlot obviously was a cool one because
00:26:21
you didn't know that was who it was
00:26:22
going to be you know you didn't you had
00:26:24
no idea it was uh spoiler alert uh he
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has the cameo in there U as the owner of
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the Beast so um that's uh that that was
00:26:34
really really cool but of course the
00:26:36
speech and Field of Dreams that he makes
00:26:39
um obviously huge the script portion of
00:26:41
it uh is at the Baseball Hall of Fame
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and um I don't I don't know one guy when
00:26:47
it comes to Field of Dreams who doesn't
00:26:48
get a bit emotional with the uh have a
00:26:51
catch part which is at the end there a
00:26:53
field of dreams but uh you know the
00:26:55
speech which leads you into that whole
00:26:57
section there is obviously a a big
00:26:59
portion of what that movie is all about
00:27:02
and um it's good so if the Cardinal
00:27:05
season has got you down right now okay
00:27:09
but you're still a baseball fan and
00:27:11
you're just bummed out because the
00:27:12
Cardinal aren't who you wanted them to
00:27:14
be this year maybe flip on Field of
00:27:17
Dreams to remind yourself why you love
00:27:19
the game and why watching the Cardinals
00:27:21
tonight could can still be an enjoyable
00:27:23
experience despite the playoff window
00:27:25
seemingly closing every single day so
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