What kind of move is this?

Amid friends and family being affected so badly in Joplin by this tornado the other night. I wanted to step away in the the wonderful mental retreat of baseball and mention a few things about Boggs being sent down. At first glance there is a lot of people complaining but is this really a bad move right now?

Well at first glance yes it is Franklin and Batista both need to find new means of employment. Now for those thinking Greene should be first on the list you are letting your anger towards him dictate that and not realizing how shallow this team actually is. There is no more or better proof that middle infield depth does not exist in the cards system than Pete Kozma getting the call to MLB. I am in no way shape or form a fan of him. Many of nights we hung our head in shame watching him in Springfield over the past few years. But we know guys given a shot sometimes make the most of it so for the Cardinals I hope that he does.

Why TLR is so stubborn, hard headed, dedicated what ever term you want to use to describe Batista and Franklin insert it. I don’t think anyone actually knows but this too could be an issue of lack of depth in the minor’s. Even though we are seeing Sanchez and Salas come in and be all that and more for rookie’s. If you ignore Batista and Franklin, and realize TLR loves the closer by committee the biggest issue in the pen is the lack of a long reliever.

We as cards fan’s know from watching Motte learning how to pitch at the MLB level is not a good idea. So if the Cards are (I hope) look for two pen guys on the market to replace Franklin and Batista. Having Boggs go down for a few weeks get stretched out to be that long guy, this move does make some sense. Now I know some will have the thought why not just let him start stretching out in STL? I would be inclined to send him down and let him start games and really get the rest in between starts to make sure he’s not over used. If he is still in the pen sometime’s and we know he would even attempting to stretch him out TLR would use him.

The scary thing about this is that now we are surely going to see more of Franklin and Batista. This team cannot win series after series depending on those two guys at this point. The other thing the Cards can’t afford is for Boggs to let his ERA stay up as high as it has lately. So going down only hopefully helps the cards.

I at this point am hoping the cards start searching via trade for a pen guy not a closer. I don’t see the need to trade for a closer at this point. TLR is great at the mix and match and this would at least get some rookies with the potential to be a everyday closer some great experience.

One other thing about sending down a position player over a pen guy. Only pitchers give up Home runs. Yes a OF can possibly bring them back in but by in large that is only criticized because the pitcher made a bad pitch. Now I know that pitchers do make bad pitches and Home runs are given up.

In summary I will say(type) that I agree with this move of Boggs going down. If it work’s and he get’s stretched out and better control this could be one of the moves that really makes a huge impact on this club. It’s not often they need a long reliever yet, and yet being the key word.

GO CARDS!

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