That path?
Pepiot:
'22: 9 G, 7 GS
'23: 8 G, 3 GS
I don't think you're advocating for Tolle to be in the bullpen for just 5 outings here. Also, the Dodgers have had far more success bringing in starting rotation guys from outside the org than developing their own. They have a lot of young pitchers, but which of those guys are anchoring their rotation? Which of those guys are anchoring someone else's rotation? It just doesn't seem like the Dodgers are a path of success that everyone should be following here. If anything, they blow through a lot of young arms!
Sure, but they don't have the ceiling of Tolle. Let Tolle grow in AAA and mess around with the other guys. Tolle will be up by the ASB most likely, he just doesn't need to be up only because Kelly can't pitch. We already knew that. DFA Kelly. Call up Guerrero. Keep churning some relievers and find a guy that sticks.
Walker was a bad defender last year, but metrics have him as average so far. It's April though. If his defense is average and he just repeats his '23 numbers the rest of the way, he's a valuable guy for the Cards.
Not a whole lot to get excited about in STL right now as you can tell with the ticket sales.
For Walker, it's nice to see a former top prospect finally figure it out. I don't think he's going to get MVP votes this season, but maybe he's cementing himself as a fulltime player going forward.
Part of me wonders if the path Walker has taken is what could be in store for KC.
Cheng has never hit before this season. You'd bring up another guy that can't hit??? That makes no sense to me. Monasterio is a passable fielder and is getting on base.
There's a lot more investment in KC and KC's ceiling is SO much higher than Durbin's. If you mess up Durbin, it's not a big deal. If you mess up KC, it's kind of a big deal.
He's doing exactly what they brought here to do: play good defense and put the ball in play. I don't believe the 128 BABIP is going to look like that all season.