Former Cardinals Watch

[Cole Burns]

1. I did not know he was Delmon Young's brother.
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You need to check out the MLB documentary "We Are Young." Fascinating. It's on MLBTV from time to time.

[Jmodene]

The rules just changed on the rule V draft. Once you DFA a rule V player, he goes on waivers (kind of like going back into the draft). I guess the point is, he was picked by the Cards so the other teams that didn't get a chance to pick him earlier gets a chance to now. Once they pick him off waivers, it's like they drafted him rule V. So, they have to keep him on their roster or go through the process again. Then, the next team would keep him on the roster...

If he passed through waivers, he can be returned to his original team (Washington, I believe) for $25,000, or StL could have worked out a trade for him that would allow him to be optioned to AAA and back.

I believe the Cards have to forfeit the $50,000 posting fee and the Twins are exempt from it, but I may be wrong on that.

I think that since the Twins picked him on on waivers from us, that they have to pay us the waiver fee, whatever it is - which mitigates the $50,000 we spent drafting Komatsu in the first place.

[cpebbles]

Clayton Mortensen: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, 3' long neck.

[Jmodene]

Komatsu, BTW, has played two games for the Twins now, and is 0-for-6 with a walk.

[Fat Strat]

I don't know if anyone has talked about Rasmus' defense. He's 2nd in baseball with a 7 DRS so far. That's really, really good. Can't speak to his offensive woes, but it looks like he's got his head back into the game when he's out in the field.

[Swirls]

The centerfield wall at the Rogers Center must be softer than that at Busch.

[sighyoung]

The centerfield wall at the Rogers Center must be softer than that at Busch.

The warning track has the same grooves as highway shoulders, and wake him up as he's approaching the wall.

[BigDCardlvr]

Stu pomeranz with a couple of good innings against the rangers tonight.

[cards2468]

Stu pomeranz with a couple of good innings against the rangers tonight.

He looked pretty good, sat 92-95 mph with his fastball and it has some nice tail and drop motion to it. Kept hitters off balance with a little 83 mph wrinkle that looked identical out of his hand as his fastball. I really hope he sticks. From all I've read, he's a decent guy who matured a lot after being cut by the Cards.

[vinsanity]

Alex Castellanos, the guy we traded for Furcal, is posting a 1.224 OPS in AAA through 18 games right now.

He's out-slugging MMGA.