It’s okay to get excited for Rasmus but let’s wait until he has success for more than 15 days in June before we promote him. At least 1 season would be ideal but with the way kids get rushed, it will probably be more like 2 months. Make sure he has the maturity and discipline to be a consistently productive major leaguer.

I agree with, murdoch. Lets see Ras be consistent and show that as pitchers adjust to him that he can counter back and adjust to how their throwing him. Anyways there is just no room for Ras right now. I think at some point Dunc might become valuable trade bait. If at some point he can relocate his power stroke he’d be a nice DH option for an American League team. Right now though he is just taking up space when Ras looks ready and I’ve been really impressed by the hacks Joey Bombs has been taking. Defensivley Mighty Joe is a better option and he seems to be a patient hitter. If he got regular starts and was able to see major league pitching everyday then maybe he’d find his timing , and start finding base more.

The velocity may be low for Clement but I wonder how much movement his pitches have. Hitters talk more about movement on a pitch than the velocity most of the time. There have been HOF’ers that have thrown in the 80’s reguarly. If Clement can learn to dominant both sides of the plate and if he can avoid walks and pitch smart then maybe he has a chance to come back and make a difference.

I would like to see Rasmus continue putting the numbers up after the slow start. I think he is reading the pitches better now and hitting his stride, but we need consistency and need to see it from him like we did when he was in Springfield. Excited to see him come up eventually although I was holding out for him in 09 to give him the full year in AAA.

I don’t understand the logic of bring Duncan up. Well, I do with Pujols out but.. I think there were better options and he doesn’t seem to be bringing any more offense to the table than before.

I as well had written Mulder off and he is still in that written off zone for me but would be interested in seeing if he can continue to improve. For awhile there it looked like we were SOL with him, and now with Carp having another setback God knows we need some good news. Keeping my fingers crossed for that but not holding my breath.

Bernie, what do you think are the Cards’ chances of resigning Lohse. I’ve written off every pitcher that is on the DL except Wainwright (I think Wellemeyer is still a question mark for the long term). I know Boras will be difficult to deal with this offseason, but Lohse looks like he might be a pretty nice find for Mo.

It seems like Rasmus struggles initialy at each higher level, then does very well. A whole season at AAA would be more beneficial for him than a few weeks in St. Louis. If he struggles here, it could hurt his confidence.

Ankiel is really a “young” position player in his first full major league season, so it’s not surprising he is struggling. Pitchers are adjusting to him and he will have to adjust.

I think the best thing for Chris Duncan is a trade to a different team. Not so much because he is not hitting (let’s face it, if Duncan does not hit, and hit with power, he really has no value), but because of the added pressure playing on the same team his Dad coaches for brings. From all accounts, Chris is a very nice guy, plays hard, fits the mold of a “Cardinal player”, but he would still be in Memphis if Albert were healthy.