Is it out of the question for Beltran to play center and Allen Craig to play RF? Beltran seems healthy enough this year.
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Regardless of where you play them, an OF of Holiday, Beltran and Craig stinks defensively.
Your best bet is likely Beltran in CF.
The injuries are catching up with Cards. Beltran, Holliday, Berkman, Freese and Furcal all have a history with staying healthy for a full season.
The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Monday night at Busch Staduim, and on Tuesday starter Paul Maholm won't have to deal with slugger Carlos Beltran in the starting lineup. Beltran pinch hit in the ninth inning on Monday, and he is hitting .298/.406/.653 on the season with an NL-leading 13 home runs, but the team has been careful with him lately due to knee soreness.
Cardinals.com's Jenifer Langosch spoke with manager Mike Matheny, who said Beltran's knee is "barking," but the ailment is not considered serious. In any case, the Cubs are likely more than happy to avoid the reigning National League Player of the Week in the starting lineup for the second-straight game.
The injuries are catching up with Cards. Beltran, Holliday, Berkman, Freese and Furcal all have a history with staying healthy for a full season.
The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Monday night at Busch Staduim, and on Tuesday starter Paul Maholm won't have to deal with slugger Carlos Beltran in the starting lineup. Beltran pinch hit in the ninth inning on Monday, and he is hitting .298/.406/.653 on the season with an NL-leading 13 home runs, but the team has been careful with him lately due to knee soreness.
Cardinals.com's Jenifer Langosch spoke with manager Mike Matheny, who said Beltran's knee is "barking," but the ailment is not considered serious. In any case, the Cubs are likely more than happy to avoid the reigning National League Player of the Week in the starting lineup for the second-straight game.
Actually, Holliday has been one of the best defensive LF in the game for the past couple of years. He had a down year last year but on a whole he has been great, compared to left fielders. He doesn't look pretty getting to balls but he does take pretty good jumps and generally gets the job done. Beltran is a massive upgrade defensively from Berkman in RF though.
Last edited by MikeThierry; 05-15-2012 at 01:38 PM.
If Beltran's knee is "barking" and needs days off then I'd think CF is the last place they'd put him. This sounds like our 1990s version of Eric Davis when we saw Billy Hatcher in CF and ED in left
Pretty big loss for the Cardinals. I guess if it was me, I'd play Robinson in CF as opposed to Craig.. Although with Beltran sore, both Robinson and Criag will get playing time.
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[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
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