I've used a narrow list of criteria to name the minor league starting pitchers for the Cardinals.
Feel free to disagree with my selection and/or the selected categories. :)

Who would you choose as the Starting Pitcher of the Month? Why?
Find the complete stats for a player at Fanhome's Cardinals Bio Central --http://www.fanhome.com/forums/288_cardinals-bio-central --by clicking on a player's page and bubbycardsfan's Current Stats link.

Memphis – AAA -- Team Leader -- SP Mitch Boggs
IP Min. 20

ERA Boggs 3.10 (29 ip)

WHIP Boggs 1.00

Fewest BB Wasdin 4 (31.1 ip)

Most SO Hawkworth 25 (24 ip)

Wins Boggs 3

Losses Wasdin 4

IP Parisi 32.2



Springfield – AA -- Team Leader -- SP Jaime Garcia
IP Min. 19

ERA Garcia 2.17 (29 ip)

WHIP Mortensen 1.13

Fewest BB Mortensen 6 (25.2 ip)

Most SO Garcia 36 (29 ip)

Wins Garcia 3

Losses Ottavino 3

IP Walters 36



Palm Beach – High A -- Team Leader -- SP Jess Todd
IP Min. 20

ERA Todd 1.48 (24.1 ip)

WHIP Todd 0.82

Fewest BB Herron 2 (27 ip)

Most SO Todd 31 (24.1 ip)

Wins Furnish, Mura, Sadowski, & Todd tied with 3

Losses Dickson and Furnish tied with 2

IP Herron 27


Quad Cities – Low A -- Team Leader -- SP Nick Additon
AB Min. 15

ERA King 2.33 (19.1 ip)

WHIP Additon 1.37 (23.1 ip)

Fewest BB Broderick 3 (24.1 ip)

Most SO Additon 29 (23.1 ip)

Wins Additon and Tucker tied with 3

Losses Broderick 2

IP Broderick 24.1

I've selected a "team leader" for April for each team. But feel free to disagree.
Note: Joe Mather was injured and did not have enough ABs to qualify, but I listed his OB%, SLG, and OPS for comparison.

Who would you pick as the offensive Star of the Month? Why?
Find players' complete stats at Fanhome's Cardinals Bio Central --http://www.fanhome.com/forums/288_cardinals-bio-central -- by clicking on a player's page and checking out bubbycardsfan's Current Stats link.


Memphis – AAA -- Team Leader -- OF Nick Stavinoha
AB Min. 50 AB
Avg. Stavinoha .349 (88 ab)

Hits Stavinoha 31

RBI Stavinoha 15

HR Rasmus 5

2B Hoffpauir, Marti, and Phelps tied with 6

3B Freese 1

BB Rasmus 14

OB% Stavinoha .396 (Mather .449 in 40 ab)

SLG Freese .525 (Mather .575 in 40 ab)

OPS Stavinoha .907 (Mather 1.024 in 40 ab)


Springfield – AA --Team Leader -- OF Shane Robinson
AB Min. 50 AB

Avg. Robinson .410 (78 ab)

Hits Jay and Robinson tied with 32

RBI Jay, Martinez, and Robinson tied with 23

HR Hamilton 4

2B Craig 7

3B Robinson 2

BB Hamilton 15

OB% Robinson .451

SLG Robinson .615

OPS Robinson 1.066



Palm Beach – High A -- Team Leader -- C/1B/LFSteve Hill
AB Min. 50 AB

Avg. I. Garcia and D. Jones tied with .344 (61 ab)

Hits Solano 31

RBI Hill 20

HR Hill 4

2B Henley and Solano tied with 6

3B Henley 3

BB Buckman 11

OB% D. Jones .437

SLG Hill .580

OPS Hill .971



Quad Cities – Low A -- Team Leader - SS Pete Kozma
AB Min. 50 AB

Avg. Kozma .341 (91 ab)

Hits Kozma 31

RBI Brown and Kingrey tied with 17

HR Brown 4

2B Kingrey 10

3B Kozma 2

BB Kozma 13

OB% Kozma .421

SLG Kozma .538

OPS Kozma .959

The United Cardinal Bloggers would like to announce their latest blogging project, a type of game blog that may never have been done before.

Each blogger will be responsible for one inning of this Saturday's St. Louis Cardinals/Chicago Cubs matchup. The blogger will not only describe the action, but use that as a jumping off point for other related tangents. Each blogger will link to the one before and after to form a circular chain that will encompass nine innings of baseball.

This progressive dinner version of game blogging will span numerous platforms, writing styles and locations (including one from Ireland!) and can be seen as an anthology of Cardinal blogging thought. A pre-game post will set the stage and then the action moves through the other blogs, wrapping up back at the beginning for a post-game thought. (Note that these will not be live postings, but should be up Saturday evening or early Sunday.)

See the game through various perspectives. Get a taste of Cardinal Nation!

The United Cardinal Bloggers would also like to encourage other bloggers or media members to highlight this project when they can.

The list of the blogs participating is as follows:

Pre-game/Post-game (and extra innings if necessary): C70 At The Bat
First inning: Stan Musial's Stance
Second inning: The Cardinal Virtue
Third inning: Mike on the Cards
Fourth inning: CardinalsGM
Fifth inning: CardinalNationGlobe
Sixth inning: Rockin' the Red
Seventh inning: Fungoes
Eighth inning: The Redbird Blog
Ninth inning: Redbird Rambings

More information can be found at C70 at the Bat's post. Thanks to C70 for organizing this unique blogging project!

The 18th, in fact, in April, a Cardinals franchise record for the month. It still seems inconceivable to fathom a 18-win month, especially at the beginning of the season, when injuries were (hopefully) at their worst and the rotation was still a rag-tag group. Not anymore, I suppose. Although Wellemeyer, Looper (who pitched very well today), and Pineiro have their flaws as 3 through 5 guys, the results from the rotation as a whole have been outstanding. They've definitely been catalysts for the most successful April in club history.

I'm sorry for the infrequency of posting over the past week. The last week of school is next week, and this is the time that profs usually pile stuff on. I'll definitely have more to show tomorrow, as well as throughout the next week. Finals won't be bad this time around, which'll leave enough time for Cardinals baseball.

One steaming hot rumor to pass along: the Padres are in the market again for an outfielder, a center fielder to be specific. Seems that they'd like to get a long-term solution post-Edmonds. We were one step ahead of them, eh? Khalil Greene is coming up in conversations, although it's hard to believe they'd be willing to trade a guy who wants to be there and has a very reasonable contract: $4.5 million this year and $6.5 million in 2009. He's batting .223/.276/.291 in 103 AB this year with a big ol' goose egg in the home run column. It's tough for me to get excited about his lackluster on-base skills, but he definitely would be an upgrade in the power department. I'll monitor this one as it goes.

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Projected goalies for this game are:


Canadiens


# 31 Carey Price
Wins: 5
Loses: 5
OTL: -
GAA: 2.55
Save%: .907



Flyers


# 43 Martin Biron
Wins: 6
Loses: 4
OTL: -
GAA: 2.66
Save%: .913
















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