Lohse Now a Cardinal

tulcard · March 13th, 2008, 04:57 PM

Per the PD:

Cards have signed Kyle Lohse to a 1 year 4.5 million dollar deal with incentives. Details can be read in the PD....

A positive signing. He has always been an innings eater which should put less stress on the pen. With Clement, Mulder and Carpenter out and with Piniero having shoulder stiffness we were faced with only 2 healthy starters we could "count" on in Wainwright and Looper. Balance of the staff....Reyes, etc.....well I'll withhold comment. Hopefully the starting staff will be a positive as the season goes along....

Nighthawk · March 13th, 2008, 07:10 PM

I used to think that we needed any warm body we can to give us innings. I was mistaken...now we're paying five million for a guy who if he breaks an ERA of five will be a victory. *sigh*

What do we expect to get from him that one of our AAAA farmhands couldn't do for 1/10th the price?

tulcard · March 13th, 2008, 07:41 PM

Don't know Hawk....you may be right....but I highly doubt that Reyes, Wellemeyer, Thompson, McClellan or Parisi could deliver innings at this point....could these guys average 6 to 7 innings per start?....

Coop · March 13th, 2008, 07:46 PM

I'm even ready for a warm body.

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Nighthawk · March 14th, 2008, 07:31 AM

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could these guys average 6 to 7 innings per start?

Thompson, maybe. Reyes, if he's healthy and has his head screwed on, possibly. The others, I just don't know. I'd be willing to give a few of them a shot...even go to a 6 man rotation in the spring to see what we have, and then roll with whomever gets hot.

Then again, Lohse has thrown 200 innings exactly once in his career. It's hard to be an innings eater when you keep getting knocked out of the game.

bubbycardsfan1 · March 17th, 2008, 04:02 PM

Lohse will get the start saturday according to espnews and i believe he'll be a great addition i think i read on the post dispatch this morning that they found he was tipp ing his off speed stuff and duncan told him and he seem to fix it by the end of their little "simulated" game

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tulcard Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 884	Lohse Now a Cardinal Per the PD: Cards have signed Kyle Lohse to a 1 year 4.5 million dollar deal with incentives. Details can be read in the PD.... A positive signing. He has always been an innings eater which should put less stress on the pen. With Clement, Mulder and Carpenter out and with Piniero having shoulder stiffness we were faced with only 2 healthy starters we could "count" on in Wainwright and Looper. Balance of the staff....Reyes, etc.....well I'll withhold comment. Hopefully the starting staff will be a positive as the season goes along....

March 13th, 2008, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nighthawk Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,716	I used to think that we needed any warm body we can to give us innings. I was mistaken...now we're paying five million for a guy who if he breaks an ERA of five will be a victory. sigh What do we expect to get from him that one of our AAAA farmhands couldn't do for 1/10th the price? __________________ "Whenever the word 'fair' features so prominently in legislation, the odds are that it is economically illiterate" -Rich Lowery What am I doing with your tax money? Sustaining the realm according to caprice.

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tulcard Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 884	Don't know Hawk....you may be right....but I highly doubt that Reyes, Wellemeyer, Thompson, McClellan or Parisi could deliver innings at this point....could these guys average 6 to 7 innings per start?....

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bubbycardsfan1 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: To Close To Cubbyville Posts: 218	Lohse will get the start saturday according to espnews and i believe he'll be a great addition i think i read on the post dispatch this morning that they found he was tipp ing his off speed stuff and duncan told him and he seem to fix it by the end of their little "simulated" game