Berkman to DL, contemplating retirement

[Pushfrog98]

Just saw this. Cardinal fans are complaining about all their injuries. Those same fans told me to suck it up 6 or 7 years ago.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120520&content_id=31807850&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

[KingCubsFan]

Luckily, Adam Lind was just waived. I'm sure he'd step right into that lineup and put up his 2009 line.

[sneakypower]

the Cardinals fielded a team full of guys with significant injury concerns; it'd be really ignorant for their fans to complain about them as if they are some unforeseen misfortune

[BCVM22]

Post-Dispatch beat writer reporting that the preliminary diagnosis is a torn ACL.

 

https://twitter.com/#!/JoeStrauss/status/204441645347905536

[Mark Priors Calves]

He should retire to a life of fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches.

[Crack Wilson]

Berkman's replacement, the torrid AAA hitter Matt Adams is reported to be quite the fastball hitter. Had a couple of base knocks in his debut last nite.

[UMFan83]

Just saw this. Cardinal fans are complaining about all their injuries. Those same fans told me to suck it up 6 or 7 years ago.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120520&content_id=31807850&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

 

Complaining to people from Chicago after the injury filled year we just had is not going to get you any pity.

[Clem Fandango]

Torn ACL's are so hot right now

[treebird]

i was really hoping he would retire after getting hit in the head by a pitch and collapsing on the ground only to have the umpire think he was faking it again and throw his unconscious body out of the game, but i guess this will do

[NonProfitCow]

Berkman's replacement, the torrid AAA hitter Matt Adams is reported to be quite the fastball hitter. Had a couple of base knocks in his debut last nite.

The pros:

23 with a career .318 .366 .558 .924 line. Shows great hand eye coordination with a 16.3% K rate and hammers the ball; career .240 ISO. Remarkably consistent.

 

2009 RK, A-: .355 .400 .547 .947

2010 A: .310 .355 .541 .896

2011 AA: .300 .357 .566 .923

2012 AAA: .340 .375 .603 .978

 

Cons:

Listed at 6-3 230.

 

He's fat. Currently in the best shape he's ever been in and he's easily 260.

 

http://media.centredaily.com/smedia/2012/05/21/00/47/1e80mE.AuSt.42.jpeg

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/c1/8c1f7ba4-74bf-52b3-864e-91ef6f88ecdf/4f46870517538.image.jpg

 

 

Has negative value in every aspect of the game outside of his bat, and is limited to 1b/DH only. 6.2% non IBB walk rate is worrisome for a guy with a career .318 BA and .558 SLG, and he hasn't improved on it in MiLB:

09 - 6.4%

10 - 5.9%

11 - 6.5%

12 - 5.9%

 

Small sample size, but has been chewed up and spit out by advanced arms, highlighting his poor BB rate. .733 OPS and 28/3 K/BB in the 2011 AFL. .825 OPS (thanks to 2 early HR against MILB guys) with a 10/1 K/BB in ST.

 

My opinion:

.280 .320 .480 .800

2 WAR

Poor walk rate that has shown no improvement makes him a flash in the pan type guy, as I don't think he's athletic enough to become Vladimir Guerrero.

Edited May 21, 2012 by NonProfitCow

[Clem Fandango]

i was really hoping he would retire after getting hit in the head by a pitch and collapsing on the ground only to have the umpire think he was faking it again and throw his unconscious body out of the game, but i guess this will do

 

I think more poetic justice would be the Cardinals having to bring him in to pitch in an 18-inning marathon only to have a batter hit a line drive off of his head, and then all that awesome stuff you just said.

[ManCrushOnNomar]

As much as he's killed the Cubs his whole career, I really like Berkman.

[SouthSideRyan]

i was really hoping he would retire after getting hit in the head by a pitch and collapsing on the ground only to have the umpire think he was faking it again and throw his unconscious body out of the game, but i guess this will do

 

Can the pitch be a bullet?

[Banedon]

i was really hoping he would retire after getting hit in the head by a pitch and collapsing on the ground only to have the umpire think he was faking it again and throw his unconscious body out of the game, but i guess this will do

 

Can the pitch be a bullet?

 

I think pitching a baseball would probably have more of an effect than pitching a bullet.

[Rizzo Smash]

He tore his MCL not ACL according to the Cardinals GM. Out 6-8 weeks.

[Clem Fandango]

He tore his MCL not ACL according to the Cardinals GM. Out 6-8 weeks.

 

God damnit

[Derwood]

what ever happened to Mark Hamilton? I saw that guy in A-Ball and he was a man among boys

[Little Slide Rooter]

Berkman, Schmerkman. The Cards just signed a former first round pick and top prospect who will surely reach his ceiling with them.

 

 

•The Cardinals signed outfielder Lou Montanez, according to the CBSSports.com transactions page. Montanez, 30, was released by the Phillies earlier this month. The outfielder struggled in 17 games for Triple-A Lehigh Valley, hitting just .136/.264/.159 in 53 plate appearances.

 

[Crack Wilson]

Got my first look at Adams....very reminiscent of Greg Luginski...a dump truck of a man. A play at the plate on him would be scary.