2021 Minor League Season

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Nolan Gorman, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals
Level & Affiliate: Double-A Springfield Age: 24 Org Rank: 2 FV: 55
Line: 4-for-5

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His BABIP has been very high but after a rough first two weeks, Gorman has been fantastic, slashing .372/.402/.487 since mid-May. Offensively he has held serve as a prospect while the trial at second base is still just seven games old. Gorman’s size likely prevents him from being an average defender at whatever position he happens to play on a given day, and the real question is not whether he can be a good second baseman but whether he can be passable there on occasion. Gorman looks fine fielding routine grounders and has actually made some nice plays, but the real test will be working around the bag as a pivot man on double plays, which he has very little in-game experience doing. He’s played seven games at second base, six of which have come in the last two weeks.
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Not Cardinals related but wow... really bad.

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lol wut

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Big Amoco Sign wrote:
June 8 21, 9:15 pm
Not Cardinals related but wow... really bad.
This happened to Ke'Bryan Hayes last night too

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He might have missed it but that's really being too much of a tight ass. If you can be allowed to call a strike 6 inches off the plate a strike then the runner can graze the plate on a home run.

Also seems to me unlikely the ump can say with certainty that he missed it.

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ghostrunner wrote:
June 9 21, 8:25 am
He might have missed it but that's really being too much of a tight ass. If you can be allowed to call a strike 6 inches off the plate a strike then the runner can graze the plate on a home run.

Also seems to me unlikely the ump can say with certainty that he missed it.
He's literally shown stepping the plate and the ump wiping off where dirt from his cleats were. This is a complete misfire by ump and he should be suspended for it.

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Yeah, the brushing of the plate is what gets me. Did he think that dirt got on there during the AB?

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Big Amoco Sign wrote:
June 9 21, 10:03 am
ghostrunner wrote:
June 9 21, 8:25 am
He might have missed it but that's really being too much of a tight ass. If you can be allowed to call a strike 6 inches off the plate a strike then the runner can graze the plate on a home run.

Also seems to me unlikely the ump can say with certainty that he missed it.
He's literally shown stepping the plate and the ump wiping off where dirt from his cleats were. This is a complete misfire by ump and he should be suspended for it.
It's an extreme side angle. It's like those lines on the highway that look a 2-3 ft long even though they're 10 feet. I see what you see, but you can't tell if he's actually on it or not. He kind of sweeps across it, and then when he puts his foot down i think his foot is next to it. There's chalk on the other side of his foot. But whatever, close enough.

Just found this, in the spot here where his left foot sets down he's definitely not on it. Can't tell whether he sweeps across it before that.
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either way it's a dumb rule. Hell, if you hit a HR over the fence, you should be able to head straight back to the dugout and sit back down, if you choose to.

if we don't make pitchers throw 4 balls for an intentional walk any more if they don't want to, you shouldn't have to touch all the bases if you hit a ball over the fence.

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OK he totally missed it

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