October 11, 2021 Morning Edition: Cardinals News Roundup

This is your Cardinals Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of October 11, 2021.

A Look at Cardinals Pitchers Last Week

Jake Woodford

Jake Woodford has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 5.40 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 7.20 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.353 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .286 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 30.4% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 60.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…

“Catching up on minor league moves from around baseball…. The Cardinals outrighted Seth Elledge to Triple-A Memphis after the righty cleared waivers. Elledge was designated for assignment prior to the Cards’ appearance in the NL wild card game. The right-hander has pitched exactly 11 2/3 innings for St. Louis in each of the last two…”

Above is the summary of: Minor MLB Transactions: 10/10/21… tap or click to check out the full article.

“So his first two seasons in the majors don’t really resemble who he was in the minors nor in any season after – kind of a contact-oriented approach. He has never been in an MLB bullpen for an entire season. His first two seasons made some fans think he was a high average guy (.294 and .318 seasons) – but BABIPS of .359 and .346 were always unsustainable. But it’s not like he qualified for minor league free agency in the years following the trade, so I think if nobody claims him, they could just keep him in the minor leagues for another year.”

Above is the summary of: A Farewell for the departing Cardinals… tap or click to check out the full article.

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