The St. Louis Cardinals take on first place Milwaukee Brewers
19/04/2024 20:00
Trying to avoid being snake-bit.
The 9-9 St. Louis Cardinals currently sit at fifth place in the NL Central are set to face off against the 11-6 first place Milwaukee Brewers. This series could be a good litmus test to see just how well the Cardinals will stack up in the division.
Or not — I mean, it is still pretty early in the season, right?
But it wouldn't hurt for the Cardinals to do well, at least for my confidence in them. Let's see what they are up against!
Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 11-6
Manager: Pat Murphy
Starting roster:
C, William Contreras
1B, Jake Bauers
2B, Brice Turang
3B, Joey Ortiz
SS, Willy Adames
LF, Christian Yelich (10-day IL)
OF, Sal Frelick
CF, Blake Perkins
RF, Jackson Chourio
DH, Ryhs Hoskins
Injured list:
SS, Geraldo Perdomo (10-day)
CF, Alek Thomas (10-day)
Top performer in 2023: William Contreras (124 wRC+, 5.7 fWAR)
Most stolen bases in 2023: Christian Yelich (28)
Highest ISO in 2023: Willy Adames (.190)
Highest walk rate in 2023: Christian Yelich (12.3%)*
Yelich is currently on the injured list, William Contreras had the second highest walk rate on the team in 2023 at 10.3%
Most home runs in 2023: Willy Adames (24)
Best defender per fWAR: William Contreras (catcher, 19.6 Def)
The Brewers only had three players that reached a qualified amount of plate appearances in 2023: Contreras, Adames, and Yelich. There were some players with less than 250 play appearances that might have ranked higher in these stats, but I stuck with qualified hitters.
Matchups
Friday, April 18 at 7:15 pm CT: Freddy Peralta vs. Kyle Gibson
Peralta 2023 arsenal per Baseball Savant: Four Seamer (51.2%) (94.4 mph), Slider (21.8%), Changeup (14.6%), Curveball (12.4%)
Saturday, April 19 at 1:15 pm CT: DL Hall (LHP) vs. Miles Mikolas
Hall 2023 arsenal per Baseball Savant: Four Seamer (53.6%) (95.6 mph), Slider (25.3%), Changeup (16.4%), Curveball (4.6%),
Sunday, April 20 at 1:15 pm CT: Colin Rea vs. Sonny Gray
Rea 2023 arsenal per Baseball Savant: Sinker (29.9%) (92.6 mph), Cutter (26.4%), Four Seamer (19.3%) (93.2 mph), Sweeper (11%), Curveball (7.9%), Split Finger (5.6%),
