Cardinals Consider Moving Troy Glaus To The Outfield
by Matt Buggenhagen on Jul 18, 2009 9:10 PM EDT
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PrintThe St. Louis Cardinals are considering moving Troy Glaus to the the outfield, this according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com
Glaus is expected to play left field in a Florida State League game tonight; Rosenthal believes this move indicates the Cardinals may consider using Glaus in the outfield in the near future.
Considering Glaus is returning from shoulder surgery it's believed he may have difficulty making the throw from third to first. The Cardinals consider the outfield a much more practical position for Glaus.
The Cardinals have been searching for additional offense to combat Albert Pujols for some time now. Last month the Cardinals traded for utility man Mark DeRosa with the hope that he could provide an immediate offense spark. However, DeRosa has not provided much. He was placed on the disabled list shortly after joining the Cardinals.
Glaus generally speaking is regarded as a solid offense player. While his numbers have dropped off from the prime of his career, he has still has shown the ability to hit for power. Glaus hit 27 homeruns last season for the Cardinals, which was his first with the team.
We'll have to see how this plays out, but according to Glaus agent he's excited about the opportunity, and more importantly he's excited about the opportunity to remain in St. Louis.
"They want him there and don't want to trade him, they asked him and he said sure. He wants to play in St. Louis and help them down the stretch."
The Cardinals are currently 50-42, and lead the N.L Central by three games over the Chicago Cubs.
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So, here can't throw 127ish feet to 1st base...
But they expect him to make 200-350 feet throws?
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agreed. i dont understand it.
i feel like the throws arent as rushed? but the ones that are we are sunk.
"If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."
Hmm...
I would suggest that maybe his issue is accuracy, but I can’t think of why an elbow issue would affect it. Finger/hand injury, maybe, because of bad grips and releases, but not an elbow issue.
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Generally speaking the throws from third base are much more difficult than the throws from the outfield. I mean how many high impact throws come from the outfield throughout the course of the game, probably 7 out of 10 throws are just simple easy throws to the cut off man. Once in a blue moon an outfielder will have to make a really high impact throw, which in Glaus case he probably can’t make. The idea is just to get his bat in the lineup. I’d expect they try to hide him in left field maybe.
by Matt Buggenhagen on Jul 19, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
True.
Wonder why they don’t give any consideration to playing Pujols in LF again.
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because he is a gold glove first baseman and tlr will not move him. the funny thing is that glaus in left will be the same as pujols in left a couple years ago when he had to toss the ball to edmonds…hopefully his bat will make up for his defense and i think it will at least be as much as dunkiel
The only thing I can think of...
is that the CF would have to come in to help make long throws…it’s a helluva disadvantage to play with just to get another bat into the lineup, but it’s not like they are getting much from Ankiel and Duncan anyway.
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