Teen turning heads at Cards camp

That's a lot of hype/pressure to put on a teen-ager. Would have loved to have seen him catch a few 70-yarders from RGIII, though. Um, do you think it would be too much to mention his first name, though?

He will need a couple years of seasoning in the minor leagues.

I suppose this is the truth par of T&R.

I hope he doesn't turn into DGII...

David Clyde II

And why are they calling him RGIV if his name is Jenkins?

Wonder if he realizes RGIV makes absolutley no sense?

Ya it makes him sound swedish. What I dont understand is how baseball is set up to let people like this just get found. While others need to get drafted. But if you come from out of the country you can just be bought. They draft 50 or so rounds in hopes of getting 1 - 2 players then bid on the ones they should be drafting.

And no pics? Love the pic of Carpenter......no pressure! Clint Hurdle, Joe Charbonneau, etc.....

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Originally posted 09:49 AM ET  03.02 by Lex-LOU-thor

Nice to see there are some heir apparents in the wings....

What do you think of the Molina contract Lou? It seems a bit generous.

La-ti-dah. Shelby Miller is their top pitching prospect & they dont have room for him in their rotation. Why should we care about a teenage kid who's gonna need seasoning?

Molina got overpaid. Decent bat but they are paying him for his glove.

Tyrell Jenkins...they call him RGIV because he accepted, then turned down, a scholarship to Baylor and has similar athleticism to RGIII...

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Originally posted 08:07 PM ET  03.02 by johnny 2 tone

La-ti-dah. Shelby Miller is their top pitching prospect & they dont have room for him in their rotation. Why should we care about a teenage kid who's gonna need seasoning? Molina got overpaid. Decent bat but they are paying him for his glove.

Molina overpaid? Aren't ALL ballplayers really overpaid? Relatively speaking, his BA has been on the rise for the past three seasons /.305 last year + you've locked up the current best defensive catcher 'till around age 35. Matheny probably is a fairly decent judge of backstop talent. On the pitching subject, if you want the definition of overpaid look no further than Loshe + Westbrook whose contracts should hopefully be nearing expiration.

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Originally posted 05:16 AM ET  03.03 by GasHouse Ghost

Molina overpaid? Aren't ALL ballplayers really overpaid? Relatively speaking, his BA has been on the rise for the past three seasons /.305 last year + you've locked up the current best defensive catcher 'till around age 35. Matheny probably is a fairly decent judge of backstop talent. On the pitching subject, if you want the definition of overpaid look no further than Loshe + Westbrook whose contracts should hopefully be nearing expiration.

Molina is overpaid only if you ignore what he means to the pitchers from behind the plate. A local reporter calculated the ERA of every pitcher he's caught for the last 5 years first with Molina then with other catchers. There was an average of a 1 run drop in their ERA with Molina behind the plate. What would it cost a team to drop the ERA of an entire pitching staff by signing better pitchers?

I think he's as valuable on the defensive side as Pujols was on the offensive side.

Cardnials should be very competitive if healthy, of course you can say that about a half dozen teams!!

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Originally posted 08:53 AM ET  03.03 by Commerce Comet

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Originally posted 08:53 AM ET  03.03 by Commerce Comet

I remember Charboneau chewing open baseballs...........I love this game..........

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