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00:00Lewis
00:00Heart of a lion
00:02Everything ever
00:03Cut like a diamond
00:05Shine on the pressure
00:07Oh it's time to fly
00:08Hold up
00:11Hold up
00:13J.J. Weathermore
00:14powers in his debut
00:16He got it
00:18What a catch
00:19The enthusiasm of me
00:21You can feel it
00:22We've got a ball game at Bush
00:24Burley fires that one
00:26She is long gone
00:28Is it too early to say
00:30Holy cow
00:31Where's your ball game
00:34Goosebumps right now at Bush Stadium
00:36You could not have written that any better
00:40Well Bradley that was an awful lot of fun
00:42On opening day as we said in our opening comments a moment ago
00:45As opening week is underway
00:46All around the major leagues
00:48What does this young Cardinal team have in store
00:50As an encore at game two
00:52We're going to find out
00:53I know this
00:54They've got some energy
00:55They've got some excitement
00:56And they've got a group that has something to prove
00:58Each and every individual out there fighting for time
01:01Fighting for at-bats
01:02And you saw all of that on opening day
01:04What a great day it was
01:05Hope they have their cold weather gear too
01:07It's 50 degrees
01:09A little breezy
01:10Sunny skies
01:11It will warm up by the end of the weekend
01:13When the Mets come to town
01:14But still some unfinished business
01:16With these Tampa Bay Rays
01:18It was an offensive showcase
01:20The sixth inning was as wild an inning
01:22As you'll ever see
01:22Much less on opening day
01:24If you like offense
01:25That was the one for you
01:27Combined in that game
01:2816 runs on 31 hits
01:31And as you mentioned
01:31That sixth inning
01:32Was the brunt of it
01:33The Cardinals answered a six run
01:35Top of the six by the Rays
01:37With an eight run one
01:38On their own
01:39Seven hits in a row
01:41And at the end of it
01:42That big burly two run homer
01:44The place was on their feet
01:45Just such a cool way to get things started
01:47But we know this
01:48Momentum is only as good
01:50As your next day starting pitcher
01:52That's going to be Michael McGreevey today
01:53So look forward to seeing him do his work
01:55Who went 4-0 this spring
01:57Only walked two batters
01:58And I think this will be a great test for Michael
02:00The Rays
02:01Wrapped out 17 hits
02:0316 singles in game one
02:04But their lineup construction
02:06An interesting challenge for Michael
02:08In his first start of the season
02:09Yeah it certainly is
02:10Look six different guys
02:12That are going to be swinging
02:12From the left side
02:14Against McGreevey
02:15As we get in
02:16We'll talk a little bit more about that
02:17But that is going to be one of the bigger challenges
02:19For Michael in this one
02:20But this is a guy that just knows how to pitch
02:22And you heard Mark Sweeney
02:23And Danny Wexelman
02:24Talking about him
02:25In the pregame show
02:26The guy is a competitor
02:28He is a gamer
02:29Whatever he has got
02:31He's going to give you every bit of it
02:32And figure out ways
02:33To be able to get some outs
02:35Utilize his defense
02:36Against Kevin Cash's club
02:37Yeah Kevin Cash
02:38Really tipped his cap to the Cardinals
02:40He was very impressed
02:41With the offensive approach
02:42For St. Louis
02:43All those two strike hits
02:44We'd like a few more of those
02:46From the Redbirds in game two
02:47And more importantly
02:48At least one more run
02:50Than the visitors
02:51From the Sunshine State
02:52So Michael McGreevey
02:54To the mound
02:55As a big leaguer
02:56In the month of March
02:57For the first time today
02:58Facing the Tampa Bay lineup
03:00Which has some big time power
03:02At the top half of their starting nine
03:05That'll be a challenge
03:06Right into the fire
03:07Will go McGreevey
03:08Against Yandy Diaz
03:10Jonathan Aranda
03:11Jake Fraley
03:12And Junior Caminero
03:14That's a power pack first four
03:16We'll see how the
03:18Arsenal of Michael holds up
03:19Against that foursome
03:21Well what's nice
03:22Is we showed you the arsenal
03:23Earlier with Michael McGreevey
03:24Look this guy does have
03:26All of the pitches
03:27To keep a team off balance
03:29He doesn't have that one
03:30Where he's just going to
03:30Stay away from you
03:32All the time
03:32With the same pitch
03:33And you're able to fall
03:34Fall in line there
03:36So it's going to be fun
03:37To see how he utilizes
03:38That arsenal
03:39What tweaks that he made
03:40In spring training
03:41How those come to fruition
03:43Here in the regular season
03:44But this is what it's all about
03:46This is what Michael McGreevey
03:47Has been working towards
03:48Is being on this roster
03:50On opening day
03:51And hopefully staying
03:52All season long
03:53And he's a
03:54Putting the ball in play
03:55Kind of pitcher
03:55With that in mind
03:56You've got your all hands
03:57Defense on the left side
03:58Of the infield
03:59With Mason Wynn
04:00And Ramon Urias
04:01Both of them with gold gloves
04:03Nathan Church
04:03What a show he put on
04:04In left field
04:05Victor Scott in center
04:07Jordan Walker in right
04:08Weatherholt Burleson
04:09On the right side
04:10And for the first time
04:11Brad since last June
04:13It's Yvonne Herrera
04:14Behind the plate
04:14As we look at this
04:15Tampa Bay Rays
04:17Starting lineup
04:17First four guys
04:19A lot of power
04:20A lot of speed
04:20At the bottom
04:21An interesting mix
04:22For Kevin Cash
04:23Well it really is
04:24You hit the nail on the head
04:25On opening day
04:27This is a group that
04:27Hit 182 home runs
04:29Last year
04:30They also stole
04:31194 bases
04:32So when they get on
04:34They are dangerous
04:35And danger right off the top
04:36Diaz a 25 man
04:37A 25 homer man
04:39A year ago
04:39For Kevin Cash
04:40So it's Yandy Diaz
04:42Jonathan Aranda
04:44Who homered
04:44And Jake Fraley
04:46The first three
04:4850 degrees
04:49At first pitch
04:50In St. Louis
04:51Gentle breeze
04:52Blowing in from right
04:54As Michael McGreevey
04:56Set to go
04:56As we kick off
04:58Game two
05:00And crack towards center
05:02Victor retreats
05:03Still going back
05:04To the warning track
05:05One pitch
05:06And one out
05:07That's twice
05:08In as many games
05:09Yandy has gone
05:10After the first one
05:11This time it went
05:12A little further
05:13Yes it did
05:14Ballpark able to hold
05:15It though
05:16A little bit cooler day
05:17They were really aggressive
05:18Early on
05:19On opening day
05:20Against Matthew Libertor
05:21And that's something
05:22That Michael McGreevey
05:23With his control
05:24He can take advantage of
05:26Jonathan Aranda
05:27Had a homer
05:28On opening day
05:29And dating back to last season
05:31He's riding an eight game
05:32Hitting streak
05:36First of those
05:37Six left handed hitters
05:38For Tampa Bay
05:40With that in mind
05:40Brad
05:41What is your
05:42Key to victory
05:43To the key to the game
05:44Is get in there
05:46Talking about his pitches
05:47To the left
05:48He's got to command
05:48That inner half of the plate
05:50Even in off the plate
05:51To be able to open up a way
05:53It was the left handers
05:54A year ago
05:55That had his number
05:56Lefties
05:57Against Michael McGreevey
05:59Hit 318
06:00With a 912 OPS
06:02Wanted a little something
06:03That can get them off
06:04That tighter slider
06:05That he's been working on
06:07Is going to be one of those pitches
06:10Right on time
06:11Yep
06:12Right off the thumbs
06:13To a ball and two strikes
06:18McGreevey last year
06:19Six and four
06:20Four sixteen starts
06:22Fifty eight punch outs
06:23And ninety five and two thirds
06:25Innings of work
06:26In the majors
06:31And just a touch outside
06:33Two even things up
06:34Two balls
06:35Two strikes
06:36It seems Brad
06:37Like more and more
06:38Starting pitchers today
06:39Are getting away
06:40From being a four pitch guy
06:41To having five six
06:42Or even seven
06:43Different offerings
06:44Yeah
06:44And they're just
06:45Different variations
06:47Of their pitches
06:47Right
06:48It's not like a huge
06:49Overhaul
06:49With some of these
06:50Some of the
06:51Cutter to slider
06:52Just a slight difference
06:53On some of those
06:54He had been working
06:55On a slider
06:55A little gyro
06:56That has some more
06:57Side spin to it
06:58But they're not
06:58Huge overhauls
07:00But for a hitter
07:01They're different speeds
07:02Different looks
07:03Just different shapes
07:04That they have to deal with
07:06Two balls
07:07Two strikes
07:08Base is empty
07:10And again
07:10Off the knuckles
07:11There's the cutter
07:12I like that
07:13I like that pitch a lot
07:14It does a few things
07:15One
07:15On a cold day
07:16As you can see
07:17That probably doesn't
07:18Feel so good in there
07:19But now it allows you
07:20To open up the other
07:21Half of the plate
07:21You can double up in
07:22If you want
07:23Or
07:23You can try to pull
07:24A string
07:25Change up
07:25Sinker away
07:28Aranda missed a lot
07:29Of time
07:29With a wrist fracture
07:30Last year
07:31He's seeing his
07:31Seventh pitch
07:32In the first
07:33And he forces
07:34A full count
07:36And tried to go
07:37With that change up
07:37Just pulled it
07:38A little bit
07:46And tried to do it
07:47Aria is way off the line
07:48At third for the Cardinals
07:55Michael peers over the mitt
07:57And turns her loose
07:58Right back where it came
07:59From and a short hop
08:00To the shortstop
08:02Mason win
08:02And there's your second out
08:08So first ground ball out
08:10For Michael McGravey
08:11Two outs for Fraley
08:14Ended up going with the slider
08:15Just right there off the mound
08:17Mason knew he had all the time
08:18Got the body in front of it
08:20Knocked it down
08:20Make the good strong throw
08:24Cardinals goal Glover
08:25Handles his first ball
08:26Off the bat at 1 0 7
08:28Now Fraley
08:29He came in as a pinch hitter
08:30And singled
08:31On Thursday
08:56Game two for the Rays
08:58They open the season nine games
09:00In eleven days
09:01On the road
09:04Tropicana Field is
09:06Fixed up ready to go for them
09:08After the damage suffered by
09:10Hurricane Milton
09:11They played last year at
09:13Steinbrenner Field outdoors
09:14It'd be so nice for them to
09:16Get back in their home
09:18So great for their fan base
09:19To see it again after all of
09:20The efforts to rebuild the
09:22Place
09:25So a couple of extra weeks to make
09:27Sure everything is polished and
09:29Painted and ready to go for
09:30Tampa Bay and their home opener
09:33For Kevin Cash 12th season at the
09:36Helm
09:36And four wins away from nine hundred as a major league skipper
09:40He's done a great job
09:42Strike three inside corner
09:44Fraley wants to challenge it
09:46So Fraley immediately calls for the challenge
09:49It's strike three for the moment
09:50Let's see
09:52If
09:53Fraley's right
09:58He's not
09:58Ring him up
09:59Strike three
10:00Inning over
10:01One two three
10:02For McGreevy in his 20-26 debut in the first inning
10:06Cardinals are coming up
10:07J.J. Weatherholt with a homer in his first big league game
10:11We'll see what the kid has in store for us
10:13In the home first after the break
10:23Well the Cardinals have the youngest opening day roster in the major leagues
10:27And they had three players have a three hit day on opening day
10:31J.J. Weatherholt with a homer in his first game
10:34But it was a terrific approach top to bottom and listen to the cheer for the kid in game two
10:42Weatherholt one for four facing king-sized right-hander Joe Boyle
10:47Who throws awfully hard
10:48And Boyle is gonna let it rip for sure
10:526'8 local product
10:54Grew up here
10:56Look at the numbers in nine stars four seam slider and split is what you're gonna get
11:00I mean he is bringing it
11:03He saw the Cardinals in August last year
11:05And didn't enjoy the outing
11:08Five earned runs nine hits in four innings
11:11For big Joe Boyle who went one and four last season
11:16Was winless over his last eight starts and had an ERA over six and a half
11:20Yeah, he's had his struggles on the road too in his young big league career and ERA north of seven
11:26In thirteen road games nine of those starts
11:31He's in the rotation because Ryan Pepeo got hurt at the end of spring training
11:35Yeah, that one popped up late groin issue for Pepeo
11:38Decided instead to push through it early give Boyle a chance
11:41Once he was taking it for triple-a Durham
11:43Little chopper right side tough play race to the bag glove flip ball drop weather holds aboard
11:59It's all promising start the Rays had some defensive issues in game one cam and arrow a couple of errors
12:05at third base
12:06Here's how they line up speedy Simpson and left Mullins in center fraley and right
12:11Ritchie Palacios the former Cardinal is the second base starter and Hunter Fiducia is behind the plate
12:21Infield hit for JJ weather holds now Herrera is your batter
12:34Ivan went over four four but drove in a run with a sacrifice fly
12:4519 homers for Herrera last year most of his work at the DH spot he had a handful of games
12:51In the outfield
12:53It's been a long time brad since he's been behind the plate in a big league game and I think
12:56it'll be fascinating to see
12:58How his offense and defense
13:01Changes if at all yeah, there's gonna be a lot of factors that go into how many reps he gets
13:05behind the plate
13:05The biggest one is how's he feeling back there? How's the body holding up is that one?
13:10Just missing there at 98 and look
13:13He has been very vocal about the fact that's where he wants to be
13:16He wants to catch he wants to be back there as much as they can have him and
13:20Okay, you have a catcher that can swing like he does pretty good for a lineup
13:25JJ takes off pitch a strike the throw is into center field weather hold can't advance
13:31So JJ has a stolen base JJ got himself a big old jump right there on the tall right-hander
13:38boyle
13:40Just starting to check off a bunch of things on his big league bingo card
13:45easily taken second
13:47Kind of mad he didn't do the ricky henderson and take the bag a little too soon maybe but
13:54I'd have been okay with it
13:57If this is close Herrera is going to take a mighty swing here three balls and a strike
14:05Full count good slider
14:13David David Rackley might have thought that was strike three
14:18But it is a full count
14:20Big lead at second
14:22And out of play to the right
14:25We talked in game one about the importance for the cardinals in situations like this at the very least
14:30Herrera's got to find a way to get weather holds a third base here
14:33This is not a club. It's expected to hit a ton of home runs to play baseball
14:38He's got a big hole on the right side to shoot for if he wishes
14:44And he will that's rifle to right fraley retreats and makes the catch
14:49JJ will tag he'll move up
14:52Productive appearance for herrera runner at third one out
15:00Time for our hyundai in the driver's seat feature it is cardinals first baseman alec burleson
15:05Just how good was he the silver slugger led the team and hit second and extra base hits rbi and
15:12ops and third and homers
15:13And there is a whole lot more there for alec burleson. I think this is going to be a monster
15:18season for him
15:21432 foot homer
15:24The deciding blow here on thursday
15:26And a rifle into center on the first pitch
15:30Nothing st louis burleson a bullet brings home weather home
15:38All right
15:39Chip i have loved early on here the aggressive nature of this offense they see a fastball they are ready
15:46to put a swing on it
15:47This is 97
15:48Maybe even up above the zone burly able to get to it he holds those hands up high and just
15:55gets barreled to baseball
15:56man that was loud
15:59So three ribbies for burleson on the season mason wind now
16:04He takes a strike
16:06Well, you nailed it go station to station right you you end up getting jj to second get him over
16:12with the sack fly and
16:14get him in
16:17Run on two hits for the cardinals
16:20And win with a punch right out a bad idea but foul the way
16:25had oh and two
16:33Can't wait to see what kind of season mason wind puts together
16:36offensively for the cardinals now that the foundation is solid he played hard last year with a bad knee
16:42and batting cleanup in the early days this year
16:48And we talked with ollie about that yesterday before thinker two days ago
16:51i beg your pardon before the game well that change wins approach hitting fourth manager said not gonna happen
16:56Right. He knows what he is as a hitter doesn't matter if he's leading off or hitting fourth
17:00He's gonna be the same guy
17:04That's poked down the line and right long run fraley and it curls foul
17:11And mason spoils another pitch it's still a ball and two strikes
17:22Cardinals go left right left right up and down their lineup guard after mason win you've got nolan gorman who's
17:28the redbirds
17:29designated hitter today
17:32We asked ollie about his lineup construction for opening day and he
17:36Talked about why leading matchups how that would affect things hitting mason somewhere else
17:40He said but i reserve the right if i hate it to change it
17:44That's the beauty of 162 right you can kind of do whatever you want from a day-to-day basis
17:47It does really help though having the left right left right being able to stagger things late in ball games
17:55Swing and a miss
17:5698 mile an hour fastball that's legitimate gas
18:00mason down on strikes and here is gorman
18:10gorman a good day knocked in a couple of runs in the opener
18:17The cardinals current active home run leader in the big leagues with 74 of them burleson got a huge chop
18:23and will slide in without a throw
18:25the cardinals have a tell on boil
18:29What's another thing that they spend a lot of time is trying to figure out the opposition what tells they
18:34do have
18:35pop warner among the guys third base coach that
18:38spends countless hours digging into each and every pitcher and all of a sudden they got two outs base hit
18:44brings in another one
18:49even count for gorman a ball and a strike
18:56tons of room in right center for the cardinals dh
19:01and room between the shortstop and third baseman pitch smoke toward right that's down for a hit
19:07Burney got a good jump franny comes up on a two hopper throw toward the plate is late ball dropped
19:14it's two nothing
19:21the aggressive nature of the cardinals paying off early a couple of stolen bases early in this one a couple
19:28of runs
19:30burley had the tunnel on boil and then gorman goes down and gets 99 rakes it into right
19:41so a couple of stolen bases in the inning three singles in the inning and the cardinals brad have scored
19:47twice
19:49and Kyle Snyder the pitching coach out to settle down boil who might be rattled by all this action
19:54on the base pass for the Redbirds it'll happen fast it'll speed up on you when the opposition starts taking
20:00advantage of you then you start thinking about that then you maybe miss some spots to the hitter
20:05here we'll see how he reacts here it's amazing too as hard as boil throws how the cardinals are
20:13getting the ball on the barrel here it's the old saying you give big league hitters enough time
20:17they can time a jet this guy's throwing 98 99 and not fooling many it's all about hitting your spots
20:22and being able to mix it up but we'll see if he starts mixing in some more of that slider
20:26and split
20:28Ramon Urias makes his
20:32debut on this day
20:36he had a memorable game against Tampa Bay back in 2022 his first multi homer game in the major leagues
20:43he checked in late in game one after the cardinals took the lead over a third base he's got the
20:48start today
20:52or two out fun for the Redbirds today
20:55an RBI hit from Nolan Gorman
20:59so a two nothing start here in the first inning and as I said in our opening comments it seems
21:05when
21:05Michael McGreevy pitches the Redbirds offense flies high he got a ton of run support last year it's a nice
21:11thing to have right there and especially a guy like him too you have the offense they can put up
21:15some runs
21:16in a hurry he can have those quick innings I mean you've seen him you know with those less than
21:2010 pitch innings put that pressure right back on boil
21:26no swing a 90 mile an hour slider
21:37already 23 pitches for Joe Boyle in the first inning
21:46and 24 missed three balls and a strike
22:00loyal born in O'Fallon Missouri drafted in the fifth round by the Reds in 2020
22:06then to Oakland now Tampa Bay
22:12that was a good pitch slider three and one backed up too that was one that's a hard one to
22:18pull the trigger on if you're Urias
22:21I'm sure that Boyle's got a lot of family and friends in attendance for it zoom all west product
22:29saw the full count to the first
22:31and a swing and a miss
22:33second strikeout Cardinals touch him though for two runs three hits Burleson and Gorman with RBIs and Michael McGreevy enjoys
22:41an early lead
22:45Hey the Cardinals off to a good start leading the Rays 2-0 after an inning
22:50Michael McGreevy got him one 2-0 after an inning
22:54Michael McGreevy got him one two three in the first two three in the first now he'll face junior Camonero
23:02Camonero
23:02Camonero in the opener one for two
23:05walked four times
23:07busy on the base pass but that's the thing until
23:10they show that you have a little
23:12protection around him you're gonna be very careful with that guy in a spot
23:16monster season a year ago 45 homers
23:21this dude's 22 years old man
23:24what a future if he can stay healthy one ball one strike
23:29skies this one toward left Nathan church
23:33will gather that one in for out number one
23:36the previous set down
23:38four in a row it's time for discipline that delivers brought to you by vanguard brad most outs above
23:44average among center fielders last year that young man can go get it victor's got the second with
23:5117 of them as third most among center fielders
23:54we've seen him a human highlight reel out in center field by the way got another one out in left
24:00field in
24:00nathan church who robbed a home run in the opener so something up in the air you like your chances
24:08cardinals a little bit of everything on opening day including a
24:12big time comeback win
24:15on ball no strikes for cedric mullins as we check in with the cat jim hayes
24:21is a big big fan of the current version of the cardinals he loves the defense he loves the speed
24:27he told me i got mason win behind me he's already won a gold glove he thinks jj weatherholt has
24:34been
24:34great and says he'll end up with a gold glove and he says then there's victor scott the second
24:39and church it's like we have a no-fly zone in the outfield and guys for his part mcgreevey says
24:45his goal
24:45is simple just to be more consistent i like that no fly zone of the outfield that's a nice name
24:53that's a t-shirt it was my idea i want on all the royalties one ball two strikes from mullins
25:02and no fly zone it is on cue victor scott two outs chip let's hurry up and patent that get
25:11that going
25:11the no-fly zone that sounds better than my other idea was i got the runs he gets a lot
25:17of
25:19a lot of help that'll sell better
25:31and away we go chandler simpson is next with the bases empty
25:38simpson drove in a run this kid can fly
25:44chandler simpson 94 stolen bases at double-a a couple of years ago he and victor scott were
25:52neck and neck for the minor league stolen base crown yeah the biggest key uh keep him off the
25:56base pass because idea i mean he's out there he's moving just like victor scott we had a chance to
26:01see
26:02that on opening day uh we spent the whole year doing games together last year did not see the three
26:08pickoffs over the first base which ended up resulting in a balk what happened on opening day with the threat
26:14of
26:14victor scott out there
26:19downstairs one ball two strikes for simpson
26:23yeah the rule is you get two throw overs or two disengagements if you don't pick the runner off on
26:27the third it's technically a block
26:31we were talking about that in ollie's office today
26:36brian bartow the great cardinals pr director made an excellent point if the base runner is that
26:41distracting should he not be rewarded with a stolen base instead of merely advancing on a block yeah
26:46i totally agree with that they're they're not doing that for just anybody they're doing that for
26:50for real threats and ollie said look i'd be all for that
26:56check swing and strike three mcgravy has a couple of punch outs
27:01six up six down he's got a shutdown frame and the redbirds lead by two
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27:32the church out on a bang bang play on the first pitch
27:35and one out in the cardinals second
27:40he was busting down the line made that play close but williams is short a nice effort for the first
27:46out
27:54one up one down jordan walker
27:58jordan hitting eighth today he went one for four
28:01on opening day for the cardinals
28:04and takes a strike our bet three six five betting odds are on jordan walker today
28:15jordan walker got himself a knock on opening day double the center
28:20that's well hit toward right center but it's going to die shy of the track
28:25and fraley puts that away
28:27four out number two
28:29that's an out for walker i like the direction of that hit when he can go the other way that's
28:34a
28:34good sign he's got better plate coverage i think that's a fantastic point look that that is a pitch
28:38at times you'll see him roll over and take that one to the left side on the ground letting that
28:44travel a
28:45little bit more one hundred and three point seven off the bat
28:50rays want to take away the butt for victor scott
28:54and he has one
28:57blaze across the shoe tops one ball no strikes
28:59cam and arrow is in a good 15 feet or so from third base that opens up a lane to
29:05slap one past him
29:09couldn't check it
29:11even count cardinals had three players with three hits in the opener
29:14burleson church and victor scott one of them a beautiful lefty versus lefty bunt
29:20during that big sixth inning cardinals rally
29:25tries to hit it the other way ground ball squibs towards short
29:28just in time and victor with a slip after he came to a stop
29:34is retired two good plays by williams at short cardinals retired one two three in the second but with the
29:40lead
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29:54at t-mobile dot com slash mlb with my partner brad thompson chip carry and our great cardinals tv crew
30:01redbirds lead to nothing after two innings
30:04micah mcgreevy starts the third with carson williams the tampa bay shortstop
30:10williams had a hit in the opener
30:12and how often do you see it brad a guy makes two good defensive plays leads off the next day
30:17it's almost every time yeah unless it doesn't happen yep this time it did 50 50 yep
30:23good looking player 32 games last year for
30:28carson made his debut against the cardinals at steinbrenner field down in tampa bay
30:34which by the way is the area that they're hoping to get their new ballpark built
30:38right over by the tampa bay buccaneers stadium makes a lot more sense doesn't it
30:42be on that side of the waterway draw from the orlando and lakeland areas
30:48as well as the rest of the beautiful tampa bay area that's that's a much needed resolution and it
30:53isn't resolved yet but that's a great baseball area so many great players managers have come from the
30:58tampa bay area it's really hopeful they can get that done and end the decades-long battle for a new
31:05ballpark
31:08what to count and that just missed no appeal here for
31:15mcgreevy or herrera i will say i thought they did a great job at steinbrenner field we had the
31:20opportunity to go there last year check out this sweeper here down just missing under the zone
31:25pretty well presented by herrera
31:29and that one overcooked three and two and i say this without any sarcasm at all to tell you how
31:33difficult that was for the rays did you ever think anyone would say i can't wait till they're back at
31:39the tropicana field yeah you're right right the cat walks in all that's big home field advantage for
31:45the rays as mcgreevy has punched out three batters and two and a thirds worth of work so far
31:53so on away mcgreevy working well jim hayes with yvonne herrera today yeah herrera dh in the opener
31:59behind the plate today still dealing with a sore right knee which he says dates back to last season
32:05it's on the outside part of his knee he told me he only feels it when he's running he's fine
32:10catching
32:10and hitting he says it's something that comes and goes he said not a major concern chip just something
32:16he has to deal with that's going to be the question right how will he hold up and will those
32:22dings and dents that a catcher gets will that affect brad what he's able to do at the plate
32:27well that'll be some of that load management behind the plate it really will be it'll be first of all
32:32it'll be first of all him being honest with how his body's feeling and then oftentimes when you're
32:35carrying three catchers got to give some other guys the reps anyhow keep his bat in the lineup keep
32:40him as fresh as possible but i love the fact that he's back there i think he's looking really good
32:44calling a good game receiving has been
32:49pretty good
33:04two balls and a strike for former cardinal ritchie palacios and pulled foul timing is everything two
33:12balls two strikes two nothing cardinals both runs in the opening inning two runs three hits couple of stolen bases
33:32three hits couple of stolen bases four hits two runs four hits four hits four hits four hits four hits
33:33four hit five
33:36high fly toward right walker going back at the 375 mark he's up against the wall and has it
33:45halacios with a deep drive boy he and diaz didn't miss by much
33:49but the park big enough to hold that for out number two this week on cardinals insider a food tasting
33:57takes a comedic turn when Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker
34:00sample new menu items at Busch Stadium.
34:03Watch now on the Cardinals YouTube channel
34:05or at cardinals.com slash insider.
34:09Yeah, a couple of new food items at Busch
34:11caught my eye earlier this spring.
34:14What do we got?
34:16We got Hunter Fiducia up.
34:19One of them was hot dog burnt ends.
34:22So take a hot dog.
34:23Yes, sign me up.
34:24And then cook it like you would.
34:26Just marinating in there.
34:28And the second one was a gooey butter cake on a stick.
34:32I think it's fried, too.
34:34I don't think that there's enough foods on sticks.
34:36I think that's really nice.
34:38Get your hands clean, you know?
34:42That's true.
34:43Of course, the big hit was the all-you-can-eat seats
34:46here at Busch Stadium.
34:48As a swing and a miss.
34:50How about McGreevy?
34:51He's giving the raise all they can eat.
34:53Four strikeouts through three innings.
34:55He leads by two.
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35:13Everybody meet and get the stand here at Busch Stadium.
35:17Beautiful opening day ceremony.
35:20Nice crowd today on a clear but chilly day in St. Louis
35:23with weather improving as the days move ahead.
35:27Cardinals go back to work in their half of the third inning
35:30with J.J. Weatherholt.
35:31Infield hits, stolen base, and a run scored in the opening inning.
35:36Second time through for Boyle.
35:39And a slider hits the target.
35:45Weatherholt's homer was no cheapie
35:47onto the grassy berm in center field in the opener.
35:51Got underneath that one, though, and pops it up.
35:54Palacios second.
35:56Put it away.
35:58And there's your first out.
35:59Boyle set down five straight.
36:02After a rocky first inning, Herrera's next.
36:04He lined out.
36:05And it's 0 for 1.
36:14Dirt Cam debuting at Busch Stadium this year.
36:18That wide open stance of Herrera.
36:24But it's amazing.
36:25No matter how a hitter starts his look at the pitcher,
36:27at the point of contact, almost everybody looks the same.
36:30Tend to get to that same spot, right?
36:32The knob of the barrel ends up getting back towards the catcher.
36:35A little hinge in that back hip.
36:39I'm digging the new camera angles, too.
36:42The dirt cam in front of home plate here.
36:44Got one at second base also.
36:46Also had the wire cam going down the third baseline.
36:49A lot of great views.
36:51There's the second base dirt cam.
36:54Some bang-bang plays.
36:56Cardinals got four stolen bases already.
36:57Might be able to use that dirt cam quite a bit.
37:00Cardinals lead the league in stolen bases after one day.
37:03Look at you, stat rat.
37:09And a couple of steals in the first inning.
37:11Got things started with this 2-0 score.
37:15Two balls and a strike for Herrera.
37:20That's bang-foul pass to Pop Warner.
37:24Another subtle rule change you might notice with the base coaches.
37:27They have to stay within the confines of the lines of the coaches' boxes.
37:33That's to help prevent what has been warned of, sign-stealing.
37:392-2.
37:40Swing and a miss.
37:41His slider is getting sharper.
37:42That's his third punch-out.
37:44And Boyle has set down six in a row.
37:46Get a good look at that one.
37:48This one, that bigger sweeper here from Boyle.
37:52And that's kind of been the story of his young career.
37:54He is.
37:55When he's on, he's on.
37:56When he's off, he's off.
37:57Cardinals were able to get to him early in this one.
37:59With three hits in that first inning.
38:01He scored a pair of runs, but settling in well.
38:03Think Burley's getting a fastball?
38:06No.
38:08I wouldn't either.
38:09Alec hit the first one at 98 miles an hour up the middle for a run-scoring hit.
38:13And it was above the zone, too.
38:14He was just, he was ready for it.
38:26I was joking with Alec before the game today about his mammoth homer yesterday.
38:30I said, did you get all of it?
38:33He's going to jam me just a little bit, but, I mean, that was a rocket, and I loved his
38:39reaction.
38:40I mean, he doesn't really stare anything down, but you hit one that hard and that far, you might as
38:46well enjoy your handiwork.
38:49Let's see.
38:50Fair to say, maybe this might have been young, early career, his Cardinal moment.
38:54Opening day, and you have this swing of the bat, Chip.
39:07Let's go, is what he said the Cardinals did.
39:11Curtain ball.
39:12This one served to the left side.
39:14Cam and Arrow will field and flip to first.
39:17And Boyle's starting to settle in.
39:19He's retired seven straight.
39:21Off we go to inning number four.
39:23The Redbirds lead early.
39:29Time for our BJC Healthcare injury report.
39:33Time for our BJC Healthcare injury report.
39:36If you missed the news on opening day, disappointing that Lars Knutbar's heels, he's not ready to go yet.
39:42Yeah, look, got to take your time.
39:43It's certainly not something that you want to rush at the beginning of the season and then deal with it
39:48throughout.
39:48So make sure you check all the boxes, get Knut back when he's ready.
39:52But it'd be great to get him back in the mix.
39:54You got his combination of on-base skills and some power.
40:00It'd be nice to add to this lineup.
40:06So, second time through the order for Michael McGreevy.
40:09He's not throwing particularly hard, but, man, he's been effective.
40:13First nine batters, Brad.
40:14He's punched out four of them.
40:15He's mixed it up really well.
40:16And he's kept his breaking stuff down in the zone.
40:19Good look at that.
40:19We've seen a few of these now with the changeup right on right.
40:23A highly effective pitch.
40:29Yandy Diaz flied out to center his first time up.
40:39And a rare three-ball count.
40:49He has broken as a big leaguer three years ago at age 20.
40:55Little tapper, tough player is.
40:57He'll charge gloves, grabs, drops.
41:00And Yandy's aboard with nobody out.
41:02First baserunner for the Rays,
41:04who have specialized in infield dribblers in the first game and a half.
41:14Now, McGreevy made his pitch right here.
41:17This was going to be tough even if he handled it clear, cleanly.
41:20This one is going to be an error, though, on Urias over there at third base.
41:27So, Michael to the stretch for the first time with Jonathan Aranda up.
41:31He rolled into a 6-3 his first time.
41:41Remember last year, he couldn't make an error.
41:43Everything was a base hit.
41:47What's going on at third base in this series?
41:49Camonero with two errors.
41:50Now Urias with one.
41:52Yeah, hopefully that's over.
41:54Get done with that.
41:56Camonero settled in, though.
41:57So, the first couple of balls to him were a bit of a circus.
42:01After that, he's made some pretty good plays.
42:04I'm going to another ground ball right here.
42:09A little high.
42:12Two balls, no strikes.
42:17Michael's topped out at 92 miles an hour today.
42:20It's not all about velocity.
42:21As Brad said, it's the movement, too.
42:23He's had plenty of that.
42:25He's got some work to do here at the 2 o'clock mark local time.
42:30And pumps in a strike with a slider.
42:32Two balls and a strike.
42:35Nice to be able to have that wrinkle.
42:362-0 can go backdoor with the slider,
42:38help you get back into the count.
42:49Late swing.
42:50Two balls, two strikes.
42:57Michael McGreevy's young, big league career.
43:00He's 11 and 4 with a 3-94 earned run average.
43:03What you love about him is,
43:05you don't know if he's up five runs or down five runs.
43:08He's such a mature and consistent presence.
43:12He really is.
43:13And you know how difficult that is to do,
43:15especially for a young pitcher, right?
43:16Something happens, the wheels can start spinning a little bit too fast.
43:19That has not happened to McGreevy at this level.
43:24So he's battled back to 2-2.
43:28And Arunda spoils that.
43:32Right there from McGreevy, the cutter again,
43:36just trying to do something coming in on these left-handers.
43:39Another good example of the strike-throwing ability.
43:4332 of the 50 so far from McGreevy have been in the strike zone.
43:49No walks today, no hits yet today for Michael.
43:53And a full count.
43:55Let's see if the Rays run with Yandy Diaz here.
44:01Got Fraley and Camonero next.
44:06Might be a first chance to see Herrera throw if they do.
44:08Could very well.
44:09Let me see one of those cutters here again,
44:11here from McGreevy get in on the hands.
44:13Not going, and outside ball four.
44:17So an error and a walk later.
44:19Trouble of foot for Michael.
44:21It's Fraley, Camonero, and Mullins.
44:23The 3-4-5 batters next.
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44:42Fraley struck out and was rung up on a peel.
44:46He pops the first pitch up left side.
44:48Who wants it?
44:49And Urias at third makes the play for the first out.
44:54So Fraley overanxious, thank you very much.
44:57Now you deal with Camonero.
45:10Camonero flied out his first time up.
45:15Six-game hit streak dating back to last year for Junior.
45:29In this series, the Rays have gone 5-for-16 with runners in scoring position.
45:38They had a six-run lead on opening day and couldn't hold it.
45:42They're down 2-0 today.
45:46Center cut.
45:49You saw the numbers, 45 homers, drilled in 110.
45:52Where does he like it?
45:53Loves to get extended.
45:55There's some room inside, but you've got to make sure you get it in there.
45:58And you certainly can't fall into a pattern against Camonero.
46:04Do like how McGreevy attacked him in his first at-bat.
46:08Different circumstances now with a couple of runners aboard,
46:10but went right on right, change up, had him out in front,
46:13got him to fly out to left.
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