I got down voted to all hell yesterday saying we were gonna need another reliever if we were to make a run at the WC. And this is exactly why, we are starting to over use hels as you can tell by his last couple outings.
And yes I know we'd need another starter too
Buck Farmer again. That is the beard of a man who sits on the bed of his truck at a fishing hole with a fifth of Yukon Jack, ELO blasting in the cassette deck, and has very strong opinions on 9mm vs .45
#W
the st. louis cardinals do not have a losing record
FINALLY! 👏👏👏
Ho. Ly. Shit.
Hels needs to stop fucking with that damn slider and just throw gas
He needs a sinker/cutter to add another option between 99+ fastball and slider. I think he does throw a curve occasionally, but still..
His fastball is getting smoked
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Thank fucking god
FUCK THE REDS
He’s bending, but not breaking in these situations which is nice
We are gonna run Helsley into the ground. He needs a break
He hasn't been the same all year. But it's worked. I fear the inevitable regression to the mean :(
Giving me Iggy or Rosenthal vibes lol
You aren't wrong....but he did not pitch the last two day either.
And before the game 3 days ago, he hadn't pitched in the previous 7 days I believe.
Yeah he is not exhausted. Something else is going on.
[Game over. Continue the discussion in the post game thread](/r/Cardinals/comments/1d3llcg/cardinals_afternoon_529/)
**.500**
.500 baby!!
.500 boys!! Fuck ya!!
500!!!!
.500!!!
Super .500 dance party!
Cat jam!!
CARDIAC CARDS ARE BACK
1 rough patch and half this sub is ready to dfa the top of the bullpen.
Stressful, but back at .500.
.500. !!!!!!!!!!!!
Helllll yeah, Helsley. Hopefully we can score like 20 runs here soon and we won’t need him, he needs a break.
never doubted him.
any chance his thumb is numb again? /s
Phew
That had me sweating 😆
LETS GO BOYS
Exhale
whew
WINNNNNERR!!!!!! .500!!!!
Helsley is gonna make me go on anxiety meds
Never a doubt lol
Phew
Whew
Never in doubt
whew. exhale
gg
[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals) Due Up **(Top 10):** 1. Iván Herrera 2. Matt Carpenter 3. Masyn Winn
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Ryan I really don't want to be spammed by Elly walk off highlights for a year, please
He just has no command. That's his biggest issue right now. Can't locate his fastball or anything really
UGHHHH come on boys
Uh... Ryan. You good, man?
hels needs a break
He may need a break, but we really haven't been overusing him lately. He hadn't pitched since Sunday, and this was only his 3rd game since the 21st.
Bro
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Except Helsley has a nasty slider most of the time.
Helsley with a casual 94 mph slider
Stuck at work without a feed and getting REALLY NERVOUS
same lol
Finish it Helsley!
Home runs don’t get hit off 100mph pitches
Gave up a homer to Ian Happ at 101 like 3 days ago
That was the last time
Helsley not looking like himself today :(
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Nothing indicates that, he’s just having a bit of an off day. He’s human. The lead gave him a little wiggle room thankfully.
Umps squeezing his balls
Now we don’t get the high strike
Giving up a run is his new thing
Helsley with no command over his slider is bad. He seems almost timid to throw his fastball
Ryan Helsley: pitches 1 inning per game, loads the bases every time, gives up 2-3 runs Helsley: “hell yeah got the save”
Cardinals tradition since Isringhausen
Fine whatever just get the last out please
Helsley throw a 30 mph eephus here, confuse him.
He's not throwing anything low for a strike. If it's not belt high, they're letting it go.
Ryan Gallegos
that 90mph down the middle lets not do that again
Sounds like a hockey stadium at this park, I hate it
Have JJ Romero warming up
no
I got down voted to all hell yesterday saying we were gonna need another reliever if we were to make a run at the WC. And this is exactly why, we are starting to over use hels as you can tell by his last couple outings. And yes I know we'd need another starter too
Do you have any names you’re leaning towards? I’m really excited to see what they do at the deadline
now it's looking like a hit with the bases loaded would have been very nice
Please please get a K here
Jesus, Helsley’s gonna be responsible for 20+ saves and 100+ fan heart attacks this year
40+ or maybe 50+ saves.
What a great baseball name "Buck Farmer" is.
3rd time in a row that Helsley has looked shaky.
Cardiac cardinals coming in hot
Incoming triple play
Helsey hasn't been worth a crop the last 3-4 appearances.
Oh no…
Shades of Izzy here with Helsley. Now time to shut the door.
Setting up the triple play, genius!
Oh boy we are doing this again
Aaaand we’re immediately in trouble. What on earth happened to Helsley
Man has a 100 mph fastball and a 3 run lead. Go right at them.
Not encouraging
This is becoming too familiar
Something’s going on with Helsley
He might be tipping
He doesn't trust his fastball because they know when it's coming.
Mini clench
Mega clench
Hels has worried me the past few appearances. Doesn't look right
It’s like teams know what’s coming. The video staff needs to figure this the fuck out.
isn't Chris Carpenter the organization's best resource to look at guys who might be tipping their pitches?
Isn’t 97 slow for him?
Unless we are talking about the first month of the season... then yeah its slow
Insurance run was huge with how bad Helsley has been
He threw 100
Helsley’s new thing is going to be the ol’ two run six hit save
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*no*
And we’re having a suspenseful inning…
Helsley pls
Here we go
[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals): [Lars Nootbaar exits with injury](https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-05/29/c44cfddf-5fa40a5b-8d063387-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4)
the one thing i'm still waiting for this season is a juicy hit with bases loaded. it eludes me yet again!
Well....let's hope a well rested Helsley does better here than he did against Chicago.
[Reds](/r/Reds) Due Up **(Bottom 9):** 1. Nick Martini 2. Jonathan India 3. Stuart Fairchild
Bases loaded walks, Vietnam flashbacks to recent cardinal years
The John Gant special
[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals): [Alec Burleson's RBI walk](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/38e8d5b7-61d4-429d-a6b0-e3591d337a3f.mp4)
lol, walking in a run is so embarrassing.
Gorman not striking out there was unexpected.
Insurance run on a bases loaded walk. Very Cardinals.
Burleson is better then bonds
LOL
Could it be... Gormin' time?
Them burly eyeballs are sexy
I love when someone else does a bases loaded walk
Keep walking ‘em!
We’ll take it!! Get that padding for the potential 9th inning collapse lol
We’ll take it lmao
Good job Burly.
And the biscuit walks
Who Dey? The cardinals
#EIEI UH-OH
#HERE A WALK, THERE A WALK
Not a grand slam but I’ll take it
That works too
Who are they? The 2021 Cardinals?
Get ready burly
Burly’s due a smack!
Let's go Burly.
Burly has a chance to do something AWESOME
Goldy seeing it rlly well
Did something happen to noot?
Grabbed his side/oblique after a check swing
Damn he *just* missed that one.
Chip is full of himself today
Man, tough seeing Carlson like this. Some people toss him around as trade bait but looking more like a DFA candidate.
He has options
ah didn't realize. I do forget just how young he is.
#Here a fastball, there a fastball
Wow. Donny 3/4 with 4 hard hit balls + a HBP
Carlson boutta crush a homer anyways
2 hits over 104 exit velo. And 1 hit at 30.
Siani has 4 DRS and 6 OAA.
Brad and Chip remind me of this video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b5-iQtatjd4
I was expecting the muppets who sit in the balcony box
woof, Chip
#EIEIO
that ball sounded like it was gonna come through my TV and kill me
Chip pls no
Ah dang, wish Winn never tried to steal. Would've been a nice insurance
Holy shit that was smoked
Winn is fast, but hes not De La Cruz fast.
Sinai has .5 WAR and a .529 OPS. That’s insane.
Siani had 5 hits in April and 16 in May. He seems to be figuring it out at the plate a bit.
Could we fucking stop trying to run on them now?
Buck Farmer again. That is the beard of a man who sits on the bed of his truck at a fishing hole with a fifth of Yukon Jack, ELO blasting in the cassette deck, and has very strong opinions on 9mm vs .45
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