Joe Strauss Visits With Bernie Miklasz On 1380 AM (Thursday Tidbits)

• Dennys Reyes fits the left handed specialist role, doesn't pitch a lot of innings, not a whole lot of walks, good command. Bad in odd years.
• Bad day for Charlie Manning, Royce Ring, and Ian Ostlund.
• Rehashing Ricardo Rincon memories - Reyes.
• Skip Schumaker came out of the game and took more grounders from the pitching machine.
• Tony LaRussa awarded Joe Mather third base before the game.
• David Freese most likely out another week, Brett Wallace was minor league bound before camp.
• Mather is an athletic guy and has the tools to handle the hot corner.
• Situation not handled very well with Freese injury, club found out late.
• LaRussa approached Colby Rasmus before the game about his hitting, trying to hard to knock the ball out of the park.
• Rasmus looked comfortable at the plate and looked good in the outfield.
• Chris Perez still working on slider.
• Jason Motte looking better than Perez, Ryan Franklin looking better than all. Franklin could be headed to the closer role.
• Todd Wellemeyer pitched real well especially against a tough D.R. lineup.
• Albert Pujols explanation on not playing.

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