are you guys stupid? both you and mayo say bud smith might start the year in the minors, with stephenson and benes in the cards rotation. there is no way in hell benes is in the rotation over smith. right now, the rotation goes morris, kile, williams, smith , and stephenson. do you people know anything? a guy that has won big at every level of the minors…pitched a no hitter in his rookie year…was 6-3 3.83 era and 1.22 whip in his first season is going to be sent down?
i really have to question your credibility as a so called baseball expert with stupid comments like this.
A team that has too many pitchers and needs to send one to the minors is obliged to send a pitcher with options. Otherwise they must expose him to irrevocable waivers. None of those other pitchers have options left. Smith does.
This story from the St. Louis Post Dispatch last weekend explains this. St. Louis Post Dispatch: Smith Shines Again But Might Be Odd Man Out
Next time why don’t you try reading (and perhaps thinking just a smidge) before you start spewing your bile.
Mr. Fedducia responded: give me a break. andy benes over bud smith. it’s obvious to anyone that knows anything about baseball (which obviosly you don’t) that they are just trying to give benes a fair shot and will send him to the pen.
Okay, I give up.