With Dave Duncan absent, St. Louis Cardinals look to Derek Lilliquist – MLB News
The St. Louis Cardinals’ starter Chris Carpenter stated on Friday, January 27, that although the absence of pitching Coach Dave Duncan impacts the team, Derek Lilliquist knows how to implement the same philosophies.
Dave Duncan is looking after his ailing wife and has taken an indefinite leave. The conspicuous absence of the pitching coach will significantly impact the team. Nonetheless, Derek Lilliquist has remained a good substitute during this time.
St. Louis Cardinals currently has one of a virtually unconquerable pitching line-up. Bearing the formation of the pitchers like Chris Carpenter, Kyle Lohse, Jaime Garcia and Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals can turn to anyone of them for victory.
Nonetheless, they undeniably make a strong lot as it is Dave Duncan who had played a strong role in strengthening the defence. The pitching line-up of the St. Louis Cardinals had rendered almost all the teams incapable of competing against them effectively.
"He has instilled so many things in a lot of us that I'm not sure we'll ever forget," Carpenter said. "We know what we're doing. We know what his philosophies are. We know what we have to do to be successful. That said, Lilli has been around Dunc forever,
too. Lilli knows what's going on, also. Lilli knows what Dunc's philosophies are and how to go about things."
The starter Chris Carpenter hurled just over 273 pitches the past season. That was the most by any pitcher in the season. He singlehandedly was responsible for the team’s success in the postseason games and then in the World Series.
The pitcher says he feels good. Excitement is what he is going into the next season with. "Everything feels good," Carpenter said. "You can't control what happens. Everything feels good. I'm excited to go into this season."
The St. Louis Cardinals will rely heavily on the rotation, along with an equally robust defence this season to attain the success they had in the past. Currently the World Series Champions, they will, beyond any shadow of a doubt, be confronted with a colossal
challenge to retain their title.
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