Ankiel called up

Posted Thursday, August 9, 2007, at 1:46 PM

Rick Ankiel, last seen in St. Louis as a pitcher, will now return as an outfielder. The Cardinals have promoted him from their Triple-A roster in Memphis.

The 28-year-old Ankiel had 32 home runs for the Memphis Redbirds, tops in the Pacific Coast League.

He'll be in the starting lineup tonight.

There's a roster move to come.

Some interesting stuff going on behind the scenes.

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Whoooohooooo...here comes another Division Title!

-- Posted by TheCamp on Thu, Aug 9, 2007, at 1:48 PM

Not an easy match-up for him tonight with Young on the hill.

Any truth to the rumor ESPN will be cutting away to show his at bats?

On a more serious note, do they plan to start him in right or put him in center and move Edmonds to right as La Russa has mentioned?

Miklasz is reporting there is scuttlebutt that Spiezio will be the player removed from 25-man roster, one way or the other.

-- Posted by unclegrubworm on Thu, Aug 9, 2007, at 3:18 PM

Spiez was put on the restricted list. Rumors have it that he and Hancock were quite close and he has had trouble dealing.

On a local note, the Capahas are playing a team from Santa Barbara tonight. On that team is the Cardinals' 4th round pick, Kyle Russell. With an Aug. 15 deadline to sign, negotiations with Russell are supposedly really heating up. Russell lead college baseball with 28 HRs this year. Lets hope Walt and the boys get this done.

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-- Posted by aandzdad on Thu, Aug 9, 2007, at 3:27 PM

Ankiel will be a platoon player at best in St. Louis this season. He strikes out a lot and does not walk much. It may help him to bat in front of Pujols. But Ankiel will not be the "final piece" that helps the Cardinals climb the ladder.

-- Posted by SEBrickhouse16 on Thu, Aug 9, 2007, at 3:50 PM

What a lineup:

Eckstein

Ankiel

Pujols

Duncan

Rolen

Edmunds

Encarnacion (2b)

Molina

It's in the bag.

-- Posted by adman on Thu, Aug 9, 2007, at 5:06 PM