St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante had his longest outing of the season in Thursday's victory versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pallante tossed seven innings of one-run ball and allowed four hits, one walk and struck out five in the contest. Pallante has been pretty solid for the Cardinals and is 4-3 with a 4.00 ERA in 16 games (seven starts). The right-hander has never had overpowering stuff and that limits his strikeouts significantly and due to that, he is best used as a streamer at the moment. Next up for Pallante will be a matchup versus the Kansas City Royals.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante was fantastic on the mound during Sunday's game against the Colorado Rockies. Pallante allowed three hits and struck out six batters over five scoreless innings in the win. He has been fairly solid through his three starts with six strikeouts in two of those appearances. The assumption is that Pallante will stick in the rotation a little longer until the Cardinals get healthy.
St. Louis Cardinals rookie right-hander Andre Pallante will make his first major league start against the division-rival Chicago Cubs in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader. Pallante has been one of the team's most pleasant surprises as a bridge reliever. The 23-year-old right-hander has allowed only three earned runs on 25 hits while striking out 18 and walking 10 in 25 1/3 innings over his first 17 relief appearances so far this year. The numbers look nice, but he does have a 3.42 FIP and hasn't gone more than 3 1/3 innings in any of his outings this year, so he'll be a pretty shaky fantasy streamer in his first big-league start against Chicago.
