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    Jnevel:

    Did you watch the same game I did? Mikolas gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings. He flat out sucked. The bullpen gave up two runs. That is hardly fantastic. It was a bad game all around.

    in reply to: 2024 Spring Training game thread #244825
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    This is the kind of start the Cardinals will get out of Lynn most of the time this year.

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    Yes, I’d trade Edman first and either Donovan later or at the same time.

    in reply to: Should the Cards extend Goldschmidt? #244288
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    No more extensions…they suck.

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    If this is true then it’s another chuckle for me. Nearly every person they acquire is between
    mediocre and bad…Gray as the exception I’m not a detractor or a fan of Marmol. My only concern about extending him would be what did they see from Marmol that would suggest to them that he was going to lead them to success?

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    Impressive list of pitchers but are any of them going to be any good or is it simply numbers.

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    Brian:

    Good one!

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    1TD

    That is hilarious…thank you.

    in reply to: 2024 Spring Training game thread #243307
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    Is Lynn hurt?

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    It seems to me if he’s not playing and he is weeks away from facing pitching then it is serious situation. Si it two weeks or twelve weeks. The Cardinals are rarely forthcoming with honest information about injuries. So, I’ll believe it isn’t serious when he’s in the lineup.

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    I’d like to know just how serious is the Edman situation.

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    According to Gould, Edman is weeks away from facing pitchers. So,it starts already

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    To me this SCREAMS!!! Where’s the manager? I wonder if other teams have this problem?

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    Yes, I suppose he was a fan when he was at Country Day. It is easy to be a fan but now he is the owner and his priorities have shifted. His top priority now, every season is to make a huge profit, which he does by keeping costs low and revenues high. He only cares about winning to sell tickets. That’s why every off-season is a halfway measure, including this year. They sign two guys right out of the chute so fans think they are serious. (They are not and never are). Gray was their marquee acquisition for this off-season. NOT ENOUGH. If they were actually serious about building a WS team then they sign Gray, trade for Cease, sign Montgomery, sign Hader, trade for Soto and more. It’s not that Junior doesn’t want to win…everyone wants to win. The problem is he doesn’t care of they lose. As long as profits are high then the fans can stick it as far as he’s concerned. I long ago resigned myself that my team will always be mediocre until we have new owners.

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    gscottar:

    The more I think about it, your point of view about extensions is not without merit. Maybe you’re right. He did decline last year, slightly but a decline. Perhaps the Cardinals are waiting to see if he collapses altogether this year.

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    It’s Goldschmidt that doesn’t want an extension. He wants to go out and get some real money from a team that has a chance to win the WS. He knows that will never happen in St. Louis.

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    Anyone could use Goldschmidt. He’d make a great DH and it would help the Cardinals with their bottom line.

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    Well, I never thought of that before but the owners really are on top of things. If you finish in last place, lower the payroll. That’ll solve everything and the best part of it and I’m sure they’ve thought of this, is that they can’t finish any lower than last so we can’t be worse than last year!

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    What I expected; same old cheap Junior. Could be another long frustrating year.

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    The article was amusing. “St. Louis as an appealing destination for free agents?” (permission to chuckle) Appealing only if they have no interest in winning.

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    Beganovic’s article confirms what I’ve said for years. No matter how bad the Cardinals are, there will still be 3 million plus buying tickets. There is no reason for Junior to panic and spend. If they finish last in 2024 they will still draw over 3 million. Junior owns the best team in baseball if the goal is to make millions in profit every year. Spoiler alert: That is Junior’s goal.

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    Game Card, you are right and I know the solution.

    We need to trade Edman for Skip!

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    Jnevel

    You are right of course, you never know. But I don’t think there’s any danger of Robertson becoming Bob Gibson or even Gallegos who is slipping badly. Robertson is fodder until they find real pitchers.

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    I don’t see Robertson as an integral part of the Cardinals bullpen or anyone else’s for that matter, for years to come. He pitched 19 innings in 2023 and gave up 15 earned runs for an era of 6.04. That is hardly the swing and miss, lights out pitchers that the Cardinals are apparently looking for. He’s not even depth if depth suggests that the pitcher is actually good. If he is on the opening day roster then the FO truly doesn’t care if they finish last again.

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    The Dodgers won’t regret Ohtani’s contract. They have billions to burn. He’ll make them WS contenders every year and they might have 2-3 titles out of it. The Cardinals couldn’t do that but a few teams could and that’s why the Cardinals will always be an after thought in these days of baseball financing.

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