Based on what, exactly? Who’s the 3B that is forcing the Cards to move on from Nolan? I don’t see the Cards eating all that cash just to move on, especially when he’s not exactly terrible at this point anyway.
You clearly are using logic. Here my answer to the op questions.
Oli will be here next year
Flores is just a place holder until Bloom finds someone he wants and likes. He may not make it past the new year or maybe sooner.
Idk that is the big question. I don’t hear much on facilities upgrades or pitching and hitting labs recently. I believe he’s going to put his Tampa Bay rays stamp on the organization philosophy of minor league development.
I don’t know Bloom or Tampa or Boston’s track record abroad. I think we all know that far east major players like the coasts and big cities. So that means if they do hit the international market it will be most latin america and the Caribbean. We shall see!
Eventually the reality is if indeed this team wants to compete and develops enough or some talent within then it will have to play in the FA market. Now the good thing is that Bloom will have more to play with than in Tampa but not as much as in bean town. So I think we’re a couple years away from dabbling out there for some mid tier free agents acquisition.