gscottar said:
Ok. Let’s look at more recent comparisons. If the Cardinals signed one or two stopgap starters on a one year deal how would that impede the rebuild? Would they be blocking someone?
Nope. This is where they were two years ago. The stopgap signings were Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. They helped the team be more “competitive” but so what? The Cards still missed the playoffs, but they did improve from 71 wins to 83. To some, that mattered.
It is too bad that the Cardinals can’t use their money on assets that have more than one year of value or are at least tradeable at the deadline for real value. (I guess this is what stlcard25 said just before me.)
P.S. I am not suggesting it be blown up and they should aim to win 60-65 games. I am just frustrated they are stuck in a down cycle. Maybe Bloom has a better idea.