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bccran, you have made posts on numerous threads with your concerns about the offense. It would be impossible to miss.
I simply expressed surprise over your general statement that this is one of the most frustrating teams in seven decades. That seems over the top to me.
bccran, I understand your dissatisfaction with the offense. I think we all are dissatisfied to some degree but you never really offer any realistic solutions. Sure it would be nice if we just went out and got Arenado, Lindor, Machado, Harper, Stanton, and Betts but how does that work with the payroll budget?
“Well the Cardinals can afford to do whatever they want”. I would agree they could probably afford to do more than they are doing but every team has limits so I prefer to operate within the limits of the reality that I think the organization is going to operate in.
I wrote a post on this site some time ago about how I felt the Cardinals were kind of the Giants of the NLC, meaning that we were boxed in payroll wise by having too many over age 30 players with cumbersome contracts. I stated that we were probably boxed in until 2022. I still feel that way. I see nothing that has changed that outlook. Last year we were able to win with pitching, defense, speed, and a smart manager. We need to dust off that recipe and use it again until the burdensome contracts are gone and the promising prospects start to emerge.
In the meantime we are going to have to be patient. No doubt the front office created part of this situation but unfortunately it is going to take awhile to get out of it.
Edit: I will move this post to the Offense thread since that is a more appropriate location.
Luke Voit can have all the success he wants with the NYY. We’re getting our moneys worth from Gallegos.
I didn’t say it was the worst offense in 7 decades, B. I said it was one of the most frustrating Cardinal teams I can remember. Please take into consideration the memories of “seniors”. Lol.
gscottar, you are right on it. Just have to be patient plus i still say the covid has had a lot to do with it. Other than goldy and molina at times, the whole team has just struggled.
Gant has struggled to hold things together lately. Can he manage to get out of the jam that the inning starts with?
It’s not a hate topic. It’s natural frustration by a Cardinal fan. And that’s fair on a game thread.
This is not looking good. Gant makes a good play, then gooses a Wild pitch and walkS the ninth place hitter. Ugh!
Need the pitchers best friend to show up now.
You have to throw strikes to the bottom of the order like their pitchers did to our bottom. Some of those pitches arent close.
Well can we do what they didnt, get a guy in from second with no outs. Do we bunt, do we not. i think we might though carpenteer is a good rbi guy sometimes but do we pinch hit afterwards.
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