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“Well, the lesson might be to stick with who you have.”
And I hope we do. We currently are trying to wear expensive players off the roster, and have limited funds available anyway. Sure we can fill in around the edges, but lets not deal away unproven players potential just to provide a stop gap vet on a .500-ish club.
The Arozrena trade I have no problem with, there’s expected future value there for us too. The Ozuna type deal is what I hope we avoid. The best part of the Ozuna deal was the Q-offer draft pick coming back, and I hope the prospect gurus here realllly like him 🙂
Yeah, I tend to agree with you jj. I usually do not like those deals where you give several young players away for an older, established guy. Now and then it is okay. I liked the Goldschmidt deal. Was not real big on the Ozuna trade, but understood why we did it. Did not like the Heyward deal, and going back aways I did not like the McGwire deal, but that one worked out.
If the Arozarena deal helps us forget just a little the Steve Carlton trade, then we should be okay with that one. Pitchers are a risky lot though.
Arozarena had to go after live streaming Shildt’s profanity laced we don’t care who we play next we will kick their ass speech after we beat the Braves in the playoffs last year. It took away our mojo. He was young, and perhaps it’s not fair, but he had to go. That was a major breach of locker room etiquette.
I hated the Arozarena trade at the time and still do because I saw more potential in him than I did in O’Neill or Thomas.
I doubt that there is another GM in all of MLB that would not have traded Randy Arozarena and Jose Martinez for Matt Liberatore. At the time it looked like a lopsided trade. It may still look like a lopsided trade if Liberatore becomes a stud and Arozarena settles down.
Congrats again to Sandy Alcantara and Mags Sierra for their big assist in eliminating the Cubs. Well done gentlemen!
Odds on this actually happening? I know TLR has a good relationship with Jerry Reinsdorf, but I just can’t see it.
Chicago #WhiteSox plan to reach out to Tony La Russa to determine his interest in becoming their next manager https://t.co/yL9D8Uv2Vo
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 12, 2020
Hinch and Cora would seem likelier targets but you never know I guess. Turn back the time machine to 1983.
Not good…
Padres say Tommy Pham in 'good condition' after stabbing, surgery https://t.co/PJQskO6gMz pic.twitter.com/hH4lSAlhJP
— The San Diego Union-Tribune (@sdut) October 12, 2020
The last man to play for both the Cardinals and Browns, J.W. Porter, has passed away.
R.I.P. J.W.! Stroked just 8 career dingers, but what I wouldn’t give for just one. Every diehard baseball fan should be granted the experience of whacking a ML homer in front of adoring fans. I walloped 11 over the fence in LL one year and 4 over the fence in H.S…….but for this lifetime, that will have to be the extent of it.
Another three hits for Randy last night. The guy is almost an overnight sensation. What was his highest ranking in the TCN prospect list?
This success makes you wonder if he is just one of those guys that was kind of under the radar, and then it clicked. Sort of like what happened with Lou Brock’s career, although Lou was a major leaguer for 2 1/2 years before morphing into an all-star caliber player.
The Los Angeles #Angels say they have granted official permission to the Chicago #WhiteSox to interview Hall of Famer Tony La Russa for their managerial opening. La Russa is currently a special assistant in the #Angels organization. https://t.co/yL9D8Uv2Vo via @USATODAY
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 14, 2020
bicyclemike –
Arozarena in 2019 –
AA – .309/.422/.515/.937
AAA – .358/.435/.593/1.028
MLB – .300/.391/.500/.89169 runs, 55 RBI, 26 doubles, 4 triples, 16 home runs, and 19 stolen bases in only 111 games.
He wasn’t “under the radar”.
Rats, it appears the answer is yes. I would not have thought so, but by the sheer fact the Angels granted permission it tells me that he is interested. They wouldn’t have done that without checking with him. Otherwise if disinterested, TLR would have shut it off right there. As the article notes, that is what he did in the past when teams approached him – until now.
Perhaps the biggest moment in the career of the man who is now the greatest living Cardinal.
"Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!" We did just that 35 years ago today.@STLWizard l @Cardinals l #Postseason pic.twitter.com/mCiTZqsLPW
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 14, 2020
Arozarena in 2019 –
AA – .309/.422/.515/.937
AAA – .358/.435/.593/1.028
MLB – .300/.391/.500/.89169 runs, 55 RBI, 26 doubles, 4 triples, 16 home runs, and 19 stolen bases in only 111 games.
Well at least our TCN guru’s did not think that highly of him before 2019. I checked the prospect list for the beginning of 2019 and he was at number 12, behind among others Knizner, Thomas, Helsley, Reyes and O’Neill. By August he had moved up to 9, but still behind those guys other than O’Neill, who was in the majors, and of course Reyes. Carlson and Gorman were 1 and 2.
Right now he looks light years ahead of Carlson, thus he strikes me as a guy where things really clicked for him at some point in 2019, but the brass did not pick up on it. Still to early to call Randy a budding superstar, but he is making people take notice.
Hey, @dgoold and @hochman, do you know about this Braille watch? Whitey Herzog gave it to Don Denkinger as a gift. The watch now is being sold in an auction, and there's a letter of provenance from Denkinger. https://t.co/physbwg4U6
— Robert Sanchez (@MileHighRobert) October 15, 2020
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