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If you wonder how the Cardinals reached this level of performance you have to look at the poeple running the organization. John Mozeliak, the Preident ofBaseball Operations is a major reason why. Looking at his performance with waivers and acquisition of free agents since November 1 2018 paints a dismal picture.
The Cardinals have signed 43 major league free agents since November 2018. 30 have performed at the major league level with the Cardinals with a net WAR of 4.4. Contreras (2.6), Pujols (2.2) and Hyun Kim (1.9) are the only ones to provide 1.0 WAR or more. And it probably took little effort to sign Albert.
The Cardinals have claimed 12 plavers on waivers. Seven have performed at the major league level with the Cardinals for a net WAR of 0.1. On the other hand Cardinal players claimed by other team from the Cardinals have produced a net WAR of 13.3.
When you look at the players Mo has signed as free agents many are aging players with a career in decline or others who have has little success at the major league level. Somehow Mo keeps looking for that diamond in the rough and coming up empty.
No one illustrate Mo’s futility in this area than Taylor Motter. A 33 year old veteran who reached the major leagues with other teams in 5 seasons with a net WAR of -0.9. He failed to reach the Mendoza line (.200 batting average) in all 5 seasons. Before his last DFA he acumulated an OPS of .442 and WAR of -0.6. In 29 games he fanned 31 times in 81 plate appearances. Most of those games he was playing instead of Gorman, Donovan, Edman and DeJong. Gorman is the clear team leader in home runs per plate appearance and near leader in RBI’s per plate appearance. How did this guy get called up often enough to get DFA’d 3 times.
When the Cardinals became a seller at the trade deadline they should have gone all out for the future. Instead of immediately calling up Winn and other prospects they were still trying to justify the acquisition of the likes of Motter and James Naile.
The Cardinals have very little to look forward to with Mo at the helm.
Sooner said:
When the Cardinals became a seller at the trade deadline they should have gone all out for the future. Instead of immediately calling up Winn and other prospects they were still trying to justify the acquisition of the likes of Motter and James Naile.
I agree with your point, but other posters on this very board are complaining that players (including Winn) are being pushed ahead too fast. When things are going badly, every move is criticized, whether or not it may be best for the long haul.
Mo seems to get the short end of the stick almost every time with free agents and waivers.
Is there data out there that shows how he compares to other GMs / POBOs? That would be the telling stat.
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