Monday Cardinals moves – Lynn, Rosenthal, Mejia, Rosario

[Brian Walton]

Lynn given qualifying offer.
Rosenthal released.
Mejia outrighted off 40-man. Assigned to Memphis.
Rosario outrighted off 40-man. Becomes a free agent.

[Bw52]

Surprised Valera and Mayer’s still on 40 man.

[mbusapp]

What about Wick and Voit? The roster sits at 35. They may not be done trimming.

[CariocaCardinal]

Still time to trade Myers and Valera prior to final 40 ma roster decisions. It may depend on how many slots they can open up via trade. I think Myers will get claimed on waivers and Valera will be a FA if he does clear waivers.

[CariocaCardinal]

Is that 35 after they take Reyes and whoever else off the 60 day dl?

[Brian Walton]

Along with Reyes, the other “whoever” was Rosenthal! 35 is all inclusive and accurate.

As a related aside, I will be posting a new Roster Matrix this week for the off-season.

[Brian Walton]

My take on today’s announcements.

https://thecardinalnation.com/cards-drop-two-release-rosenthal-make-qualifying-offer-to-lynn/

[Ratsbuddy]

I am so glad Rosenthal is gone. He was so inconsistent and erratic. An accident waiting to happen. I do wish him well wherever he ends up and hope he recovers from his TJ surgery.

r/Rat

[858booyah]

Were gonna make some moves.

We still have a few days to jettison.

Stanton is coming unless he doesn’t want to.

[thejager]

i was def wrong on the Rosy situation… still i hope he recovers well and has nice career there is no doubt in my mind he will be around for a while

hope we can sneak Rosario and Mejia through to Memphis

[bicyclemike]

Agree with Jags on Rosenthal. He is still young enough to come back strong. I wish we could have kept him and seen him through the rehab, and have him on the club in ’19. But it was not something management wanted to take on given the current situation.

While he struggled the last couple of years, he was a solid closer for us. I thought Matheny over-used him at times, including an egregious situation in a game I saw here in Denver back in ’13 I think (might have been ’14), where he was left in for 41 pitches despite a 3 run lead. 41 pitches in Denver is like about 60 anywhere else. It was unnecessary, and we may not have had to use him at all that day, but that is history.

[UConn Card]

I realize it’s easy to say after the fact but I expected Rosenthal to be released and for the exact reasons as has been already outlined.

[Brian Walton]

Jager, Rosario and Mejia have already passed through waivers, with different resolutions. Check my article linked to above.

[Onyxgem]

Really to bad on Rosey he was a great pitcher for us even if some were to blinded by hate to see it…

[Brian Walton]

Let’s keep the discussion on Rosenthal, not other posters. Thanks.

[gscottar]

There is nothing preventing Rosenthal from coming back to the Cardinals eventually.

[thejager]

Brian…didnt see that article! thanks!

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