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I love the pick.
Trevor Condon – OF Scouting Report | The Prospect Porch https://share.google/8CllLWfNzHdzTeyIa
Depending on how much Mo raids the Cardinals FO this winter, potentially it could be a serious setback, as when Luhnow left and others followed. Potentially, say if Flores is recruited away, he could then recruit others.
Honestly, I can’t imagine anyone wanting to go to work for Mo and the Angels. Remember-guys LEFT Mo to go to work for Luhnow while the organization was still successful. Flores is no longer the point man on the draft. That would be Zach Mortimer. Flores is the assistant general manager. Considering we hear nothing about the real general manager, not sure how big a loss the assistant would be.
This ownership was loyal to a lot of their long term people. To a fault. Mo. Waino. Carpenter. Yadi. They offered Pujols a lot of money to stay a Cardinal. They just aren’t going to max out every single one of these contract extensions. They (appear) to be doing business a whole new way. And it’s the only way you can compete against the rich East coast West coast teams. You have to try to extend these other core guys as they come along or you are just treading water. Not all of them will sign and not all of them will be successful. And we are still a couple years away from it reaching fruition. When they do you will see some strayegic fa spending.I’m middle of the boat with this ownership. They were slow to react to the obvious failure of their old business model. I can’t imagine them going back to the old patch the holes to get to the wildcard strategy. And I’m not proclaiming Bloom Cardinal royalty yet. JJ was an obvious draft pick. The other guys we should extend are Mo guys. But I think we see clear improvements development wise system wide, and that was mostly Blooms work. Now we have to see if he can accurately evaluate the new players being brought in. That’s yet to be seen.
I am pretty sure the marketing dept wouldn’t think the org needs multiple faces
I don’t really care what the marketing dept. Thinks. Do you? I care what Bloom thinks and how he sells it to Trey. We have an opportunity to lock up our young core. If they won’t do it, Bloom won’t be here long.
Just maybe JJ thinks being the face of this franchise adds to the value of this deal. Maybe he wants to be here to help make the Cardinals great again. It’s a really good look him not trying to scrape the last dollar out of a contract that already provides him more money than most of us dream of. Whatever amount more anyone thinks he could have gotten, multiply by 10 in endorsements and appearance fees. Just maybe there’s a big picture he sees that others don’t.
4.5 That’s how many runs you need to score. We need to do it more often while allowing < 4.5. Future looks bright though. The players and org are infinitely more entertaining this year.
Brian I don’t mind Herrera catching 2 games a week. But we still need to sort thru for a primary catcher. Crooks has to show better in the second half to be considered.
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I guess someone finally convinced Matthews that the name of the pitching game is ‘off speed, off speed, off speed’.
Until they start looking for it. Than you throw a blue dart on the corner.
Whether Doyle or Hernandez, the time comes when they have risen to a level where they cannot flourish simply by throwing it past everyone.
Agree 💯. They have him working on his secondary pitches. His fastball is elite, so they aren’t trying to wow everyone with it. As Bling states, his success or failure at the ml level relies on those secondary pitches being developed.
I can’t imagine any of the endurance pitching records being broken. Or Cal Ripken. With the high velo starters and bullpen arms, I cant see DiMaggios 56 game hitting streak broken either.
I’m a little slow it seems 85. I started to give you a serious response. Actually we could see the other 3 before Baez. Sounds like plenty of snacks at your house. I had salsiccia with pepper jack cheese and sweet baby rays. Cottage cheese and Arnold Palmer tea. Ben and Jerry’s half baked a little later. Some runs would go nicely with my dinner.
