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Cardinalfan in Chitown:
There’s a not a snowball’s chance in Hades that the Cardinals will be contending in 2027 for anything except maybe fourth place. 2030 is a good target for contention.
There is no reason the think Gorman, Walker, Scott and Nootbar will improve as hitters. They are all four busts, it only remains for the Cardinals front office to admit it and start trading or DFAing them. Scott is exceptional on defense and Nootbar is adequate but none of them can hit a lick. There are two hitters who can produce. That leaves seven who are substandard to bad. Third place? I’m laughing head off.
The new POBO is having a decent off season. After Contraras, Gray and Arenado I gave him a C. Now after Donovan he has a B. If he deals Gorman and Walker then an A- and if Nootbar and Romero go then an A. Clear the decks entirely. Keep it up POBO.
Gamecard:
Am I reading you correctly or is someone holding a gun to your head and telling you what to write?
There’s something that has me puzzled. The Cardinals have said they want to look at their prospects in 26 to see what they have. But, if they do nothing else, i.e. they do not trade anyone else the opening day lineup will be Burleson at first, Donovan at second, Wynn at short, Gorman at third, Nootbar in left, Scott in center, Walker in right and Pages behind plate. Where will the prospects play?
They won’t be contending in 28. 30 at the earliest and contending would mean they could try for a playoff spot. If they are going to grow their own talent and expect to win that way then just look at the Pirates and Reds. That’s what the future Cardinals will look like…unless there is a hard cap put in place.
In two years Donovan will walk away to another team and the Cardinals will get zero for him. Now, he could bring a couple of decent prospects. If he’s here for 26 and 27 the best he could do is help us finish fourth instead of fifth. Wow, what a moment that would be in Cardinal history.
Right now, baseball is a joke. Most of the teams are wasting their time and money trying. There must be a cap and the players will strike…Good. Let them stay out for a year or two until they accept a cap. After a couple of years most will be hurting and they’ll accept the cap and a high minimum, which is just as important. If baseball has trouble recovering…so what. Right now it is not even a sport if sport can be defined as evincing a competitive stance from all teams.
That’s better, now Donovan, Arenado, Walker, Gorman, Nootbar, Romero and others I hope. Keep going Chaim.
I thought they were going to rebuild or refit, whatever you wish to call it. Why sign outside players that will take away chances to look at youngsters. To top it off they signed a mediocre to bad pitcher in May. If you’re going to add a pitcher then at least sign someone who is actually “good.” I read and heard how they were going to hit the ground running. I guess one could interpret what they have done so far as hitting the ground running if one is running in place or on a treadmill. For me it should mean accomplishing something. Maybe there are deals just waiting to be announced and I hope there are but the new POBO is looking like Mo junior.
If they have nothing up their sleeves then why are they even there? Junior is always trying to save money and I agree with that. But he could’ve told the POBO and his staff to stay in St. Louis and then he’d have saved the hotel and meal expenses.
I read an article that graded all trades so far. They gave the Red Sox a B for Gray and the Cardinals a D for Fitts and the other guy. He said Fitts had an eminently hitable fastball and the other guy had good stuff but couldn’t get it over the plate. Hope he’s wrong.
A is almost always the case, Brian is right. A midling approach will not work. Make a choice: compete or rebuild. You can’t do both. Some people think the Cardinals will be competitive in a couple of years. Not going to happen. 2030 is a reasonable date to have a good team again…I hope. Make up your mind that there will be bleak years ahead as they rebuild their talent.
