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Mudville:
You make the key point. The inability to produce quality talent. If you’re a team that is relying on growing their own talent and not spending on free agents, that’s fine. But, then you have to produce the talent and they’re not doing that. The next step is to then go out and spend money and a lot of it. Junior says no and I’m guessing that Trey will echo that. The result is the Cardinals will be a second tier team for years maybe decades.
No one can make a below average team good. There is just not much talent on this team. If Alec Burleson is your best offensive player then you’re not a good team.
Fedde could help and Pham will be gone after this year than goodness. Plus, Edman is gone…I never thought he was that good. Good trade.
The answer as to what it will take to fix the Cardinals has always been right in front of everyone. Drum roll, please……………New Owners!
Jnevel:
Did you watch the same game I did? Mikolas gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings. He flat out sucked. The bullpen gave up two runs. That is hardly fantastic. It was a bad game all around.
If this is true then it’s another chuckle for me. Nearly every person they acquire is between
mediocre and bad…Gray as the exception I’m not a detractor or a fan of Marmol. My only concern about extending him would be what did they see from Marmol that would suggest to them that he was going to lead them to success?It seems to me if he’s not playing and he is weeks away from facing pitching then it is serious situation. Si it two weeks or twelve weeks. The Cardinals are rarely forthcoming with honest information about injuries. So, I’ll believe it isn’t serious when he’s in the lineup.
Yes, I suppose he was a fan when he was at Country Day. It is easy to be a fan but now he is the owner and his priorities have shifted. His top priority now, every season is to make a huge profit, which he does by keeping costs low and revenues high. He only cares about winning to sell tickets. That’s why every off-season is a halfway measure, including this year. They sign two guys right out of the chute so fans think they are serious. (They are not and never are). Gray was their marquee acquisition for this off-season. NOT ENOUGH. If they were actually serious about building a WS team then they sign Gray, trade for Cease, sign Montgomery, sign Hader, trade for Soto and more. It’s not that Junior doesn’t want to win…everyone wants to win. The problem is he doesn’t care of they lose. As long as profits are high then the fans can stick it as far as he’s concerned. I long ago resigned myself that my team will always be mediocre until we have new owners.
gscottar:
The more I think about it, your point of view about extensions is not without merit. Maybe you’re right. He did decline last year, slightly but a decline. Perhaps the Cardinals are waiting to see if he collapses altogether this year.
It’s Goldschmidt that doesn’t want an extension. He wants to go out and get some real money from a team that has a chance to win the WS. He knows that will never happen in St. Louis.
Anyone could use Goldschmidt. He’d make a great DH and it would help the Cardinals with their bottom line.
