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Blingboy:
You are exactly right. They approach all their young talent like they do Libertore and that’s the problem.
The Cardinals will still win this terrible division then lose in the first round again.
They’ll draw 3.3 and Junior will be happy.
Nothing of significance will be done in the off-season.
Status Quo maintained.
Bicycle:
Like Ollie Marmol says, “You ether win a championship or it’s a disappointment.” If not winning the WS was a successful season then all the WS losers would have a parade.
I would also suggest that what the FO has put on the field the last five or six years is NOT a good product.
Steve60:
Wishful thinking. The fans will not stay away even in small numbers and there will be no
significant changes. Junior has what he wants and he’s not going to add fifty million to the payroll because he doesn’t have to…the fans will keep coming in droves and he knows it. The best franchise in baseball to own.Today should be a win for the Cardinals. The odds are in their favor with Flaherty maybe on the rebound, facing a guy who doesn’t seem to be very good and the general difficulty in sweeping a series. If they lose today then it’s head scratching time.
Mo only answers to Junior. Junior approves all deals. Mo can’t do anything without Junior’s permission. Mo has done exactly what Junior wanted. He kept the payroll low and has the roster just like Junior told him. “We are competitive,” Junior says every year after they lose in the playoffs. They will NEVER spend like the Tier One teams. They say they’re poor. Maybe they are or just greedy but whatever the reason the roster will always resemble this years. Two maybe three stars. The Front Office trumpets their up and coming phenoms…this year it’s Walker. The fans then hold onto the hope that the youngsters will blossom. This year people will buy tickets to see Walker. I’m enjoying watching him like everyone but will he bring a World Series trophy home? Answer that anyway you want. Now, Junior’s goal is always 3.3. If that happens then it’s a good season…for Junior. He has the world’s greatest BS artist ever to go out and sooth masses and what happens after they get knocked out in the playoffs every year. Season ticket sales are brisk and the fans flock to the gates all season the following year. This is the best franchise anyone could own and Junior is the smartest owner ever. So, don’t blame Mo, he’s doing what he’s paid to do.
BrockLou:
There’s nothing to do. There were all kinds of starters from good to very good available this off-season. Expensive, yes but available. This is the rotation that the Front Office wanted and now they have to live with it…and so do we.
With O’neill, Carlson and Nootbar in the Outfield and Walker the DH…where does Gorman play? Would he be traded?
In just a few innings I fell in love with the pitch clock and no shift. MLB finally did something right.
1td:
I would welcome that but if you know anything about this FO, him coming here will fall into the Not a snowballs chance in H__l category.
No, 9-9 in series wins/losses and below .500 in games won in the playoffs…that is bad. We have a guy who puts together a regular season teams but forgets that there are playoffs and that is only thing that matters. We need new owners and a new POBO…soon.
He’s brought on WS win in his tenure. Hardly iconic status. He’s a stooge and a lapdog for junior and nothing more.
I remember baseball from the sixties when it was “real” baseball. All of these changes are turning the game into s_ _t. Next will be multi-ball.
BC:
You’re right, they’ve been burned too many times and they’re scared to do anything. Though I can sympathize with their reticence, I can only say that pulling in your head because you’re frightened easily is a prescription for failure.
Whoa:
I see they signed Gamboa. Winn, you’re on the clock…I wouldn’t buy a home in St. Louis if I were you. It’s what I thought; Gorman, Libertore, Woodford and Winn for Lindor.
Go Cardinals!!!!
gscottar:
Thank you, of course a team can spend in the red for a couple of years. All kinds of big businesses run in the negative on occasion. If the Front office brought in some “real” talent I would gladly pay a higher ticket price.
Blingboy:
It could be suggested and even argued vehemently that there has been nothing worth talking about since the off-season started…considering they never intended to do anything but replace Pujols’ numbers.
This is not a really good team or even a “very” good team. It is a good team on the second tier and not with the tier one teams but the best in the Central Division. They did nothing to make the team worse but didn’t do enough to make the team better. Contreras replaces Pujols. Negative one plus one is zero. Now, they could have done nothing and given Knizner the catching job and been in the hole. But they made the move to stay even. This is the same offense as last year. Junior and Mo are hoping that O’neill, Carlson, Nootbar, Walker, etc., have career years or close to that and then they would be worth watching. It’s all hope as a strategy, which I think is foolhardy but I’m prepared to see what happens because they will never raise the payroll enough to bring in enopugh superstars and that is the most frustrating thing for me.
