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Peete just b/c of his age may be a decent prospect for the future, but his strikeouts/contact is a concern 162 strikeouts in 125 games ….but this is somewhat similar to what Baez did when he started in the Cardinals minor league system and now Baez is a top Cardinals prospect and there best OF prospect.
Cijntje not a fan of switch pitchers at all, have a lot of doubts it will work out, but this year should be the year to find out assuming he goes righty the whole year.
Ledbetter had better power #s at high A in 2024 than his first year at AA in 2025, needs to cut down on his strikeouts as he averages about 1 a game for the last 2 years, but a .265 avg actually makes him one of there better OF hitters in the minors….Cardinals are pretty shallow in the OF at AA and AAA.
The 2 competitive picks probably make the deal as that gives them a # of picks in the top 100.
I would say the so called money Dewitt has allegedly put into player development better pay off with some of these guys they have acquired or it’s going to be a long next 4-6 years, because they obviously are not bringing in any free agents that make much money.
Pretty hard to field a competitive team when the 40 man is making under $70 million, it’s pretty obvious they are tanking this year
Outside of Acuna who has a club option, the 2027 right handed outfield free agents aren’t much to write home about.
I guess you’d have George Springer and Teoscar Hernandez who will both be over 35 as some type of veteran presence, but don’t see them as a fit age wise.
Plus he still has 2 years left on a cheap contract…they have all kinds of time to trade him and get quality players in return instead of rushing to make a deal for a low quality return
I don’t see how Edmonds can’t be in if Jones got in.
Edmonds stats are slightly better than Andrew Jones, as Jones had 700 more AB’s
Edmonds 30 points higher batting Average, 39 points better OPS, 41 points higher slugging %
Jones did have 2 more gold gloves and got over 400 Homers where Edmonds has 393….that may be what got him in the 400 HR’s. There War is pretty much similar 62.7 to 60.4
The Cardinals appear to have set a high price (top prospect(s) for Donovan which is absolutely the right thing to do, he is under a cheap deal for 2 more years and there is ample time to make a trade.
I doubt they really care what TV bowtie thinks.
I think the deferred money is what is most concerning in the Dodger Deals.
With that being said the 26 man pay for the Cardinals roster is embarrassing.
You would think the cardinals have drawn about 1.5 million fans and had terrible local TV ratingsthe last 15 years.
I’d just keep Herrera at DH, he probably is the best hitter on the roster, not sure he can stay healthy at a position.
I’d almost make an incentive based offer to Starling Marte, he is old as it gets but might be a good veteran presence and a decent hitter still….pickings are pretty slim on the free agency market.
I am against trading him unless a team meets their price of top prospects and I have an MBA in Finance
Cardinals should be in no rush to trade Donovan unless someone meets their price in terms of prospects….he is under a cheap contract for 2 more years which makes him even more attractive in a trade.
They could also sign him easily to an extension next year….they will have plenty of money.
Stanek has been awful the last 3 years… can’t see him helping much, I think he fried his arm in Houston with all the innings he pitched in releif
I think the curious thing I see, is the on Roster payroll salary for this year for the 40 man is currently around $82 million…that takes out the $20 million to Gray and $4 million to Contreras this year on their Boston salary and the deferred payments to Waingwright and Holiday ($2.4 million)
If they ship Arenado which is likely that would be a further $16 million reduction to the on Roster payroll….that is an enormous reduction in 2 years, over $100 million.
Roughly around $27-28 million…but they didn’t play for nothing last year so not a huge increase for $ Bill
Went back and added it up it is roughly a $15 million increase from 2025 to 2026 for the above listed players
DeJong had more holes than Swiss cheese in his swing….anybody that watched both in St Louis knows Donovan is a much better player.
My guess is it will be 19.99 off the MLB app, and then they will/may still be able to put together a local network for the people that won’t use the app. I would think they would have been planning for this for at least the last few months…hopefully
The Athletic has a pretty good article on this, seem to think the NBA teams will not go for the DAZN deal (NBA has a contingency ready and their teams are ahead of the creditors in the Bankruptcy process) which would mean the deal with DAZN and MainStreet/Diamond/Bally/fan duel or whatever they call themselves will blow up resulting in a bankruptcy filing
I’d be surprised if Dobbins is ready before June….ACL usually is 9 months at the earliest after surgery….pitcher puts a lot of torque on his legs.
Sometimes when you rush back from ACL surgery something else in the legs will go like an Achilles
There have been some in the minors that never made it…they usually want them to pick their best side and concentrate on it, I can only remember the Venditte guy that pitched about 7-8 years ago.
The Cijinte guy may be the exception but he has not set the world on fire at A or his few starts at AA, the one thing that could help him with mechanics is he is short
The problem with switch pitchers is history is not good at all, and the mechanics usually become issues
Arenado is going to be traded b/c I assume he wants to be a starting 3rd baseman still, not a bench player
Q. Has the price on Donovan come down?
Passan: Nope. And it’s not going to. The Cardinals don’t need to trade Brendan Donovan. They can move him at the deadline. They can move him next winter. His consistency is among his best attributes and his value is unlikely to crater between now and then. So Chaim Bloom is doing exactly what he should be doing: setting an extremely high price and know that teams valuing flexibility will continue wanting him.
