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I would rather keep Gray if you are going to have 4 young pitchers in the rotation with him, can be a mentor type role plus he is a pretty decent pitcher
But they seem more focused on saving $ above everything else, that is at least my impression of this year and it looks like next year as well
Is Dewitt looking to Reduce MLB payroll to under $100 Million next year…If they trade Gray and Arenado for 50% discounts they have a real good chance.
Money off the Books after this year is over is around $32 Million (Mikolas, Helsley/Matz money before trade)
It’s hard to have much interest when the organization doesn’t seem to care ….hard to believe this team is 4 back in the wildcard and you just feel they have no chance at all
In my opinion he has been a disaster with the younger players over his 4 years…he has to go or they are going nowhere….need a new culture in the organization ASAP
I will give you one they really missed but it was in the 2nd round of 2022 from a player that pitched in the State of Missouri
At 59 the Cardinals took Brycen Mautz….who hopefully will work out
at 63 the Brewers selected Jacob Misiorowski who pitched at Crowder College in Neosho, MO
Misiorowski has come back to earth some after his DL stint but this one will be interesting to follow the next few years
Saying that though …there is no way to hit on all the players you draft and you will miss on a lot of really good ones that go to other teams that you don’t select
Crooks hits a homer yesterday, so Marmol decides to sit him today instead of getting a young guy some experience for next year.
Think this says a lot about Marmol knowing his job is on the line
But it’s another example of how he has been a terrible manager for young player development.
There is probably someone they can get off the scrap heap for next year
Walker Buehler was just released by Red Sox, Mikolas on a cheap incentive deal to eat some innings, those type of pitchers are probably pretty attractive to DeWitt
1) Gray….doubt anybody takes him with his contract…plus a vet is needed for the younger guys
2) Liberatore …not surprised by late season fade, probably most innings he has pitched in a year
3) McGreevy
4) Mathews would be my guess right now
5) no clueFedde took the L for the brewers tonight….was released by Braves few days ago….may go down as one of MO’s best trades got Cash for some new rosin bags from the Braves for Fedde….Cards won that trade
i would just hope Hjerpe can be a quality lefty out of the pen at this point with his injury history.
From what it sounds like on the few podcasts I listened to about this…. Expansion is mainly being sought so the owners can get money from the Expansion Fees that new teams will pay to increase revenues for the existing teams as some are still hamstrung by the Bally’s Bankruptcy and reduced local TV revenue…they will need 23 teams to approve the new expansion team(s)…they also will need 23 to approve any new divisions….2030 seems to be the target date with the new expansion teams. It sounds like the 4 contenders right now are Charlotte, Nashville, Salt Lake and Portland.
Him settling at 3rd may be a good way for Arrenado to waive his No trade, unless he wants to be a backup the rest of his contract
Over/under was 76.5 wins for the year….looked like they would definitely go over at end of May
Now I think it will be real close, I’d project 78 wins right now looking at the schedule, but the pitching is starting to take on a lot of water
2026 could be a real ruff year if they don’t put any money into the MLB team, but they will still be ahead of where they have been the last 3 years with Mozeliak and hopefully Marmol sacked at the end of the year.
Rockies starters must light up like a Christmas tree when they see the Cardinals….rest of MLB they give up moonshots that have fans wearing hard hats in the bleachers for protection.
What is the Cardinals rotation for next year?
Pallante definitely can’t be counted on for the rotation as he is close to a 5 ERA and is way too inconsistent.
I would think the locks as of now are….Gray, Liberatore and McGreevy and there are some concerns for all of those 3
The Internal options are few, maybe Matthews if he finishes strong at Memphis…. Doyle, kind of a big jump…. Hence and Z. Thompson cannot stay healthy to be counted on.
I don’t see DeWitt spending any money on free agents unless they are cheap.
They at least have some Organizational depth at Catcher with Crooks, Bernal and Rodriguez….they don’t have much MLB depth right now as Pages is more of a backup. The good thing with Crooks is he is a left-handed hitter.
They have some serious holes in the rotation and the corner OF spots that really need to be addressed or they need to get real creative in how they use Herrera and Burleson for 1 spot and maybe a platoon of Walker/Nootbar for the other spot if they are claiming they are broke… bullpen is a mystery as well.
I also wonder if Arrenado would be more flexible in his no trade stance if say Donovan beats him out next year for 3rd base….you would not get much and would have to probably eat a good portion of his salary but I assume he still wants to start and that would clear a spot.
The top free agent for 2026 though has to be a new Manager.
