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Goold certainly didn’t present it as a negative. Merely that what the Cardinals likely would do for these next three years of Stanton differed a lot from what they’d do for the entire contract.
Goold also mentioned St Louis would really like to keep Hicks. Alcantara and Flaherty were on his list of possibles.
Edited addition – said Stanton’s opt out clause was certainly a significant factor in any equation.
I realize it’s easy to say after the fact but I expected Rosenthal to be released and for the exact reasons as has been already outlined.
Re Stanton’s opinion of playing in St Louis –
Stanton was the top topic of Goold’s chat wrap yesterday, as would be expected. His response to the whole “Stanton not wanting to play in St Louis” notion was (and I’m paraphrasing, of course) –
He (Goold) contacted people who would know what Stanton has said. They indicated that Stanton has not commented about St Louis, either way. So anything saying differently is the speaker’s opinion/projection. Goold said IF negotiations developed to the point that the Marlins allowed direct contact between the Cardinals and either Stanton’s agent or Stanton himself, it would be up to St Louis to sell him on playing playing here. Goold went on to give several selling points.
Goold also referred to this time of year as the ‘silly season’ when many prognosticators pulled speculation from thin air and presented it as fact (my words, not his). Said he (Goold) only went with what he’s actually heard substantively. This was said in response to the idea of the Cardinals getting J.D. Martinez which one prognosticator recently opined the Cardinals would sign. Goold said the Cardinals had no interest in him, at this point.
Within descriptions of Maddux’s approach – from his early arrival at the ballpark to his extensive use of analytics for scouting – is the framework of what the Cardinals want from a different look in his role. The Cardinals want a coordinator as well as coach
From the Post-Dispatch article below
Cardinals hire Mike Maddux as pitching coach, promote EversgerdBet it was too, Brian!
Rat, who’s asking for miracles? I’ll take solid defense and baserunning. I’d like to think that won’t take a miracle.
I moved back to the Midwest from the East Coast in the summer of 2015 and was really excited that I’d now be able to watch FSMW as part of my cable package (without blackouts) and even attend a few games a year.
I haven’t yet been to a game, partly because the fluid nature of farming makes it difficult to make firm plans but mainly because the product St Louis has put on the field in both 2016 and 2017 is nearly unwatchable. I watched maybe 3-4 games over the last two months of the season.
And I’ve been an avid fan since 1967.
Memphis’ pitching is blowing it in the 9th.
Began the B/9th up 13-6, now 13-10 and they can’t get the final out. Socolovich and Montgomery.
(Breathe)
One very important point that’s been made previously in this thread is regarding whether management planned on putting Alvarez on the 40-man for protection in the upcoming Rule 5 draft. If not, then he was as good as gone. (San Diego’s proven that twice in the two most recent Rule 5 drafts.)
IF that’s the case, and none of us know either way, then at least St Louis got something for him. And they get first dibs at re-signing Nicasio, if interested.
I saw Peoria won in a walk-off as well. I think it was Mendoza that Goold mentioned in one of his more recent chats as impressing him in Spring Training.
And Memphis keeps rolling along despite having the better part of their team in St Louis.
Palm Beach’s postseason is one of the reasons why I love baseball. Unexpected players step up and come through.
In this case it’s Thomas Spitz. He accounted for all three runs in game one and in game two he gets plunked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th for the walk-off win. I love it!
Congrats to the Palm Beach Cardinals on their co-championship. (And I’m also really happy the Yankees’ farm club lost their side of the co-championship after winning game one.)
Makes more sense when you know Wong went back to St Louis to have his back issues checked out. Valera’s main position is second.