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I don’t mind them standing pat for now. They can see what they have and do some trading / reshuffling (pun intended) after the season.
Brian,
I’ve looked and probably missed it.
Is there a PM feature for this users of this board?
Is like to communicate with you via PM if I may.
I am not opposed to anyone expressing their viewpoint. I just object to it bleeding over into the actual games; the workplace if you will and I don’t like to see the flag / national anthem disrespected.
The ability this nation affords people to have and express their thoughts and opinions is one of the things that makes it different from places like China and North Korea.
Wainwright put the team on his back yesterday. Hopefully it is the spark they needed to soldier on through this strange year.
I think a .500 record probably gets the Cards into the postseason tournament and as 2011 proved, anything can happen once a team is in.
I hope you read the post before you deleted it.
Again, I prefer my sports without politics for sure but; the players and the leagues are not giving us that choice.
ZTR
Ok, there is 10 games done since they started playing again. Time to settle in and make a run at the Cubs.
Need to start grinding above .500.
One good hot streak like Cubs has to start the season would be real nice.
As long as no fans are allowed in stadiums home/away matters a lot less.
If fans return then it could matter but it is what it is.
It is nice to have Cardinal baseball back.
I am glad MLB has chosen not to mix in politics with baseball after the ‘woke’ 1st games.
The NBA is cutting its own throat to pander to its players – maybe MLB can pick up some extra eyeballs.
Cards have a tough row to hoe but all they have to do is make the playoffs – after that as we all know – anything can happen: see 2004 and 2011.
.500 baseball likely makes the playoffs this season?
I think this is going to be more than a lost week for the Cardinals – more like a lost year.
With the short season everything is magnified.
Somehow the team blew COVID protocol and that is going to result in too many double headers on the back side of the schedule.
Schildt somehow pulled a rabbit out his hat last season but I think the rabbit is already in the stew pot for 2020.
Of course, this time last year at the beginning of August things looked pretty grim as well….. but I don’t think lightning strikes twice.
Based on how much of the season has already been lost (over half) I’d rather just see this season scrapped and let both sides start working on next season and beyond.
Between COVID and all the social unrest and all the agendas that go along with both I don’t want baseball to be used as just another pawn in one or both of these situations.
Just my opinion.
Probably dealing with a moving target financially and it’s a complex enough situation that probably on one posting here fully understands all the moving parts.
I don’t expect any business owner to operate at a loss. If they choose to, fine.
The players are employees. If they make a roster they have a choice about whether or not they want to play baseball for a living.
If enough players get fed up they can go start their own league – don’t believe it would be the first time?
Personally, I would like to watch some baseball but if they don’t play then they don’t play – not much we can do about it.
MLB is the owners and players calf to kill if that’s what they want to do. Watching players in all sports becoming political activists while ‘on the job’ has driven me away from several sports already. May be best if baseball just cancels the season, lets everything settle down, and starts fresh next year.
I can’t side with players on this one.
It’s a strange situation and whatever deal they agree to for this season will not carry forward to the next CBA. Two totally independent negotiations.
The owners should set up a sliding scale for % of salary (loosely based on how federal income tax is paid) not just an across the board number.
Lower salary players should receive a higher % of their salary.
The big boys will take the biggest % cut but obviously still make the most money by far, as they should.
Another angle would be for the Owners to say – based on average expected income per game – here is the total amount of money we can pay a team per game based on an X game season. You players decide how you want to split it up.
Even more or less standing pat as it seems the Cardinals may, so many of them underperformed at the plate last year that you have think there will be some improvement with the offense?
Well, that didn’t go well.
1/2 the roster needs to turnover.
Molina and Wainwright are simply too old.
Fowler, Carpenter, Bader can’t hit.
DeJong can’t hit or get on base but does have some power. You can have one or two like this in the line up but not 5-6
Wong and Edman are keepers
Goldschmidt is turning 33 and was a win now acquisition. Needs to hit for a better average and have a better OBP
Ozuna – see Goldschmidt
I like a starting rotation built around Flaherty, Hudson, and Mikolas (I guess?)
This team is not really built for the future. Lot of work to do on this roster to even think about the playoffs next season…..