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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
I'd be okay with 3 years of Stanton for those players. Assuming we are still going to be on the hook for $100 million at least, if he gets old and slow within those 3 years still seems like a high price. The Cardinals do have the money to have dead money on the books. They HAVE to do something to make the team better and loosen the log jam of prospects.
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That offer leaves you on the hook for most, if not all of it. You're going to get very little salary relief if the most valuable chip you send back is Alcantara.
Which is why this will all come down to money. If Bill DeWitt demonstrates that he's committed to winning and is actually going to try to keep pace with teams like the Cubs and Dodgers, this deal can/should get made.
But just you wait - we'll get 'sniped' at the wire yet again. Because Mozeliak's gotten damn good at trying just hard enough to come in second. Sometimes you dodge the bullet on David Price; other times you watch Max Scherzer win multiple Cy Youngs for DC after growing up a Cardinals fan.
But hey, this is big boy baseball - gotta take chances or you'll just be the Pirates.