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03-05-2018, 08:51 AM | #226 |
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We have lots of quality pitching on the way. Flaherty will fit right into his spot this year. Hudson can take Waino's spot net year or at the All-Star break if Waino falters big time. Our main issue is the same one we have had for the recent past, offense.
I watched the broadcast yesterday and they were selling up how good DeJong was at SS. Not that he had fantastic range or arm but that he had good instincts. They showed a routine ground ball and talked about how good his instincts were to field that ball..... I thought that was really strange. Now, I know. $26 million down the drain if he goes into a full on Diaz meltdown mode isn't much. Avoid arbitration and if he plays close to what he did last year, he's locked in until age 31. Get another year of control of his prime years. I like these cheap bets. If Mikolas and Dejong both fail, its still a lot less money than we got just this year from MLB selling some tech developed on mlb.com. Baseball is awash in money. |
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03-05-2018, 09:07 AM | #227 |
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Dejong extension seems reasonable. At worst, he can be a young platoon player within the infield if he regresses.
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03-05-2018, 10:15 AM | #228 |
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03-05-2018, 10:16 AM | #229 |
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He had a long time left before you need to make this decision.
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03-05-2018, 11:26 AM | #230 |
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It's not financially crippling, but that's just dumb as ****.
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03-05-2018, 01:24 PM | #231 |
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03-05-2018, 01:45 PM | #232 |
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Lulz
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03-05-2018, 02:09 PM | #233 |
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Seems unnecessarily early...
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03-05-2018, 02:29 PM | #235 |
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03-05-2018, 02:39 PM | #236 |
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l agree on the big time suckage of the bullpen. but we have help on the way. Hicks is going to be our closer, maybe by the end of this year. We have other options a year or two away too.
Offense? Maybe O’Neill and some more OF’s. But there isn’t a #3 hitter among them. |
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03-05-2018, 02:54 PM | #237 |
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$26 million over 6 years ain’t shit in baseball money. Who cares if they hedge their bets on future production? They have already proven with Diaz they will just cut a player, eat the dead money and move on if production drops.
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There is nothing about DeJong's skillset that suggests his production last year was sustainable, and now, you've taken someone that can provide significant surplus value if he is even a 1.5 win player, and gutted a good portion of that, just to potentially save yourself money in his arb years, which won't happen for another 3 seasons. If he was Carlos Correa and had torn up the minors all the way through, then yeah, you make this move. But when he K's five times as often as he walks and needs a ridiculous BABIP to remain a useful offensive player in a time where HR are cheaper than ever, it's just bad business. |
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The last “official” revenue year documentation we have is 2016. The Cardinals took in $310 million. They now have at least an additional $100 million from the cable contract. Not to mention increases in national TV contracts and mlb.com revenue. It’s a good assumption that in 2018 the Cards are going to have revenue in the $430-$450 million neighborhood. |
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