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Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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They can't even take their Ws worth a damn. |
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#92 | |
Diablo Negro
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I'm not making excuses for MO, I want him fired 2 years ago, but TON isn't a hill to die on, I wanted him gone just like I wanted Flaherty gone. And Flaherty looks like he is doing JF yo yo things in Detroit already. |
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#93 | |
Greatest QB Duo of 2015
Join Date: Mar 2010
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A Winn/Edman IF could be so lethal. Edman is probably my favorite Cardinal currently, though, and I argued 2 years ago that signing Contreras over Trea Turner would be a bigger upgrade to the team (and I still will die on that hill). Edman is super under appreciated. I have no problem with playing Gorman at 2B, but the issue becomes WTF do you do with Walker. He isn't someone who should be in the OF. They should move on from Goldschmidt to make him room for him and allow Edman to be in the field more often as well as giving Gorman opportunities to DH more. But that won't happen. |
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#94 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Instead of getting 1 good prospect, they got 3 C- ones. 2 are fringe big leaguers at best and the third is faaaaaar away and a pitching prospect that's unlikely to pan out. And for all the thoughts that "oh well he just didn't have much value" - the guy's value only went down in Baltimore. And he got $14 million in free agency. There was clearly some value there. And we got slappy mcslaphitter with no defensive versatility, very possibly the worst starting pitcher I've ever seen (he's essentially Mike Maroth) and an 11th round draft pick with 30 professional innings under his belt. We got 3 nickels instead of a dime. Because Mozeliak has no idea what the dimes actually are so he's gonna take his 3 nickels and throw them in a slot machine in the hopes one of them becomes that dime. Knowing full well that the odds overwhelmingly suggest they won't. In lieu of insight and evaluation, he pursues volume and hopes for the best. Because he's ****ing awful at his job. |
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#95 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Gorman has the baseline athleticism to be a fine LFer. Shit, we're putting Burleson out there and I'm not convinced he ties his own shoes. Juan Yepez stumbled through. The problem with Gorman is his lower half is stiff as hell. You can't be a viable 2b long-term that way. It's not ideal at 3b but it's manageable. You can get away with it okay in LF (and he'd at least have a plus arm out there). Gorman at DH would force Donovan to...where? And frankly, Donovan's a better pure hitter by a fair bit. And he doesn't have the arm strength Gorman has. If you have Winn/Edman at SS/2b, you don't have a home for Donovan and this lineup needs him. He can/should be a more polished version of Craig. So if you're married to Arenado long-term and won't deal him, then you need to put Gorman into LF so you can get Donovan the ABs at DH. As for Walker - well, that guy should be in AAA. He's not a big league baseball player and if you continue to try to play his slice, his CEILING will be Stephen Piscotty. You can't do that. His tools are way way way too loud. You send him to Memphis and tell him that he can come back when he can start keeping his front shoulder in gets his hips into his swing (instead of way out in front). There is so much talent there and he's getting in his own way. |
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Comfortably Numb
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Virginia
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#97 |
Comfortably Numb
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Virginia
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In Whitey’s prime our outfield right now would Garcia, Arozerena and TON/Carlson. How do I know? Because he had an approach speed, defense, get on base. You would see Edman/Wynn up the middle for the same reason.
Oli and Mo have no idea what approach to take, it’s scattergun at best. |
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#98 |
Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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Ramsfan...Stop defending this organization.....just.....stop
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#99 |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Jabip
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#100 |
Diablo Negro
Join Date: Sep 2003
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#101 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Too much heat to the hate here, Ramsfan. And the skillet's been left on the burner faaaaaar too long. Just stand back and watch it burn, buddy. |
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#102 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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But hey, gotta get Brandon Crawford some work, man. Side note - Brandon Crawford got fat, man. That's pretty funny to me. |
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#103 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Just saw the Victor Scott error. Yiiiiiiiikes.
Get the kid outta here. That was awful. Worse, it was lazy. Took a bad route and then compounded it by drifting to the spot instead of beating the ball there. That's as bad as you'll see on a ball like that. |
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#104 |
Consuming CP souls
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: U.S.A.
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Remember at one point we had Walker. Pujols, Edmonds, and Rolen in the middle of the order...our broadcasters act like we have that NOW. Last night.....500 ball and the bats haven't heated up yet! What a lineup!
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#105 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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But that's the state of the lineup. Goldschmidt is done and was a hollow-offense compiler at his best. Arenado just seems to be hunting for mistakes at this point. Gorman and Walker are disasters. Winn will probably put it in play but isn't exactly putting a charge into the ball. |
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