SmokingMonkey
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Releasing Wiggington and trading Boggs in the same day could be a sign of things to come. Opening up 2 spots on the 40-man isn't something you do for no reason.
getting ready for a new SS?
Releasing Wiggington and trading Boggs in the same day could be a sign of things to come. Opening up 2 spots on the 40-man isn't something you do for no reason.
Im not sure Im a huge fan of this...the Indians are in a playoff race and are going to want something pretty big in return.Then again apparently we are in talks with Cleveland for Cabrera. I stand corrected, it may be for a SS.
Your heart might not be ready for playoff baseball after such a long time. Its a totally different animal than anything else in sports.You guys need to lose some games, help a brotha out
I have not seen playoff baseball since Vanilla Ice was on the sceen ..... Translation: A very long time
You guys need to lose some games, help a brotha out
I have not seen playoff baseball since Vanilla Ice was on the sceen ..... Translation: A very long time
With the way a lot of our players are slumping right now, we are playing like a sub .500 team. Theoretically this should correct itself and the Cards should be locked into place but that last game against the Cubs was pretty painful to watch.Pending a serious decline in winning percentage both of these teams should be safe as far as at least getting a WC spot.
I think theyll be fine in the long run. They have just been playing poorly as of late.The Cardinals haven't really played great ball in the last 6 weeks yet are still atop the Major Leagues. To me that shows that this is about the level this team should play. Being 20 games over .500 isn't playing way over their heads.
The guy we picked up is a really young prospect with a good on base percentage. Honestly, its a pretty minor move but I think we have to be really happy with the World Series we won because we got nothing long term for Rasmus.I haven't done much reading in the last couple of days- does anyone know anything about the chap from Cleveland that we got in return for Scrabble? All I know is that there's no dearth of second basemen in the Cardinals organization these days. I'm pretty happy with Matt Carpenter there now, and I'm anxious to see Kolten Wong after I saw him in Springfield last year, so I hope someone is willing and able to move to another base if necessary.
The guy we picked up is a really young prospect with a good on base percentage. Honestly, its a pretty minor move but I think we have to be really happy with the World Series we won because we got nothing long term for Rasmus.
Its hard to be negative about the Cards. They are a model sports franchise. But this year's team needs to wake up. Our best player is on the 15 day DL. We got swept by the Braves and lost 4 straight to the Pirates. And we get the Reds next, IIRC.
Some of this is a little flukey (all those singles last game, for example) but some of it is due to the Cardinals just not being very good for the past 5-6 weeks.And I think we get the Dodgers after that. Anyone that looked at the schedule knew this would be a tough stretch of baseball for the Cardinals. But damn, I thought they'd at least show up!?!
But thats just it - its a funk. Its not a real indicator of how good the team is. I don't think we have the best team in baseball but we have a top 5 roster in the NL no doubt. The team had some incredible leadership and rapport when it battled back into the playoff race 2 years ago. The many players still left from that team are going to have to dig deep and find that again.^ Yes, they've been in a funk for awhile now, not just against Atlanta and Pittsburgh.