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Do you see the Cards having a 6 man rotation or a piggy back system because of the short year last season?

Can you rank the Cardinals defense of outfield is Carlson better than O’Neill and Fowler

Any chance that there is more than just Arenado and cash coming back to STL, or that this trade is bigger than first reported? This is probably not possible, but if they could add Fowler and Blackmon in the deal plus more if needed, I think that solves the left handed bat need as well as a lead off hitter

I have this weird feeling that Thomas is going to break through this year and solidify the outfield. I know he was awful last year but I did read the P-D piece about his Covid and I have acquaintances who have had the virus too and it just depleted them physically and mentally even after the quarantine period. It hits everyone differently but he seemed to get it pretty bad.

This may seem random, but from a kid who used to keep a scorecard at every game I attended, the official scoring related to shifts seems wrong. When the player normally at 3b goes to the 2b fielding position and the 2b goes into short RF and a grounder goes to the 2b position where the fielder fields it and throws out the runner it is scored 5-3. But if it's the 3b man who goes to short RF and the same grounder goes to the 2b man, the scorecard goes 4-3. So the scoring follows the player, not the place on the field. So then, when the RF comes in to pitch in a blowout game and fields a grounder, throwing the runner out at first, the scoring should be 9-3. My opinion is that the place on the field should determine the number of the position player making defensive plays.

I wondered about the mechanics of making a trade. With much of the media being slanted in he Cards favor when news of the Arenado trade came out, could the Colorado brass rethink things over the weekend? Feeling like they got the short end of things, is there room for them to change the deal in their favor or is an offer sheet a binding document?