They knew what they had and it seemed like if Heyward had said yes the Cardinals would have been thrilled to get him -- and then busy trying to figure out if they had to trade one of the younger outfielder for starting pitching. Trading Piscotty was not something the Cardinals were eager to do.
Got to have something to trade. And 90 could score a wild card berth.
And no one will be making that argument at that point. Just not at that point.
You would trade the shortstop that brings balance to the defense and depth to the lineup? Seems counter productive. Also: he has a limiting no-trade clause.
Yep, mostly. On rare occasion they miss.
You calling it a season on May 23, Austin?
It does, only because the question from the chatter did. This was discussed earlier.
How does Garcia finish the season? This is the first question that must be answered.
You need to give yourself more credit. You're smart enough to spend hours every Monday in this chat.
All fair. I'm not sold on the Dodgers, Giants, D-Backs being in that mid-90s range just yet though.
Then he's a bargain for next year on the option.
They did prepare for that possibility, so it's baked-in.
There has not been an adequate explanation for that moment, no. Holliday getting a full day off is one. That's fine. Gyorko not hitting is ... odd.
Didn't appear to have any limitations today during workouts, hitting, etc. He just didn't pitch well. I get the question though because we've usually seen him healthy and good or hurt and not good. He didn't have any of the other tells, such as the obvious discomfort on the mound, the picking at his jersey, the pawing the dirt that usually comes when he's hurt.
They knew what they had and it seemed like if Heyward had said yes the Cardinals would have been thrilled to get him -- and then busy trying to figure out if they had to trade one of the younger outfielder for starting pitching. Trading Piscotty was not something the Cardinals were eager to do.
