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Gordo, is Burleson being kept in AAA to keep up his trade value? I know he isn’t on the 40 man but he sure is raking in Memphis.

Let's face it, the FO cannot win no matter what they do unless by some quirk of time and space the Cards would go to the World Series.If they trade up by letting go of some players with promise, you can bet they will hear about losing the next ty Cobb but if they look for guys who might be able to help they will be accused of dumpster diving. There is no safe option, there is no pleasing the majority of fans. You could not pay me enough to be in Mo's shoes year after year.

You have to admit Army has set the table for Matthew Tkachuck. If he doesn't sign a long term with Calgary he will be traded by the mid season trade deadline. Now that's interesting because Matthew can say he's not signing an extension with any team but the Blues. Thusly diminishing his trade value to that of a rental. So Vladi for Matthew by the trade deadline is very plausible. Vladi probably would sign an extension with Calgary.

Like I said earlier this team needs a good starter and reliever . Hitting is contagious they have to get Edmund and Carlson hitting again ( and they did after the break last year ) . I don’t think they need a bat.

There's a flaw in the chat, 2 Ed's are logged in. I'm the one with the better questions/comments. Have a great vacation.

German Marquez seems like a great candidate for a change-of-scenery career revival, but would you guess Colorado's new GM might be a bit reluctant to deal with Mo' and Girsch in the next couple seasons?

OK, I guess I interpreted “Highly rated prospect” as meaning something more than “mid to back end starter”. My bad. Recalibrating.

Jack Flaherty will be great when he signs that Big Money contract.

So Hernandez has been touted as the catcher of the future for at least 2 years. Is that further evidence of the lack of ability of the Cards to assess talent for the major leagues.

Is there anyway Verhagen can go on vacation with you?

The Marlins make that trade because if you add 2 steady to excellent offensive players, a serviceable pitcher (Liberatore) to a Marlins team which is not going to see the playoffs this year, or perhaps for multiple years... The Marlins desperately need solid hitters, and if O'Neil returns to form, a force in their lineup... They have lots of pitchers, and more on the way... What's wrong with you? You start your vacation early and turn your brain off???

You mentioned LF being the next obvious location for Walker, in that scenario where is O'Neill, on another team???

Losing DP57 will definitely be felt, but the Blues should still project as top 3 in Central. The Avs are the Avs, the Wild are in cap hell, Preds and Jets seem about the same, while the Yotes rebuild and no on really knows what's going on with the Blackhawks.

Hopefully some young guys fill the gaps for a year and this team takes a run at Tkachuk if other talent walks after this year.

Do you think Gorman should be sent to Springfield to work on plate discipline?
Lots of strikeouts!!
Thanks

Why don’t the Blues bring Tony Hrkac back home to St. Louis to head up their scouting department? He’s been with Tampa Bay the past few years and obviously that franchise has had tremendous success during his tenure. Doug Armstrong knows Hrkac well from their time together in Dallas, and it seems Hrkac would be a big boost to the Blues’ scouting department. The Blues need every advantage they can get, and bringing in someone like Hrkac who has thrived with a very successful franchise makes a lot of sense. Doesn’t he live in St. Louis anyway? It’s time to bring The Circus back into the Blues family.

To your comment about Thompson not being viewed as a high end prospect. I read the same stuff. But, now that we have seen him in the big leagues, his stuff is much harder with more movement and more change in velocity than advertised and much better than Liberatore. He looks like he could be a good starter. To my comment earlier, that is why I was disappointed that when then sent him out it wasn't to stretch him out. I have more faith in the talent than you it appears. I think this team has a chance. Like I said earlier, if the Cards management wants buy-in on developing from within, they should be willing to take some heat when they don't appear to use the best internal options. To me that seems to be part of the issue. I also think if they can add a bat to replace Dickerson the Pujols show doesn't kill this team...

I agree the Cardinals need help if they are going anywhere in the playoffs. But I disagree with what everyone is saying about competing with other playoff teams. So far only the Braves have looked dominant. The Braves have better pitching and a better offense.

If a player at AAA is batting 333/400/500 with an OPS of 900 what is the normal expectation that he should hit in the major league? With all the sabermetrics is there a stat for this?

If Army gets Tkachuck for Vladi this year or in free agency he will have changed the core of the team significantly. We would be younger and still competitive for a Cup. Thomas, Kyrou, Tkachuck, Perunovich, Bolduc, Neighbors , Snugarud could be our core in 2 years. All the while still being really good. We would all have to tip our hat to him. That's pretty amazing.

Are you surprised how Yadi is acting? He is acting like he is already retired.

With the absolute misses by the FO last offseason on getting actual talent and the firing of the former manager without the owner thinking it was necessary, how long until bow-tie's chair starts to warm?

Enjoy your vacation you deserve it. Don’t forget to keep a mug of cardinal Kool-Aid cold so you’re stoked for next chat!

Your former colleague Bernie Miklasz has said he believes the Cards need someone to toughen them up like a John Lackey. Says everyone on this team likes each other perhaps too much and needs a different personality to push the team to greater heights. Curious your thoughts on this.

2 Ed's are better than 1. don't know about 3.