Join columnist Jeff Gordon for his live St. Louis sports chat at 1 p.m. Friday
Bring your Cards, Blues, Mizzou, SLU and MLS questions and comments, and talk to columnist Jeff Gordon in his weekly live chat.
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Gordo there has been a lot written and said about Brian Reynolds’s of the Pirates being a “Cardinals type player “. The cost for him would be likely higher than Oakland insisted on for Murphy. Should the Cards fans forget about that pipe dream and move on to something else?
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The Pirates don't seem interesting in trading Reynolds any time soon, so that seems to be on the back burner. The asking price would be really high and I imagine the Cardinals would rather test all their younger outfielders first before moving a bunch of key long-term assets for an outfielder.
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I hate to say it, but Ryan O'Reilly could become a trade chip if the team stays south. And I could see any of the veteran defensemen coming into play at some point, perhaps not ahead of the trade deadline but perhaps ahead of the next draft after the team assess their salary cap space. Guys with no-trade protections have been known to waive that language to get a desirable fresh start.
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Good afternoon BoBo! I'm a huge Yepez fan and it would be bitter sweet to see him go but he needs to go somewhere where he can spread his wings because Contreras will be taking AB's away from him and then there is Gorman, Burleson,Walker and even Gomez. Could Yepez be a centerpiece for a trade for Pablo Lopez? Miami has stated they are looking for contact hitters. Have a great weekend.
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How do the Blues re-tool with Parayko, Leddy, Krug, Faulk and Binnington all locked into long term deals? (Not to mention there's still another year left on Scandella's contract.) Sure, the forwards can be re-energized by letting some aging stars go and a couple of prudent trades, which we know Army is capable of. But I don't really see how any of the aforementioned guys can be moved with their contracts, especially considering Army has shown no interest in losing assets to get rid of a bad contract. There aren't any promising young defensemen in the pipeline except for the oft-injured Perunovich. I guess the idea would be to package one of them with a first round pick in exchange for a replacement (a la the Lehtera-Schenn) deal?
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Faulk, Parayko and Krug all have value, despite this team's struggle. These guys have good track records and history tells us that players with no-trade protection will waive that protection under certain circumstances. Also, the salary cap will rise significantly during the next three to four years while the retooling occurs.
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My issue with bringing Waino back is that the team always leans on the name on the back of the jersey with him. He's not a top of the rotation pitcher anymore but the team will never stop applying that entitlement to him because he once was. And I think this is also what stops them from being more aggressive in pursuing a legit ace.
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Wainwright pitched 191 2/3 innings for the Cardinals last season, second only to Miles Mikolas. The third-most innings pitched for the team was 139 2/3 innings. So Adam earned his money last season. Without him they don't win the division title. Somebody had to work deep into games and answer the call every five days.And sense Adam makes half the going rate of the "legit ace" these days, I don't believe his pay is an outrage.
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Will Hobbs ever get it through his head that Ville was never going to sign here. He wanted to be a starter and we were lucky to get a 3rd rounder for him. I was glad to read JR's article about Binner. I love that he hates losing. I wish that other players on the team felt the same way. I just hope that the players that are dogging it decide the heck with him and dog more.
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Happy about Contreras. I do believe our fans have been some of the most supportive in the league year after year and they are also knowledgeable and almost share the cost efficiency of ownership ... but to see the Astros who won the World Series first out of the gate to sign their target. The Phillies who were runner ups improved with their target. We lost a Hall of Fame DH! A Hall of Fame Catcher (replaced) Our Starting pitcher in the playoff gone and not replaced. An All-Star 2b shift to Short admirably but not compared to the elite SS's. A questionable outfield for the last few years. Seems like quite a few uncertain pieces. I hope Matt Carpenter isn't their intention to replace Albert. Thoughts on what you have heard? What would you like to see happen?
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Well, the loss of Jose Quintana will not doom this team. People can pretend he was the No. 1 pitcher on last year's team, but he was not. The '23 Cardinals will be favored to win another NL Central title and return to the postseason. And many of those teams throwing huge dollars around this winter will fall short again in the postseason. And even those big budget teams lose players, like Houston with Justin Verlander, the Mets with Jacob deGrom and the Dodgers with Trea Turner.
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So we are all on the same page, this team is currently banking on "bounce backs" from the following positions: #1 pitcher (Flaherty), #3 pitcher (Matz), LF (O'Neill), and CF (Carlson)? That's a lot of high level slots that WS competitive teams usually have filled with certainties.
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Every team has uncertainties. Every team will be looking for injured guys to get health, young players to progress and healthy guys to stay health, That's baseball. Look at the Phillies, with MVP Bryce Harper trying to come back at some point next season from Tommy John surgery. Look at all the upheaval with the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching staff, which got crushed with injuries and faces the potential of Trevor Bauer getting his salary back. They will need injured guys to heal and younger guys to progress.
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Where are the Padres getting all this cash? As a Cardinals fan, I'm not complaining. We haven't had the playoff success recently that we grew accustomed to during the Pujols-Molina glory years, but we're always in the hunt. However, if I'm a fan of the Rockies, D-Backs, Twins, Marlins or several other similar, medium size markets, I am definitely starting to wonder why my team isn't throwing around similar cash.
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Gordo. For the record, when I submitted my question earlier about Tage Thompson I had no clue he was going to be the topic du jour of the day. I just stumbled on the game the other night and was mesmerized by his skating circles around CBJ. Apparently lots of chatters were paying attention.
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With the Contreras signing, a LH bat would make the Cards' offense a lot closer to whole ... and allow both Gorman and Carlson to develop lower in the order, where there's less pressure. Like a lot of people, I'm thinking Reynolds would be a perfect fit for the 3-hole. What do you think is a reasonable price? Is there any chance the Pirates will emulate the A's and try to hold the Cards at gunpoint for an overload of return talent?
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Many teams have called about Reynolds. Since the Pirates control him for multiple years, they can hold out for the sort of price the A's are seeking for Murphy. At the very least they should wait until teams develop more acute needs and are willing to overspend for help.
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The football saying is if you have two starting quarterbacks you don't have one. Is there a baseball saying about having 8 outfield options but not a single one you can absolutely count on? How many times does this team need to be burned by the quantity over quality approach?
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