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3rd & 7 37yd

Why does no team give ex-Cardinal back up catcher Ali Sanchez a chance to start ?

by Mad Man from Tennessee 1/13/2023 9:39:58 PM
Because he's not good enough.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:40:10 PM
Good afternoon Jeff.
Mo lets trade with Skip Schumakers Marlins. Skip send the Cardinals 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm JR and 2 of the 3 starting pitchers of Edward Cabrera, Jesus Luzardo Pablo Lopez..
Cardinals will send Skip's Marlins Nolan Gorman, Ivan Herrera, Dylan Carlson, Juan Yepez, Matthew Liberatore and maybe a lesser prospect or 2.
Looks like a good trade for both teams. You agree??

by Mad Man from Tennessee 1/13/2023 9:41:00 PM
I don't see the need for Chisholm. Nor do I think trading both Yepez and Gorman is a great call. Nor do I see the Marlins trading two starters in one trade. But I like the ambition of that.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:42:25 PM
Trading away Mullen and Liut always stung,in my opinion.

by Chico 1/13/2023 9:42:27 PM
Yeah, that was Harry Ornest slashing payroll. And say what you want about Harry, he saved the team and found a good buyer.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:43:02 PM
Gordo, are you attending the Blues Hall of Fame event tonight? Is so, any specific person you are looking forward to connecting with?

by Andy 1/13/2023 9:43:22 PM
Can't make it tonight. Lots of interesting people in that group. For me, Scotty Bowman would be tops.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:44:15 PM
Looking forward to the June 28 NHL Draft, what areas do the Blues need to focus on in the first three rounds? Go for just the best player available or more specific needs?

by Timothy Mark 1/13/2023 9:44:20 PM
Well, this team needs defensemen. They have found forwards with their top picks in recent years, so they definitely need to target the blue line.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:44:59 PM
Jeff- I am a casual Blues fan but it seems like Army gets terse in the media towards his team when the underperform but I am not sure I have ever read (sorry if I missed it) a piece anywhere about Army's roster building. How much onus does he deserve because he seems bulletproof?

by Blues Question 1/13/2023 9:45:14 PM
Well, he build a Stanley Cup for a fan base that had come to believe it would never get one. To build that sort of team without a superstar like Nathan MacKinnon or Nikita Kucherov is almost impossible. While doing so, you need to give out some big contracts and some of those came back to bite the team -- as often happens.
So he is pretty bulletproof right now. Let's see how he handles the retooling to come.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:48:05 PM
So the chat has gotten back to more of the same. Week in and week out we hear how the Cardinals are complete failures. If you don’t want to support the team then don’t. The Cardinals are a conservative operation and that isn’t going to change

by JWHelp 1/13/2023 9:48:20 PM
No, it is not.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:48:26 PM
Did we really "let Quintana go" or did he just take his besy offer like all FAs? I'm confident there was an ability for him to return if he wanted to forego $$, and a presumed starter job

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 9:48:37 PM
The Cardinals have six starting pitchers coming back, so I'm not sure there was much of an effort to pay him the going rate and guarantee him a spot over the top five guys under contract.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:49:38 PM
Maybe this will be the year the Cardinals finally have a rebuild season and get the number 1 draft choice. Or better yet DeWitt decides to sell to that mega billionaire in Oklahoma City

by JWHelp 1/13/2023 9:49:45 PM
I do not expect the team to lose 100 games. Nor do I expect the franchise sale.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:50:13 PM
Gordo, they will win a title in the worst division and then go to the playoffs and get their ears boxed by real contenders. We are the 2015-2019 Houston Texans of baseball. We make the playoffs but never leave the first round because we are built to beat the Red and Pirates, not the Phillies and Padres.

by Gordo C'Mon 1/13/2023 9:50:59 PM
Well, that's better than being the Phillies and Padres of the 2010s, falling woefully short year after year after year.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:51:42 PM
Jeff, I don’t like that DeWitt has let the Cards payroll slip to 16th anymore than most fans. But who can blame him when he has a fan base that will wait two hours before gates open for some silly bobblehead? He has a rare and unusual fan base, knows it, and spends accordingly. Am I wrong?

by Patrick 1/13/2023 9:51:56 PM
Well, the fans show up every year because the product is good every year. The team is always in the chase and it always features marketable players.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:53:01 PM
I'm out on Bauer and I understand chatters citing other athletes serious transgressions with fewer consequences. But where are we when we evaluate people against the worst examples and give people a pass by simply not being as poorly behaved as "that guy".

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 9:53:33 PM
Well, somebody has to set the low bar for the rest of us to clear.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 9:53:52 PM
I read that Boston might have interest in DeJong. I am skeptical that yhey would do more than take him and his salary for a lesser prospect. But if true, would Profar be a good add as infield insurance and potential OF regular?

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 9:57:13 PM
Profar has mostly played in the outfield the last few years, so I don't see the fit. If the Cardinals do move DeJong, that would open up some more 2B work for Gorman and perhaps DH work for Burleson, if Walker doesn't crowd the outfield/DH realm.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:00:48 PM
Did Gordo get distracted by a ham sandwich?

by Cardsfan 1/13/2023 10:00:49 PM
No.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:00:56 PM
Did S Boras just do the worst job of representation of Correa or the best job. He got him $200mm, but not $350. Interested on your take.

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 10:01:01 PM
Boras had nothing to do with the metal plate that is helping keep Correa's ankle in place. He did the best he could with that.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:01:37 PM
Where is Chafin or Moore? Will the Cards add either? They need one of them.

by Kevin 1/13/2023 10:01:42 PM
The Cardinals haven't agreed with that assessment.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:02:07 PM
I always love having two solid goalies. Greis just makes me so nervous. When the puck is in the crease he is usually on his but or laying backward like a snow angel. by contrast Benner is usually on his hands and knees looking to cover the puck. Is this an accurate depiction or am I acting like a hater. Sorry if I am. I try to stay positive.

by Schlay 1/13/2023 10:02:40 PM
Both guys can look awkward when Blues defensemen let multiple interlopers whack at the puck in the crease.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:03:28 PM
Didn't the Cardinals literally beat Verlander in the World Series?

by Cardsfan 1/13/2023 10:03:33 PM
They did. And they tormented Clayton Kershaw, too.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:03:49 PM
If Flaherty wins 15 games this year, we'll have received $30 mil in market value for 1/6 of the price. He'll wear another uni next year, but we won't be in on his market. $300 for 8 yrs?

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 10:04:00 PM
I wouldn't guess nearly that high. But I can see a nine-digit deal in his future if he stays healthy and pitches well.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:05:03 PM
Ate there any more geographies of baseball talent to tap into? Investing heavily in the Caribbean is streaming talent in.. KBO and Japan are contributing. Do we have a scout in India etc scouting power Cricket batsmen?

by Fumblinbumblin 1/13/2023 10:05:12 PM
I doubt it very much.

by Jeff Gordon 1/13/2023 10:05:22 PM