8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
wouldn't surprise me if the cards start hanging banners for a 1st place finish on july 31
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
Gotta figure Mejia is a goner today.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
I appreciate the optimism, but there's a reason we're getting our asses kicked by good competition - there's a massive gulf between the Cardinals and the teams that matter this year. Hell, we're lucky we even squeaked one out against the Astros.dmarx114 wrote:We have 51 games left. Long way to go. We are right in the thick things. Enjoy the nightly meaningful games.
I'm actually 100% on board with what phins said. I think the front office sized the situation up at the trade deadline and (correctly) determined it just wasn't worth it this year.
Will be a fun offseason for Mo.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
Compared to this game; this GDT was awesome.CardsofSTL wrote:This GDT sucks.
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I think it's a lot simpler than that.ThatGuy wrote:I appreciate the optimism, but there's a reason we're getting our asses kicked by good competition - there's a massive gulf between the Cardinals and the teams that matter this year. Hell, we're lucky we even squeaked one out against the Astros.dmarx114 wrote:We have 51 games left. Long way to go. We are right in the thick things. Enjoy the nightly meaningful games.
I'm actually 100% on board with what phins said. I think the front office sized the situation up at the trade deadline and (correctly) determined it just wasn't worth it this year.
Will be a fun offseason for Mo.
The front office wasn't trading Carlson or Gorman for Ray or Minor, and they weren't trading Bader or O'Neill for Wheeler.
Everyone else was on the table, but other teams didn't have interest.
And that's the issue that needs to be addressed. We need better players on the farm. Right now it's a 2 man show.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
Gotta clear space on the 40 man so we can not call up potentially good players.dmarx114 wrote:Gotta figure Mejia is a goner today.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
Don't you know there's a 12-D chess reason Mo does this?Fat Strat wrote:Gotta clear space on the 40 man so we can not call up potentially good players.dmarx114 wrote:Gotta figure Mejia is a goner today.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
You're wont to take that view with the current front office, and that's fine. If you buy this rationale though (and I'm not saying it's a bad rationale per se), you have to accept that Mo knew he was sentencing his team to a much, much, much harder road to the playoffs and willingly chose to go this route. Our rotation is extremely shaky at best, so to double down on someone like Michael Wacha who has been objectively awful is ... a choice.dmarx114 wrote:I think it's a lot simpler than that.
We'll see. Mo is reaping what he's sowed, though.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
I applaud Mo for not trading Carlson or Gorman. He should be fired if he did.ThatGuy wrote:You're wont to take that view with the current front office, and that's fine. If you buy this rationale though (and I'm not saying it's a bad rationale per se), you have to accept that Mo knew he was sentencing his team to a much, much, much harder road to the playoffs and willingly chose to go this route. Our rotation is extremely shaky at best, so to double down on someone like Michael Wacha who has been objectively awful is ... a choice.dmarx114 wrote:I think it's a lot simpler than that.
We'll see. Mo is reaping what he's sowed, though.
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Re: 8/5 GDT Cardinals (Wacha) at Dodgers (Gonsolin), 9:10 CT
Prospect hoarding has a large role to play in our franchise's current malaise. Not saying those two needed to be shipped out thoughtlessly, but if Mo should be fired, it's because the MLB team is a hot mess.dmarx114 wrote:I applaud Mo for not trading Carlson or Gorman. He should be fired if he did.