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Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:22 pm
by fanforever
Radbird wrote:Similar to the Dodger Blues where they have a forum called "Brewers 16, Dodgers 1", change the name of "Baseball Talk" to "Ankiel Strikes Out Swinging"
LOL...really.... this cheered me up big time
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:23 pm
by Mary1966
AdmiralKird wrote:more lolcats
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:26 pm
by AdmiralKird
Mary1966 wrote:AdmiralKird wrote:more lolcats
Management is well on its way.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:28 pm
by Magneto2.0
The Cardinals are way too top heavy. We have 5 very good players and that's it.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:32 pm
by ghostrunner
Magneto2.0 wrote:The Cardinals are way too top heavy. We have 5 very good players and that's it.
I don't think so.
Ryan, Schumaker, Pujols, Holliday, Ludwick, Molina, Derosa, and Rasmus seems pretty good to me, with all talents taken into consideration.
Try to improve at 2nd or one of Ludwick's/Rasmus' spot maybe, but that's much easier said than done with the payroll where it is and trying to get Holliday and Pujols signed.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:35 pm
by cpebbles
To answer seriously: This team was constructed almost exactly as I'd prefer. A couple of superstars, a bunch of cheap players well above replacement-level, and then a few mid-range players, most of whom we don't have any long-term commitments to, filling out the lineup and staff. The one general principle I'd do differently is that I've always instinctively preferred power pitchers in the postseason (Ironically, the one pitcher we had who performed in the postseason is the one getting by with a below-average fastball).
My offseason plan would basically be to re-sign Iron Balls McGinty in LF, then bargain-shop until midseason again.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:36 pm
by Magneto2.0
ghostrunner wrote:Magneto2.0 wrote:The Cardinals are way too top heavy. We have 5 very good players and that's it.
I don't think so.
Ryan, Schumaker, Pujols, Holliday, Ludwick, Molina, Derosa, and Rasmus seems pretty good to me, with all talents taken into consideration.
Try to improve at 2nd or one of Ludwick's/Rasmus' spot maybe, but that's much easier said than done with the payroll where it is and trying to get Holliday and Pujols signed.
Ryan, Schumaker, Molina, Derosa and Rasmus are nice little contributors, but they are very average/and some are well below average hitters
Pujols, Holiday, Ludwick, Wainwright, Carpenter are the only legit "good" to "great" players on this team.
In comparison, the Dodgers have about 5-6 hitters that are "good" to "great", about 1-2 pitchers that can be "good" to "great", and a deep bullpen.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:37 pm
by Lazarus 3.5
Wear pinstripes and call our team Yankees?
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:37 pm
by obucard
Ask Smoltz if he wants to close. Franklin turned back into a pumpkin after he signed that extension.
Re: So, what changes do we need to make for next year?
Posted: October 10 09, 7:41 pm
by jim
PaintItRed and I are already on it ... Chone Figgins and his lifetime 363 OBA hitting in front of Pujols and Holliday.
Skippy/Lugo
Figgins
Pujols
Holliday
Luddy
Rasmus
Molina
Ryan
AW/Carp/Lohse/Bedard??? (PIR's idea)/and an innings eater and add Soriano closing (except he was in 77 games and that worries me a bit). Maybe make a run at Jenks.
That's 95 wins and a world series winner right there.