Marcell Ozuna Watch - (Update: Traded to Cards Pg. 13)

[sighyoung]

Does this mean no CarGo?

[IMADreamer]

ozunas instagram fwiw

https://www.instagram.com/thebigbear13ozuna/?hl=en

Ozuna's wife is quite voluptuous.

Wait can we say that any more or no?

[MrCrowesGarden]

I'll miss Derrick Goold randomly throwing CarGo's name out there bus.

I laughed more than I should.

[Padsfs]

They’ll need a lefty bench bat. O’Neill will be in the minors.

Could be Jordan Schafer. He wouldn't be bad to begin the year with.

[ZigZagCardsFan]

Alcantara and three lesser prospects? I’m impressed.

I was kind of intrigued by Jose Adolis Garcia but there isn’t room for him anyway.

I hope all this talk about acquiring a second bat is legit. That’d be a very successful offseason.

[pioneer98]

This could be the day we win the offseason:

If Alcantara is the only main piece, I think we [expletive] stole Ozuna.

No kidding. I figured they'd have to give up more than that due to competition and mystery teams and such.

[Socnorb11]

This could be the day we win the offseason:

If Alcantara is the only main piece, I think we [expletive] stole Ozuna.

Yup.

Especially considering that this isn't just a rental. He's locked in for 2 years.


https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/cardina ... on-player/

If Alcantara does indeed turn out to be the key guy, his stock has fallen. Before this past season, Eric Longenhagen ranked him third in the Cardinals’ system, and now he ranks fifth. Alcantara’s strikeouts went backwards, and he’s still showing inconsistent control of his big-time fastball. Because Alcantara has yet to make more of his peak velocity, there are real concerns he ends up in the bullpen. All of his major-league appearances with the Cardinals were made as a reliever. The Marlins, presumably, will let him keep starting. He instantly becomes a jewel in their own system, as the organization hopes he learns where his fastball is going.

Alcantara isn’t an easy talent for the Cardinals to lose. All teams love their good prospects. Yet Alcantara wasn’t likely to be a major factor in 2018, and Ozuna’s coming off a season in which he was worth 4.8 WAR. The Cardinals might tell you they’re enamored of Ozuna’s intimidation factor. I don’t know to what extent that makes a difference; the Cardinals could already hit. But Ozuna will provide something that was missing, a dynamism for a team with otherwise lower-ceiling regulars.

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Got a feeling the pieces are still unknown because we gave them a few pools to pick from.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I saw Alcantara last year, iirc. He had no idea where the ball was going and walked seemingly every batter he faced. His whippy arm, long/loose frame, height, and obvious velocity make him a scout's wet dream, but he still has to get it all together before he's worth a lick of salt. Best of luck to him, he has the attributes and i hope he figures it all out.

[Jocephus]

its probably been brought up but the dispatch article says that ozuna and carlos are buddies and were both friends with oscar

this appears to be a birthday instagram post, if my spanish is correct, carlos offered to ozuna back in nov

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbabbJ1A5Hf ... sunamy0327

edit: and looking at a recent instagram post showing off his new hair color(s), it looks like carlos has a tattoo of a necklace while he happens to be wearing a real necklace.