St Louis Cardinals 2026

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IlliniFaninHoosierLand
gibb52 said:
The Dodgers get 2 months of Skubal plus the post season in exchange for a high rated prospect. Then Skubal hits FA and all bets are off. LA has a better chance of retaining him since they seem to have an unlimited budget but there will be plenty of offers for him to sort through.
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See you all in 2028.
 
#1,127      
the juiceman cometh
EmeraldCityIllini said:
Read a report yesterday even before the trade saying Skubal’s first preference this offseason was signing with LA. And I see he’s from California too.

I’d be kinda surprised if that isn’t a wink / wink sorta deal. But with the lockout looming who knows.

Given it’s technically a rental, I’d say Detroit did well
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Detroit did well but so did LA. Hope is a great prospect, ranked #25 by MLB pipeline. But The Dodgers still have 3 OF prospects ranked even higher somehow. So to them, he was expendable.

I kinda think the lockout makes Dodgers' hopes of signing Skubal higher. It's almost certain that if a salary cap happens, all existing contracts will be guaranteed and teams starting out above the cap will be phased in over multiple years. So by a certain logic it makes sense to get all these deals in before the lockout. You lock in a competitive edge for a certain number of years and guarantee opponents can't just increase spending to catch up with you.

Meanwhile teams that are likely to start out below the cap have every incentive not to take on long term commitments before the exact parameters of the cap situation are known.
 
#1,128      
EmeraldCityIllini
the juiceman cometh said:
Detroit did well but so did LA. Hope is a great prospect, ranked #25 by MLB pipeline. But The Dodgers still have 3 OF prospects ranked even higher somehow. So to them, he was expendable.

I kinda think the lockout makes Dodgers' hopes of signing Skubal higher. It's almost certain that if a salary cap happens, all existing contracts will be guaranteed and teams starting out above the cap will be phased in over multiple years. So by a certain logic it makes sense to get all these deals in before the lockout. You lock in a competitive edge for a certain number of years and guarantee opponents can't just increase spending to catch up with you.

Meanwhile teams that are likely to start out below the cap have every incentive not to take on long term commitments before the exact parameters of the cap situation are known.
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I’ve found all the discussion around the skubal trade enlightening honestly.

I’m not nearly in tune with the CBA in baseball compared to the NBA. Feel like I’ve heard a lot of great points and insights from both sides of the debate on it.
 
#1,132      
pruman91
Libby with a great Quality Start.................6 IP , 1 H , O ER , 7 K's..........dam shame he gets little run support ..........
 
#1,135      
pruman91
{ 55-57 }

THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!! ...................

Cardinals with a big 4 run rally in the top of the 9th to avoid being swept by Toronto winning the game 5-1........

Liberatore was awesome with 6 quality innings.....
Walker with a 2 rbi single giving him 81 rbi's so far this season...........
Fermin with the go ahead rbi single.............
O'Brien with a non save quiet bottom of the 9th.........

on to NY and a road series @ Yankee Stadium...................
 
#1,137      
pruman91
being reported Dustin May and JoJo Romero traded to the Brewers .....no news yet on return to the Cardinals...........The return is expected to be multiple prospects.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Brewers Acquire Dustin May, JoJo Romero

The Cardinals trade two of their top rental pieces to a division rival in exchange for a pair of prospects whose reputation is rising.
www.mlbtraderumors.com www.mlbtraderumors.com
 
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IlliniFan85
pruman91 said:
being reported Dustin May and JoJo Romero traded to the Brewers .....no news yet on return to the Cardinals...........The return is expected to be multiple prospects.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Brewers Acquire Dustin May, JoJo Romero

The Cardinals trade two of their top rental pieces to a division rival in exchange for a pair of prospects whose reputation is rising.
www.mlbtraderumors.com www.mlbtraderumors.com
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We finally did something... I had to stop refreshing mlbtraderumors.com and espn and mlb.com and go work on my higher networked systems at work. Not pleased that they went to the Brewers, but it doesn't really matter when we were competing for a division title this year and they both have expiring contracts.
 
#1,139      
wpr
IlliniFan85 said:
We finally did something... I had to stop refreshing mlbtraderumors.com and espn and mlb.com and go work on my higher networked systems at work. Not pleased that they went to the Brewers, but it doesn't really matter when we were competing for a division title this year and they both have expiring contracts.
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My guess is the front office figures keeping them in the division by sending them to Milwaukee hurts the Cubs chances of making a late season run for the divisional title. Who knows. Maybe they simply offered the best in return and as you said it's a short term rental.
 
#1,140      
pruman91
looks like Cardinals are clear winners in this trade getting Brewers # 11 and # 13 prospects in return.....one story stated Bloom fleeced the Brewers.........more to come ???
 
#1,141      
EmeraldCityIllini
Frias according to fangraphs is the #43 prospect in baseball and ragsdale has been on a terror this year - both have really strong bat velo metrics too.

Feels like cardinals did quite well here… very easily could have just gotten two outfield prospects who will rank higher than even the outfielder they took at 13 overall - kinda nuts
 
#1,142      
IlliniwekKDR
These guys we got have the potential to make the Brewers regret this decision to trade within the division for years. Unless the Brewers win the World Series, in which case they won't care either way. Hopefully someone beats the damn Dodgers.
 
#1,143      
the juiceman cometh
Good work here by front office, good return.

Not a "fleecing." Classic trade that addresses different areas of need for each team. Brewers needed May for their postseason run with Woodruff now out for the season, and had a lot of talent stocked up in the farm. These two guys are both at least a couple years out, so given that Brewers are set to contend this year and 2027 (if it happens) makes sense to send out the further away prospects. For us, makes sense to take the further away prospects, and we really needed OF talent in the system, it was a big area we were lacking.
 
#1,145      
IlliniFan85
No more NOOOOOT
 
#1,147      
whatahack
The Cardinals and Reds squeezed in one more trade just under the wire, with Cincinnati sending southpaw reliever Caleb Ferguson to St. Louis in exchange for $250K of international bonus pool space, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
 
#1,148      
the juiceman cometh
Pretty weird the Diamondbacks, a team in playoff contention, would trade their #5 prospect for a guy who according to the experts of this board can't play baseball and has negative value.

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#1,149      
pruman91
In return, the Cardinals received three prospects, including right-handed starter Daniel Eagen and left-handed reliever Sando Santana. The third player has yet to be reported.
 
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