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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1473032" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>Best bat on the market... Nick Castellanos... does not compute.</p><p></p><p>Dude has a 106 wRC+ this year, and that's <em>with</em> a .332 BABIP. Plus, he gives any offensive value back on defense. If they're planning on rolling with a Schwarber - Heyward - Castellanos OF, they <em>migh</em>t have made their team worse overall.</p><p></p><p>The Cardinals needed a starting pitcher, but weren't willing to give up Gorman/ Carlson/ or Knizner (rightly so). The top tier guys (stroman, Greinke, Syndergaard, etc.) would have required 1 or 2 of those guys. Not many 2nd tier guys even got traded (Robbie Ray, Wheeler, Bumgarner), so everyone thought the asks were unreasonable. The only starters trading hands were ones that would not have made the Cardinals any better.</p><p></p><p>Just shrug your shoulders and take comfort in the fact that the Brewers or Cubs didn't<em> really </em>get any better at the deadline either, and the Cardinals are still playing pretty good ball lately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1473032, member: 619279"] Best bat on the market... Nick Castellanos... does not compute. Dude has a 106 wRC+ this year, and that's [I]with[/I] a .332 BABIP. Plus, he gives any offensive value back on defense. If they're planning on rolling with a Schwarber - Heyward - Castellanos OF, they [I]migh[/I]t have made their team worse overall. The Cardinals needed a starting pitcher, but weren't willing to give up Gorman/ Carlson/ or Knizner (rightly so). The top tier guys (stroman, Greinke, Syndergaard, etc.) would have required 1 or 2 of those guys. Not many 2nd tier guys even got traded (Robbie Ray, Wheeler, Bumgarner), so everyone thought the asks were unreasonable. The only starters trading hands were ones that would not have made the Cardinals any better. Just shrug your shoulders and take comfort in the fact that the Brewers or Cubs didn't[I] really [/I]get any better at the deadline either, and the Cardinals are still playing pretty good ball lately. [/QUOTE]
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