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<blockquote data-quote="illiniwil" data-source="post: 1512597" data-attributes="member: 10813"><p>I';m not disappointed with the payroll at all. STL has a nice payroll. But, when MLB radio/tv talks about the best front offices in the sport</p><p>the Cards/Moz come up, yet we are paying Carpenter and Fowler big dollars that could be spent on more productive players. Carp even </p><p>got paid a year early. I'm also concerned about our ability to project our position players in the bigs. It seems we have an abundance of </p><p>outfielders that haven't proved they can play everyday and hit and when we tried to move one or more, no one seems to want them. </p><p>We also don't have a shortstop in the system. We had to move Dejong to that spot where he's been solid but not spectacular.</p><p></p><p>I also don't buy that hitter protection isn't a thing. Sometimes its easy to say stats don't back something up but when a hitter is "pitched</p><p>around" or walked intentionally because they want the next guy up. around. it might also just be the way someone is pitched, not necessarily </p><p>a intentional walk. (hard to stat) I've heard the same about clutch hitting, but continue to see certain guys come thru on a more regular </p><p>basis that others. That's not just luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illiniwil, post: 1512597, member: 10813"] I';m not disappointed with the payroll at all. STL has a nice payroll. But, when MLB radio/tv talks about the best front offices in the sport the Cards/Moz come up, yet we are paying Carpenter and Fowler big dollars that could be spent on more productive players. Carp even got paid a year early. I'm also concerned about our ability to project our position players in the bigs. It seems we have an abundance of outfielders that haven't proved they can play everyday and hit and when we tried to move one or more, no one seems to want them. We also don't have a shortstop in the system. We had to move Dejong to that spot where he's been solid but not spectacular. I also don't buy that hitter protection isn't a thing. Sometimes its easy to say stats don't back something up but when a hitter is "pitched around" or walked intentionally because they want the next guy up. around. it might also just be the way someone is pitched, not necessarily a intentional walk. (hard to stat) I've heard the same about clutch hitting, but continue to see certain guys come thru on a more regular basis that others. That's not just luck. [/QUOTE]
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