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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1978352" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>This team won 84 games last year and missed the playoffs by a game and are returning 8 of their top 9 batters by plate appearances and 8 of their top 9 pitchers by innings pitched. </p><p></p><p>They have a top 5-10 ranked farm system depending on who’s doing the ranking. </p><p></p><p>They’re about $70 million below the luxury tax threshold, have been below it the last couple years, have about $50 million more coming off the books next year, and so are nowhere near incurring any draft pick or international money penalties. </p><p></p><p>They have a grand total of 1, one, uno contract beyond 2026 in Dansby Swanson. </p><p></p><p>They’re in the weakest division in the NL, the Cardinals just brought in 3 so-so starting pitchers to be able to have enough warm bodies to field a rotation, and nobody else in the division has done jack squat this off season. The best team in the division last year lost its GM to the Mets and manager to the Cubs. 92 wins has been enough to get an NL Central team to the playoffs every year since 2016. </p><p></p><p>There is utterly no reason why this team should be tanking. They’re close to the playoffs, their farm is stocked, they have money to spend, they have no long term contracts, and no one in their division is any good. </p><p></p><p>If they replace Bellinger’s and Stroman’s production (which they could do by re-signing Bellinger and Stroman) and then add two more decent pieces, they’ll be favorites in the division.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1978352, member: 26283"] This team won 84 games last year and missed the playoffs by a game and are returning 8 of their top 9 batters by plate appearances and 8 of their top 9 pitchers by innings pitched. They have a top 5-10 ranked farm system depending on who’s doing the ranking. They’re about $70 million below the luxury tax threshold, have been below it the last couple years, have about $50 million more coming off the books next year, and so are nowhere near incurring any draft pick or international money penalties. They have a grand total of 1, one, uno contract beyond 2026 in Dansby Swanson. They’re in the weakest division in the NL, the Cardinals just brought in 3 so-so starting pitchers to be able to have enough warm bodies to field a rotation, and nobody else in the division has done jack squat this off season. The best team in the division last year lost its GM to the Mets and manager to the Cubs. 92 wins has been enough to get an NL Central team to the playoffs every year since 2016. There is utterly no reason why this team should be tanking. They’re close to the playoffs, their farm is stocked, they have money to spend, they have no long term contracts, and no one in their division is any good. If they replace Bellinger’s and Stroman’s production (which they could do by re-signing Bellinger and Stroman) and then add two more decent pieces, they’ll be favorites in the division. [/QUOTE]
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