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<blockquote data-quote="the national" data-source="post: 1173406" data-attributes="member: 8261"><p>Maybe its just me, but next year will be a re-building year. I think we have a few holes that wont be filled by beginning of the season. I like our young players but we will look the same for next year, minus two huge parts. I think Mo really dropped the ball this off season. Maybe the Hayward signing distracted him from the other glaring needs (big bat at first base, starting pitcher). Either way, we will be a mix of older talent and young inexperienced talent. Pham, Piscotty and Grichuk are excellent in the short streches we saw them, but I would feel better with a more imposing bat in our line up. The other big question is can those guys sustain a full season of what they did in August/Sept of last year. I guess we are going to give them a shot.</p><p></p><p>I also have fears that Yadi wont heal properly from his surgeries and we might start to see his decline, albeit a slow decline. Add that to Holliday's slow decline and you can see why Hayward wanted to play with youth. Hayward would have been the man in STL if he stayed but maybe that is too much pressure for him, i dunno. Hopefully we can still get something out of our old guys, we will certainly need them this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the national, post: 1173406, member: 8261"] Maybe its just me, but next year will be a re-building year. I think we have a few holes that wont be filled by beginning of the season. I like our young players but we will look the same for next year, minus two huge parts. I think Mo really dropped the ball this off season. Maybe the Hayward signing distracted him from the other glaring needs (big bat at first base, starting pitcher). Either way, we will be a mix of older talent and young inexperienced talent. Pham, Piscotty and Grichuk are excellent in the short streches we saw them, but I would feel better with a more imposing bat in our line up. The other big question is can those guys sustain a full season of what they did in August/Sept of last year. I guess we are going to give them a shot. I also have fears that Yadi wont heal properly from his surgeries and we might start to see his decline, albeit a slow decline. Add that to Holliday's slow decline and you can see why Hayward wanted to play with youth. Hayward would have been the man in STL if he stayed but maybe that is too much pressure for him, i dunno. Hopefully we can still get something out of our old guys, we will certainly need them this season. [/QUOTE]
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