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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1767020" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/how-long-can-cardinals-stick-with-dejong-s-steady-glove-if-his-bat-their-offense/article_f15a7f69-615f-56b8-90fa-d111a4a254e8.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>The head of baseball operations stood outside the lobby of a California resort, his industry on the brink of a lengthy work stoppage, and to anyone within earshot shared publicly what he said privately to the team’s shortstop.</p><p>Another executive, standing a few feet away, labeled the offseason “the year of the shortstop” with a quintet of talented players at that position reaching free agency at the same time. The opportunity for teams was rich; the shortstops soon would be richer. There would be a lot of names swirling around, some bound to stick to his team, so the head of baseball ops reached out to his shortstop to affirm the plan to keep him at the position.</p><p>That pledge has paid off for Seattle’s Jerry Dipoto.</p><p></p><p>While many of the free-agent shortstops such as Trevor Story and Carlos Correa have opened the season sluggishly — two of the fab five are batting less than .200, all five slugging below .390 — the Mariners’ J. P. Crawford is off to a raucous start with a .340 average, a .546 slugging percentage.</p><p>On the same day as Dipoto and at the same resort, John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations, quietly made a similar comment about his team’s long view of its shortstop: The team would stick with Paul DeJong despite a downturn in his production. Mozeliak told him, in person, shortly before Thanksgiving that they would not be shopping for a replacement. It was a seed of confidence, planted in winter, followed by an encouraging spring — but has yet to bloom heading toward summer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1767020, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/how-long-can-cardinals-stick-with-dejong-s-steady-glove-if-his-bat-their-offense/article_f15a7f69-615f-56b8-90fa-d111a4a254e8.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] The head of baseball operations stood outside the lobby of a California resort, his industry on the brink of a lengthy work stoppage, and to anyone within earshot shared publicly what he said privately to the team’s shortstop. Another executive, standing a few feet away, labeled the offseason “the year of the shortstop” with a quintet of talented players at that position reaching free agency at the same time. The opportunity for teams was rich; the shortstops soon would be richer. There would be a lot of names swirling around, some bound to stick to his team, so the head of baseball ops reached out to his shortstop to affirm the plan to keep him at the position. That pledge has paid off for Seattle’s Jerry Dipoto. While many of the free-agent shortstops such as Trevor Story and Carlos Correa have opened the season sluggishly — two of the fab five are batting less than .200, all five slugging below .390 — the Mariners’ J. P. Crawford is off to a raucous start with a .340 average, a .546 slugging percentage. On the same day as Dipoto and at the same resort, John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations, quietly made a similar comment about his team’s long view of its shortstop: The team would stick with Paul DeJong despite a downturn in his production. Mozeliak told him, in person, shortly before Thanksgiving that they would not be shopping for a replacement. It was a seed of confidence, planted in winter, followed by an encouraging spring — but has yet to bloom heading toward summer. [/QUOTE]
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