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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1781856" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-adding-jose-quintanas-bounce-back-season-to-cardinals-rotation-is-worth-risk-of-in/article_05f5b43b-e720-525e-991e-26121eaa635f.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson" target="_blank">Ben Frederickson</a></p><p>Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak hinted weeks ago that he was more open to making trades within the National League Central than many assumed.</p><p>He wasn’t kidding.</p><p>While the Cardinals wait to find out how their involvement in the Juan Soto Sweepstakes turns out, they finalized what looks like a solid trade late Monday night that helped address a need Soto can't fill. Pitching. And they did it without parting with any of the trade chips a Soto deal — or perhaps a bigger deal for even more pitching — could demand.</p><p>Some thoughts on the rare in-division swap that added southpaw starter Jose Quintana to the Cardinals rotation and plugged right-handed reliever Chris Stratton into manager Oliver Marmol’s bullpen . . .</p><p></p><p>• First off, best of luck to Johan Oviedo and Malcom Nunez. Oviedo has flashed signs of putting it all together at times, sometimes as a reliever, sometimes as a starter. Hopefully for his future he will get a shot to start regularly for the Pirates. If not, he could have a solid role as a reliever for seasons to come. The way the Cardinals threw him into the fire last season, stunting his development for a spell, it became hard to believe they had long-term plans for him. Turns out they did not. Nunez probably has a better chance of biting the Cardinals later. He’s an impressive bat in a farm system that is producing some impressive bats. He just had a noisy June where he led all Cardinals minor leaguers in average, RBI, slugging percentage and homers. Now that the designated hitter is around for good, I'm done saying any player who can hit is "blocked." A bat can get you to the majors now, and the rest can be figured out later. But Nunez was not considered to be one of the Cardinals' top prospects, and he checks in at No. 11 on the Pirates list now, per <a href="http://mlb.com/" target="_blank">MLB.com</a> prospect rankings. He has to pass through the Rule 5 draft this coming offseason if he was not added to the 40-man before then. The Pirates can protect him easier than the Cardinals could have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1781856, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-adding-jose-quintanas-bounce-back-season-to-cardinals-rotation-is-worth-risk-of-in/article_05f5b43b-e720-525e-991e-26121eaa635f.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson']Ben Frederickson[/URL] Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak hinted weeks ago that he was more open to making trades within the National League Central than many assumed. He wasn’t kidding. While the Cardinals wait to find out how their involvement in the Juan Soto Sweepstakes turns out, they finalized what looks like a solid trade late Monday night that helped address a need Soto can't fill. Pitching. And they did it without parting with any of the trade chips a Soto deal — or perhaps a bigger deal for even more pitching — could demand. Some thoughts on the rare in-division swap that added southpaw starter Jose Quintana to the Cardinals rotation and plugged right-handed reliever Chris Stratton into manager Oliver Marmol’s bullpen . . . • First off, best of luck to Johan Oviedo and Malcom Nunez. Oviedo has flashed signs of putting it all together at times, sometimes as a reliever, sometimes as a starter. Hopefully for his future he will get a shot to start regularly for the Pirates. If not, he could have a solid role as a reliever for seasons to come. The way the Cardinals threw him into the fire last season, stunting his development for a spell, it became hard to believe they had long-term plans for him. Turns out they did not. Nunez probably has a better chance of biting the Cardinals later. He’s an impressive bat in a farm system that is producing some impressive bats. He just had a noisy June where he led all Cardinals minor leaguers in average, RBI, slugging percentage and homers. Now that the designated hitter is around for good, I'm done saying any player who can hit is "blocked." A bat can get you to the majors now, and the rest can be figured out later. But Nunez was not considered to be one of the Cardinals' top prospects, and he checks in at No. 11 on the Pirates list now, per [URL='http://mlb.com/']MLB.com[/URL] prospect rankings. He has to pass through the Rule 5 draft this coming offseason if he was not added to the 40-man before then. The Pirates can protect him easier than the Cardinals could have. [/QUOTE]
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