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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1782067" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/tipsheet-while-padres-made-huge-splash-cardinals-found-good-pitching-fits/article_617a077a-08f0-560a-9071-f34a2309c05b.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Jeff%20Gordon" target="_blank">Jeff Gordon</a></p><p>Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak wouldn't specify what the Washington Nationals demanded of the Cardinals during the Juan Soto auction.</p><p>He referred reporters to the price San Diego Padres executive A.J. Preller paid for Soto and first baseman Josh Bell: Shortstop C.J. Abrams, starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore, first baseman Luke Voit, outfield prospects Robert Hassell III and James Wood and pitching prospect Jarlin Susana.</p><p>Some experts are terming that the greatest haul a team has ever collected in a bailout trade. The Cardinals were not interested in setting that sort of record.</p><p>Mozeliak did meet his goal of upgrading the Cardinals pitching staff by adding starting pitchers Jordan Montgomery and Jose Quintana along with reliever Chris Bratton, who closed out Tuesday night’s victory.</p><p></p><p>Writing for FanGraphs, Dan Szymborski commented on that strategy:</p><p><em>The front office had little time to bemoan falling short in the Soto sweepstakes with the deadline approaching and the very real possibility that neither Steven Matz nor Jack Flaherty would return to contribute this season, and though St. Louis closed a deal with the Pirates for Jose Quintana and his fancy new changeup on Monday, more was needed. Montgomery suddenly found himself expendable in New York thanks in part to the Frankie Montas trade, and his profile makes him a good fit for the Cardinals. A lefty sinkerballer, it wouldn’t be surprising to see them strongly encourage him to keep the ball on the ground even more; they have had the best defensive left side of the infield in baseball this year, playing to his strength as a pitcher.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1782067, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/tipsheet-while-padres-made-huge-splash-cardinals-found-good-pitching-fits/article_617a077a-08f0-560a-9071-f34a2309c05b.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Jeff%20Gordon']Jeff Gordon[/URL] Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak wouldn't specify what the Washington Nationals demanded of the Cardinals during the Juan Soto auction. He referred reporters to the price San Diego Padres executive A.J. Preller paid for Soto and first baseman Josh Bell: Shortstop C.J. Abrams, starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore, first baseman Luke Voit, outfield prospects Robert Hassell III and James Wood and pitching prospect Jarlin Susana. Some experts are terming that the greatest haul a team has ever collected in a bailout trade. The Cardinals were not interested in setting that sort of record. Mozeliak did meet his goal of upgrading the Cardinals pitching staff by adding starting pitchers Jordan Montgomery and Jose Quintana along with reliever Chris Bratton, who closed out Tuesday night’s victory. Writing for FanGraphs, Dan Szymborski commented on that strategy: [I]The front office had little time to bemoan falling short in the Soto sweepstakes with the deadline approaching and the very real possibility that neither Steven Matz nor Jack Flaherty would return to contribute this season, and though St. Louis closed a deal with the Pirates for Jose Quintana and his fancy new changeup on Monday, more was needed. Montgomery suddenly found himself expendable in New York thanks in part to the Frankie Montas trade, and his profile makes him a good fit for the Cardinals. A lefty sinkerballer, it wouldn’t be surprising to see them strongly encourage him to keep the ball on the ground even more; they have had the best defensive left side of the infield in baseball this year, playing to his strength as a pitcher.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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