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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1782261" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-assessing-how-the-trade-deadline-affected-certain-current-and-former-cardinals/article_e3e2143f-640e-50a5-bea8-2ef91e1c33b8.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson" target="_blank">Ben Frederickson</a></p><p>The trade deadline has come and gone and the annual tradition of grading each team’s moves or lack thereof is complete.</p><p>The championship-desperate Padres are “winners” for selling off nearly their entire farm system for a series of moves headlined by Juan Soto.</p><p>The retooling Cubs are “losers” for not moving Willson Contreras and Ian Happ when they could have maximized returns before free agency.</p><p>The Cardinals are, not surprisingly, somewhere in the upper middle.</p><p>Soto didn’t come walking through that door, but the Cardinals pitching – their biggest weakness – was improved through swaps for starters Jose Quintana and Jordan Montgomery. The bullpen could be improved by the addition of Chris Stratton, if the Cardinals are correct about the tweaks to his pitch mix they think will help. The bullpen will certainly be improved by Andre Pallante shifting back into it now that the Cardinals have added two starters.</p><p></p><p>The costs for the additions, once the surprise of seeing fan-favorite (and injured) center field Harrison Bader depart for the Big Apple, seem unremarkable at the moment. The Cardinals' prized prospects are still protected. I'd give it a B-plus grade. The Cardinals fell into the upper middle of trade-deadline grades, right about where they often find themselves, caught somewhere between liking where they are but wanting to get better, but also fretting over the difference in cost between hoping they get better and guaranteeing they will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1782261, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-assessing-how-the-trade-deadline-affected-certain-current-and-former-cardinals/article_e3e2143f-640e-50a5-bea8-2ef91e1c33b8.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson']Ben Frederickson[/URL] The trade deadline has come and gone and the annual tradition of grading each team’s moves or lack thereof is complete. The championship-desperate Padres are “winners” for selling off nearly their entire farm system for a series of moves headlined by Juan Soto. The retooling Cubs are “losers” for not moving Willson Contreras and Ian Happ when they could have maximized returns before free agency. The Cardinals are, not surprisingly, somewhere in the upper middle. Soto didn’t come walking through that door, but the Cardinals pitching – their biggest weakness – was improved through swaps for starters Jose Quintana and Jordan Montgomery. The bullpen could be improved by the addition of Chris Stratton, if the Cardinals are correct about the tweaks to his pitch mix they think will help. The bullpen will certainly be improved by Andre Pallante shifting back into it now that the Cardinals have added two starters. The costs for the additions, once the surprise of seeing fan-favorite (and injured) center field Harrison Bader depart for the Big Apple, seem unremarkable at the moment. The Cardinals' prized prospects are still protected. I'd give it a B-plus grade. The Cardinals fell into the upper middle of trade-deadline grades, right about where they often find themselves, caught somewhere between liking where they are but wanting to get better, but also fretting over the difference in cost between hoping they get better and guaranteeing they will. [/QUOTE]
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