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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1803540" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-cardinals-retain-front-office-move-into-the-offseason-from-a-position-of-strength/article_ab5c9b13-2df0-5f60-971b-d3794084a157.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Jeff%20Gordon" target="_blank">Jeff Gordon</a></p><p></p><p>As expected, the Cardinals kept their top baseball executives on board for next season.</p><p>Owner Bill DeWitt Jr. values management continuity and stability. He’s pretty boring that way.</p><p>The team announced new multiyear contracts for general manager <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-extend-contracts-with-gm-michael-girsch-and-scouting-director-randy-flores/article_74e0d6d2-10ee-5645-8935-1e1eeac2fad6.html" target="_blank">Michael Girsch and scouting czar Randy Flores</a> on Monday. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak was already locked in thanks to an earlier extension.</p><p>So the band stayed together after the team’s <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/poof-cardinals-magic-season-vanishes-in-sweep-their-next-trick-is-up-to-new-core/article_c112c4db-9a8d-5b53-b7f0-28cbb0df97cc.html" target="_blank">disappointing playoff loss</a> to the Phillies. That was a bad ending to the organization’s otherwise strong year overall.</p><p>The Cardinals enjoyed their 15th consecutive winning season and reached the postseason for the 10th time in that span. They also managed their long-term assets well while building a critical mass of talent.</p><p></p><p>Their mix of productive veterans and young, cost-controlled players gives them leverage to build a special team during the next few seasons.</p><p>Now let’s see if this front office can seize that opportunity.</p><p>The expanded bracket creates an easier path to postseason play. But advancing in the playoffs is harder than ever, as the defending world champion Atlanta Braves and the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers discovered while getting eliminated over the weekend.</p><p>“You never know what’s going to happen; you don’t know what team’s going to get hot, what things have to go right for you to go deep into the postseason,” Braves manager Brian Snitker noted after his team’s demise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1803540, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/gordo-cardinals-retain-front-office-move-into-the-offseason-from-a-position-of-strength/article_ab5c9b13-2df0-5f60-971b-d3794084a157.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Jeff%20Gordon']Jeff Gordon[/URL] As expected, the Cardinals kept their top baseball executives on board for next season. Owner Bill DeWitt Jr. values management continuity and stability. He’s pretty boring that way. The team announced new multiyear contracts for general manager [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/cardinals-extend-contracts-with-gm-michael-girsch-and-scouting-director-randy-flores/article_74e0d6d2-10ee-5645-8935-1e1eeac2fad6.html']Michael Girsch and scouting czar Randy Flores[/URL] on Monday. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak was already locked in thanks to an earlier extension. So the band stayed together after the team’s [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/poof-cardinals-magic-season-vanishes-in-sweep-their-next-trick-is-up-to-new-core/article_c112c4db-9a8d-5b53-b7f0-28cbb0df97cc.html']disappointing playoff loss[/URL] to the Phillies. That was a bad ending to the organization’s otherwise strong year overall. The Cardinals enjoyed their 15th consecutive winning season and reached the postseason for the 10th time in that span. They also managed their long-term assets well while building a critical mass of talent. Their mix of productive veterans and young, cost-controlled players gives them leverage to build a special team during the next few seasons. Now let’s see if this front office can seize that opportunity. The expanded bracket creates an easier path to postseason play. But advancing in the playoffs is harder than ever, as the defending world champion Atlanta Braves and the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers discovered while getting eliminated over the weekend. “You never know what’s going to happen; you don’t know what team’s going to get hot, what things have to go right for you to go deep into the postseason,” Braves manager Brian Snitker noted after his team’s demise. [/QUOTE]
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