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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1803541" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/goold-after-summer-fun-cardinals-unceremonious-fall-highlights-rising-cost-of-contention/article_78fe9892-dcae-5c1e-a9b8-a28d9bb1b86b.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p></p><p>His hair not yet dry from the manager’s orchestrated Champagne ambush, Cardinals executive John Mozeliak stood near the team’s celebration — the spoils of a division title — and could see the future his staff had been preparing for, one they could no longer postpone.</p><p>Across the room from him stood the fixtures of past and present: two retiring greats, Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols, and nearby was venerable starter Adam Wainwright. All drenched. <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/hitting-out-loud-cardinals-icon-albert-pujols-incomparable-career-echoes-endures/article_00ca5b6c-0769-5f25-9e59-ea2d443a2843.html" target="_blank">Pujols picked up where he left off</a>, back in the playoffs with the Cardinals just like he was the last time he wore the redbirds, in 2011. Molina and Wainwright remained the constants, the battery that powered 15 consecutive winning seasons and won four National League pennants. <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/the-mainstay-yadier-molina-outwitted-outworked-opponents-in-legendary-cardinals-career/article_62182e76-a144-5a04-8225-3258181920e6.html" target="_blank">Molina personified the Cardinals’ continuum</a>, connecting the 100-win teams of 2004 and 2005 through 2022, his 13th autumn in the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>An abrupt exit from the postseason meant what Mozeliak watched in Milwaukee were the last splashes of success for that trio together, a prelude to the moment the Cardinals knew was coming.</p><p>It proved to be brightest before dusk.</p><p>“You trade for Nolan Arenado because you’re trading for greatness. You trade for Paul Goldschmidt because you want greatness,” president of baseball operations Mozeliak said, motioning toward the MVP candidates in the middle of the lineup, a Champagne bottle in his hand. “The way we were thinking was, yes, we understood we had some players who were on the downward side of their careers — Yadi and Waino. And then we’re looking at this: How can we re-establish the elite talent the Cardinals have always had?</p><p>“We could not wait for it,” Mozeliak said. “You can develop it. Or, you can trade for it. Or, you can sign it. And we chose to trade for it.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1803541, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/goold-after-summer-fun-cardinals-unceremonious-fall-highlights-rising-cost-of-contention/article_78fe9892-dcae-5c1e-a9b8-a28d9bb1b86b.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] His hair not yet dry from the manager’s orchestrated Champagne ambush, Cardinals executive John Mozeliak stood near the team’s celebration — the spoils of a division title — and could see the future his staff had been preparing for, one they could no longer postpone. Across the room from him stood the fixtures of past and present: two retiring greats, Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols, and nearby was venerable starter Adam Wainwright. All drenched. [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/hitting-out-loud-cardinals-icon-albert-pujols-incomparable-career-echoes-endures/article_00ca5b6c-0769-5f25-9e59-ea2d443a2843.html']Pujols picked up where he left off[/URL], back in the playoffs with the Cardinals just like he was the last time he wore the redbirds, in 2011. Molina and Wainwright remained the constants, the battery that powered 15 consecutive winning seasons and won four National League pennants. [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/the-mainstay-yadier-molina-outwitted-outworked-opponents-in-legendary-cardinals-career/article_62182e76-a144-5a04-8225-3258181920e6.html']Molina personified the Cardinals’ continuum[/URL], connecting the 100-win teams of 2004 and 2005 through 2022, his 13th autumn in the playoffs. An abrupt exit from the postseason meant what Mozeliak watched in Milwaukee were the last splashes of success for that trio together, a prelude to the moment the Cardinals knew was coming. It proved to be brightest before dusk. “You trade for Nolan Arenado because you’re trading for greatness. You trade for Paul Goldschmidt because you want greatness,” president of baseball operations Mozeliak said, motioning toward the MVP candidates in the middle of the lineup, a Champagne bottle in his hand. “The way we were thinking was, yes, we understood we had some players who were on the downward side of their careers — Yadi and Waino. And then we’re looking at this: How can we re-establish the elite talent the Cardinals have always had? “We could not wait for it,” Mozeliak said. “You can develop it. Or, you can trade for it. Or, you can sign it. And we chose to trade for it.” [/QUOTE]
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