St Louis Cardinals 2024

#1,727      

 
Last edited:
#1,731      
Sad Sesame Street GIF by Muppet Wiki
 
#1,733      

 
#1,735      
Gonna get a bucket list item done. Made flight/rental car reservations today for spring training. Gonna catch the games on 3/11 & 3/12.
 
#1,736      
Gonna get a bucket list item done. Made flight/rental car reservations today for spring training. Gonna catch the games on 3/11 & 3/12.
I went a few years ago...fun.

One piece of advice....if the cardinals are playing the marlins and the marlins are the home team, then the cardinals will be warming up on the practice field by the stadium. You can really get up close.

20140323_112029.jpg
20140323_113519.jpg
 
#1,741      
Tommy Edman 2024 NLCS MVP. Happy for him. What did we get back for him again? 🤬
I don't hate the fact that we traded Tommy Edman, I just think it was another example of a bad decision on WHEN to make the trade.

The return we got for him was actually good as far as his value at the time. But if we'd traded him at LAST year's deadline, we probably get a significantly better return. If we had traded Dylan Carlson in 2022, we would have gotten a very good return for him, instead of basically nothing. If we'd held onto TON and let him mash a few homers, maybe we could have gotten something for him. If we'd traded Goldy either last season or this season (particularly at last year's trade deadline) we could have gotten a significant return. Now we get nothing.

I think there is a real reluctance to trade anyone that's producing on the risk that they keep producing. The problem is, you're then only trading players at their lowest possible trade value, and don't get much, if anything, in return.

Assuming the team is serious about decreasing salary this offseason, I would trade Brendan Donovan right now. I think he's a good valuable player who is never going to be better than he is right now. As he ages his positional flexibility is going to decrease and that's like 90% of his value. I would possibly trade Burly. It's painful but if you're going to trade some of these guys you have to do it when they look untradeable, because that's when people will overpay for them.
 
#1,742      


 
#1,743      
#1,745      
Rob Cerfolio and Willie are both "Assistant General managers"? Kind of interesting. I realize Cerfolio is dealing with player development. I wonder what Willie's focus will be.
 
#1,749      
Unless MLB is willing to lift their ridiculous (archaic) blackout regs I don't think it really matters what cable company a team uses.
Right? You live a hundred miles from the stadium, decide that you will hop on over and watch in person since it is blacked out. Morons! Put it on TV and charge more for advertising since the team's fans will actually be watching.
 
#1,750      
I live over 200 miles away from ST. Louis and am blacked out on MLB network............it's ridiculous the way the blackout rules are and makes no sense at all..........Same way with NHL network...................It's 2024 everyone , fix this dilemma............
 
Back