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Getting a middle of the order bat without drafting them

Posted on: July 16, 2018 at 12:19:17 CT

BOILERTIGER MU

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Seems to be almost impossible anymore.

What other championship caliber team has been able to do that recently? I guess the Yankees this year with Stanton and the Red Sox with Martinez but they haven't won a title yet.

It's really really hard to do right now. As good as the Cardinals farm system has been held up to be it has not been able to produce at the MLB level the same as the Yankees/Red Sox/Cubs/Astros/Dodgers in recent years.

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If the Cardinals finish around .500 will Mozeliak keep - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 10:39:34

Mo ain’t going anythwere (nm) - Hbombtiger STL - 7/16 12:42:21

He just got a promotion - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 10:58:43

Matheny just signed an extension, too (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:46:25

Every GM has hits and misses BUT it's not his fault that - Nebraska99 STL - 7/16 11:01:13

I don't completely agree with that - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:06:33

They have been trying to find new elite talent - BOILERTIGER MU

- 7/16 11:35:29

They traded a top 100 prospect for Ozuna - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:37:12

Ozuna was a weird choice for me - BOILERTIGER MU

- 7/16 11:53:55

they wanted Yelich more, but at the time he was not availabl - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/16 12:47:19

The asking price for Yelich was higher - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 13:02:21

Yea, the word was Yellich would be the piece in - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 13:01:36

This is why i am low on Mo - I can't figure out what he is - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 12:01:31

Getting a middle of the order bat without drafting them - BOILERTIGER MU

- 7/16 12:19:17

Sounds like this kid they took this year can rake.(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 12:29:31

Was hitting quite a few homers last I saw(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 12:33:19

RE: Was hitting quite a few homers last I saw(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 12:41:48

Good to see him hit for avg too(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 13:01:32

Goodness, and he's only 18? - BOILERTIGER MU

- 7/16 12:47:10

Those weird long term deals are the strangest thing I've - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:16:14

I don't either and they have done it with a lot of guys - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:33:15

I feel like this is something they've been doing for a while - BOILERTIGER MU

- 7/16 11:36:37

Albert was a no brainer, the first one of these was Allen - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 12:00:54

Just in the last 3 years they have given out - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:40:48

I didn't think the Dejong deal was bad. Pretty cheap if he - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:17:01

They just seem to be doing it a lot - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:35:32

I just think he should have held off one more year before - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:18:28

I like the deal but am unsure of the point in doing it - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:19:41

Yea, Diaz looked like a stud 2 years ago. (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:22:47

He was an all-star wasn't he? Crazy decline(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:25:58

Girsch is no more than GM than you or I. He didn't even get - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:00:47

He tried to speak, but like every time he does he makes Odom - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:03:07

Worst thing this team did was get rid of Luhnow - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 7/16 11:07:11

He has VERY diligently operated the "Cardinal Way" - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/16 10:50:49

Not signing Scherzer was a big mistake. (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 10:56:14

Matheny got ribbed for the team being so unfundamentally - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 10:52:58

Not sure I agree with this exactly, Shildt maybe managed - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 10:57:53

Dejong still isn't a shortstop.(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:04:11

I want him at 3rd(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:07:22

Agree, I also would like to see some more of Munoz. Trade - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:14:00

I like Jose's bat but he's hard to put on the field in NL - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:16:38

Yadi isn't a defensive or fundamental issue at all. He - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:00:12

Wong plays stellar defense, Gyorko was from Padres, - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:07:02

There are also base running issues which are unreal(nm) - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:14:05

Jimmy ballgame talks about how bad they are at reading the - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:19:40

We do enough little things like that wrong enough to where - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:15:31

Yes and Matheny was the scapegoat for it all(nm) - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:15:52

Indeed, just how the game goes, someone had to go - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:18:19

Part of the job of being the head guy. Happens in all sports - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:17:25

I don't have an issue with firing Matheny but Mozeliak - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 11:19:00

Wouldn't hurt my feelings.(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 7/16 11:51:48

I don't think anybody would cry if Mo got canned too - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 7/16 11:21:23

Definitely the worst defensive team since the 70s? - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/16 10:57:52

Prediction - Eggs MU - 7/16 10:42:08

2nd wildcard is the only chance they have and that - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 10:43:45

Still a LOT of baseball left to be played. nm - Nebraska99 STL - 7/16 10:44:49

Not catching the Cubs.(nm) - TheWildcat STL - 7/16 10:48:18

1 team outside of a division leader in the NL - Eggs MU - 7/16 11:02:42