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Mercado was the trade that I really didn't see an angle to

Posted on: April 10, 2019 at 09:59:02 CT

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High draft pick that was near mlb ready - and they traded him for lower level prospects. Moving him looked like they were clearing a "logjam" and adding #s.

Ozuna is FA at the end of the year & Fowler needs to go; I would have rather they kept Mercado.

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Players Cardinals have traded away that are in the bigs - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 09:24:05

Need to compare that to what was acquired as well. My - Erwin Fletcher STL - 4/10 13:38:58

It's pretty amazing how good the player development is - Uncle John MU

- 4/10 09:40:48

We've also had a few more like Oscar Mercado (Indians) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 09:47:11

Mercado was the trade that I really didn't see an angle to - tigerdb MU - 4/10 09:59:02

Agree, liked everything I saw from him in ST games - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 10:00:53

Yep, he has a lot of promise. The Cardinals lower levels are - Uncle John MU

- 4/10 09:49:36

They aren't all stars but they do produce MLB players at a - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 09:52:10

RE: Players Cardinals have traded away that are in the bigs - sYsTiger MU - 4/10 09:39:19

Weaver with the 6.75 era - that was a great move. - tigerdb MU - 4/10 09:34:46

Same(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 09:45:48

Leake - 2.92, Miller - 9.53, Alcantara - 1.50, Kelly - 13.50 - KCT-BoneTiger A - 4/10 09:38:50

Kelly is small sample size - Mormad MU - 4/10 09:59:43

Gonzalez is 4-0 with a 3.16 era. - tigerdb MU - 4/10 09:41:53

You win some trades, you lose some - Domino MU

- 4/10 09:45:18

Agreed - and fowler needs to go, so that we can see more - tigerdb MU - 4/10 09:53:05

I remember being excited when he had Alcantara and Junior - Domino MU

- 4/10 09:59:31

I recall the one knock on Alcantara being that his 100 mph - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 10:02:20

They obviously whiffed on that take. (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 4/10 10:04:15

Who would you want? - kcmizzou99 MU - 4/10 09:34:09

Alcantara would have been nice to keep - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 4/10 09:45:31

their 2019 batting stats comparison thus far - KCT-BoneTiger A - 4/10 09:34:09

big sample size(nm) - TigerA MU - 4/10 09:37:44

HUGE sample size (nm) - KCT-BoneTiger A - 4/10 09:39:07

fire matheny!(nm) - NWMizzouFan MU

- 4/10 09:31:17

Thank God (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 4/10 09:42:28