I just don't understand the thought process behind wasting significant money on pitchers of the Lynn/Gibson caliber. If you can't call up a pitcher from the minors to put up innings with a 5+ ERA then your minor leagues are a miserable failure. Why not spend a little more to get something that you have a decent chance to get a quality performance out of & fill in the "replacement level" players from the minors for low salary. It's something they constantly do, like paying Corey Dickerson $5 million when he'd had an OPS in the low .700's for 2 seasons. You should have been able to use a minor leaguer for the minimum salary to post a sub .700 OPS & spent the remainder to get an actual good player.
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You'll watch Matz and like it or you aren't a real part of the BFIB!
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Because calling up a guy to fill a gaping hole with sub par play doesn't keep dummies going to games 3 million times a year. They get enough guys people have heard of for low cost and people keep showing up because "They tried" but player X just got hurt or player Y under performed.
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Cheap bullet catchers. That's all.

Grist for the mill; meat for the grinder. In a way it's a positive development in that they're NOT doing anything stupid to save Mozeliak's job in a short-term push for relevance.

No, they're all but acknowledging that the 2024 Cardinals aren't going to win anything and never were going to.

Now the counterpoint to that is if this team actually believed that, they'd trade Goldschmidt rather than enter into extension talks with him.

A combination of these two things really only yields one conclusion - they're just stupid. Or they think we are. Frankly it's probably a bit of both.
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Lynn might be completely shot, I agree.

Gibson is an actual mid-to-end of rotation starter who can eat innings and I'm not sure the Cardinals currently have someone in Memphis who can do that yet. Additionally, with how the contracts are set up for Gibson, Lynn, Gray, Mikolas, and Matz, they're likely looking at a combination of someone developing from the minors and additional acquisitions via trade or FA to replace them in the rotation. With how the contracts are structured, this also lessens the $ commitment/opens up roster spots.
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Can glorious leader Kim just fucking nuke Dodger Stadium already
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Yup. Even if they choke in the playoffs for the next 10 years it’s bad for baseball.
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Payroll nearing 300 million
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One team spending a billion $'s on 2 players is not good for baseball.
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I just hope they continue to be choke artists but they've finally thrown enough money around that a few titles are probably inevitable. It will be like the 90s yankees all over again.
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I'm curious what is the reason?
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It's a lot better than a dozen teams spending less than $100 million on 26 players.

The issue is as much (more) teams crying poor than it is teams like the Dodgers being willing to spend.

The money is in the system. Plenty of it, in fact. 80% of the teams in baseball should be spending more than they are, IMO. The Cardinals chief among them - second only to the Orioles with Peter Angelos sitting on a potential pennant winner but refusing to add pitching (and acting galled when the possibility is discussed).

This is one where I have to agree with Boras. The question isn't why some teams are willing to spend $30 million on a potential top of the rotation starter - it's why more teams AREN'T willing to do so.
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Because Mo has the keys to the safe of our franchise, that's why, if it was the Cardinals spending like this i wouldn't care one bit.
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I agree all the owners have more money to spend that they are. But..... Why don't they? Why no pressure?

Look at the NFL. They didn't just put a cap on how much a team can spend, they put a floor too. That's the only reason some of the NFL owners aren't hoarding and pocketing more profits.

We all agree Dewitt can spend more, a lot more. He is a billionaire pocketing cash made off the team instead of putting that money into players. But even if he did, he cant match what the Yankees and Dodgers could offer a player. A cap and floor is what baseball needs to move forward.

90% of the baseball fans left only cheer or watch their teams games. Baseball is slowly dying. I understand that we would lose a season, at least, if the owners played hardball to get a cap and floor in place. I hate that option and have no hope whatsoever it ever happens but thats what its going to take.
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The biggest problem isn't necessarily the salaries. The guys who get the big bucks normally fuck a team over because they are on the wrong side of the age gap. Baseball you don't get paid in your prime unless you get called up when your 21. Most get to the bigs at what 24/25. 6 arbitration years. You are 31/32 when you get the big deal. You might have a year or two worth then you suck ass for the most part. Royals got lucky that Hosmer turned their offer down because he would be classic example. Lorenzo Cain is a better one, because he got paid by Milwaukee. Had one good year then broke dick. Until MLBPA decides to get younger players paid instead of old stiff dicks, it really won't matter.
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