Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Let's take all that at face value.
Donaldson wants to be a Brave and the Braves want him there until Riley is ready.
The Braves have a REALLY nice fit for the Cardinals in Johan Camargo; nice young 3b who profiles as a long-term plus defender. He has good strike zone and contact skills and 20+ HR power. More critically, he's a switch hitter with no discernible platoon splits.
A good organization sees Donaldson to the Braves not as a miss, but as a MAJOR opportunity. Get the Braves on the horn and see what it would take to get Camargo out of there. See if Tyler O'Neill gets it done. Hell, the Braves badly need a long-term catcher and everyone wants arms - how about Kelly and Hudson?
There's a fantastic fit available to the Cards at 3b who is cost controlled. If Mozeliak had any stones at all, he'd be working that deal right now; he'd get it done, move Gyorko to backfill the arm lost in the trade and get Harper signed w/ the excess cash he frees up by getting a cost-controlled option at 3b.
The problem is that this organization is just flush out of ideas.
Why do that when you can go after a vet like Moose and pay him with a multi-year deal for age 30 and beyond. Added points for him coming off a cheap 1 year deal where he had a little less production than he did in the season prior to signing it. [Reply]
Matheny's stench is going to last for a while. No one wants to come here now.
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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball:
Of course they don't. Mo is a turd that should have been flushed with Holland, Pham, and Matheny...
it goes beyond anything Mo has done or will do. Matheny fucked it up big time. But still there are issues for the Cardinals going forward that the best manager and GM in the league won’t solve. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball:
Of course they don't. Mo is a turd that should have been flushed with Holland, Pham, and Matheny...
You have to be trolling to be this wrong.
Pham has had back to back solid seasons. His career OPS and OPS+ is .856 and 130 respectively...far from a turd, especially at the salary we were paying him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by VAChief:
You have to be trolling to be this wrong.
Pham has had back to back solid seasons. His career OPS and OPS+ is .856 and 130 respectively...far from a turd, especially at the salary we were paying him.
And cost controlled. And put up a 2.6 WAR in 39 games with the Rays after he was dumped for some reason. [Reply]
Originally Posted by VAChief:
You have to be trolling to be this wrong.
Pham has had back to back solid seasons. His career OPS and OPS+ is .856 and 130 respectively...far from a turd, especially at the salary we were paying him.
Nope....Mo is a big turd. Turdy is a small one. [Reply]
