Be skeptical, then. Your choice to ignore the facts in front of you. They've made the best offer to 2 of the biggest named players available in 3 years and both said no to a perennial playoff team. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Can we now list the other examples where the Cardinals chose not to go be the highest bidder? I'm gonna say that list is bigger than 2.
Name the ones you regret them missing out on, in hindsight.
Pujols?
Heyward?
I'm not a Cardinals fan so you can help out a little here, I'm assuming. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
Be skeptical, then. Your choice to ignore the facts in front of you. They've made the best offer to 2 of the biggest named players available in 3 years and both said no to a perennial playoff team.
I'm gonna say we need more than 2 instances to determine if this is a trend but carry on.
Especially when we have the amount of situations that have gone the other way in the past however many years we wanna set. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
He's already getting paid. They had the best offer on the table for him and the Marlins preferred to send him to StL, but the guy in control, much like a free agent, said no.
Are you really this obtuse?
I honestly feel like Matheny is not a guy people want to play for. He's a terrible in game manager and he has the reputation of picking clubhouse favorites. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
So you regret them coming in 2nd on the bidding for a guy who signed a $200M contract and is now in the bullpen? Ok...
Good to see you brought a real strong argument to the table.
True, but he also would have been in the national league and possibly played out differently as the Sox rode him in the ground IIRC, and he pitched a crazy amount of innings.
But I also don't really know how strong of an argument the Heyward one is when he's clearly shown to have been over paid and not worth the contract. Looks like everyone dropped the ball there. [Reply]
It's a hell of a lot better than an argument from a Cardinals fan saying they don't try and can't name a single player they came in 2nd on that doesn't look like an albatross today. [Reply]
I'm to lazy to look up the many examples we've had the last couple years where we'eve been fed "we tried, just came up short, gotta keep the powder dry" so ok.
And sure they try. The try just hard enough to appear they try hard. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
It's a hell of a lot better than an argument from a Cardinals fan saying they don't try and can't name a single player they came in 2nd on that doesn't look like an albatross today.
glad we came in 2nd with Pujols, Hayward and Price. [Reply]
