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Originally Posted by O.city
The fans won't like it, but would standing pat this offseason be the worst idea? I mean, they aren't catching the Cubs with a few slap dick cfers and 3rd baseman.
Get the payroll in order, improve the margins, hope guys within improve and throw money at a machado if he hits free agency
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"improve the margins" - that's cute.
The Cardinals have been one of if not the most profitable teams in baseball over the last 5 years (due in no small part to the lack of debt service and relatively cheap stadium DeWitt snagged).
And with all that "Payroll Muscle" we've seen the club develop a skill for being the first in line with the next best offer.
They're not signing Machado or Harper and it doesn't matter how strong the margins are. DeWitt will just buy another summer home.
Ultimately I agree with you - no sense in throwing money at this team; it's not going to be a good team either way unless they get lucky and fall ass backwards into an undervalued asset. The problem is that the team doesn't appear to be looking for undervalued, they seem to be looking for expensive veteran mediocrity to ensure that Matheny will actually PLAY the guy.
It's just a shitty organization right now. Near as I can tell, the only thing they do correctly is nothing and then they even manage to **** that up. Dodging the Heyward bullet only to throw yourself in front of another slightly smaller bullet in Mike Leake is pretty much the best we can hope for from Mozeliak and crew right now.
So just pray that Flores really knows what he's doing and drafts his ass off because Luhnow's efforts are the only reason Mozeliak's ever won anything and Flores will be the only reason he wins anything going forward.