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Let's turn off reality for a minute. What of these deals are deals that - if the Cardinals had any balls at all - the other team would make?
Goldschmidt, Flaherty and Montgomery to Baltimore for Colton Cowser and DL Hall
Arenado to Arizona for Brandon Pfaadt (we eat some contract in the deal)
O'Neill (if healthy) to Cleveland for Aaron Civale
Contreras and $40 million to - who gives a ****? Just go away.
Every team involved in those deals badly needs what I'm offering (RH offense and SP for Baltimore, 3b for AZ and RH power for Cleveland). And each of them have a significant amount of depth in the areas I've targeted.
The Cardinals can eat a ton of those contracts if necessary to facilitate the trades and still get leaner and more flexible for the new management I'm bringing in after I make 'em. The trades free up positions for the young players on this roster to let them actually play where they may be successful on defense. It retains some rotation depth this season (Pfaadt is big league ready, Civale is an established veteran) and creates a ton of competition into next season with Hall, McGreevy, Graceffo and Thompson. It opens the C position back up for Knizner (who looked credible just before he got thrown back to the bench because Mozeliak got tired of answering questions) and Herrera, who's been our best minor leaguer this year. Again.
So is the catch that I'm just asking for way too much in return for the guys I'm moving?
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