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Originally Posted by Dr. noonanbeermefever
I always respect your takes Deez but I don't think this was/is necessarily the year to go all in. Detroit is the clear favorite while our team is mega young and still needs time to grow imo. Adding a guy like Jackson isn't going to change that.
I see more Cardinal games than any other team and he was solid but I wasn't very impressed by a lot of his outings. Why over-spend on a guy if you aren't really convinced about him when you have so many good, young arms in your system and guys like Paulino were diamonds in the rough? I know I'm among the minority but I'm glad we didn't go all in for Jackson.
I know everyone is hyped up about this season... and I am too... but lets be realistic about the experience on this team. Winning the division this year would be WAY over-achieving. If we're in a position to do it after the break then we can make a deal or two. In the meantime I think we're still mostly in a grow and see what we have stage.
JMO.
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I don't think adding another starter at (in baseball terms) minimal cost is really going "all in." For example, if we signed Jackson for 2 at 22, would this really prohibit anything? Of course not.
And I agree that Detroit is the favorite, but the Royals certainly have a shot at the division if things break right; we're not in need of miracles here for that to happen.