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10-31-2013, 11:32 AM | #3556 |
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There has been a theme in this thread that the Cardinals front office is way overvaluing many of the prospects in the system, so I don't know where he got that garbage.
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10-31-2013, 12:42 PM | #3557 | ||
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A 7 games series isn't a "short" series. Describing it as such makes no sense. Obviously, any period of just 7 games is a small sample size, and should not be used exclusively to make any long term planning/decisions unless something truly extraordinary is involved. But what you posted doesn't answer my statement. I said: Quote:
Note also that not many guys in the Red Sox lineup were terribly worrisome either, in my view. I'm sure you guys saw guys like Drew, Ross etc. as automatic outs, by and large, though each had a few critical hits here and there, which was a huge difference-maker in the series, as the bottom third of the Cards order gave them, literally, nothing.
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10-31-2013, 01:12 PM | #3558 |
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It shouldn't need to be scrawled out in crayon. If the Cardinals had five of the six best hitters in the series, you should have been worried regardless of what happened after the fact. To not be worried is to display complete ignorance of what you're watching.
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10-31-2013, 01:16 PM | #3559 |
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I don't know of anyone who would view Drew as an automatic out. You can't take anyone for granted in the playoffs. Just ask us who Jerry Hairston, Craig Counsell, and Marco Scutaro are.
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10-31-2013, 01:35 PM | #3560 | |
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Ignorance of the Cardinals hitters? Yes, I have that. Did I not mention that I don't watch much baseball? If not, let me say it again -- I don't watch much baseball. Like none, really. It's a boring sport with long, boring games played during a long, boring season. Wake me when the playoffs start. By game 5/6, I knew who I needed to be worried about on the Cards based on how they were performing in that series. And I knew that Drew wasn't exactly lighting it up. And obviously even Bucky F'ing Dent can hit a home run, and every MLB hitter is potentially going to get a hit, but nobody will confuse Drew for Papi, or Freese for Beltran or Molina. After all, there's a reason they're hitting in the 7 or 8 spots.
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10-31-2013, 01:48 PM | #3561 | |
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That is NOT being down on a player long term in the least. http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...na#post9848595 |
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10-31-2013, 02:17 PM | #3562 | |
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10-31-2013, 03:15 PM | #3563 |
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I believe this is just a fansite, (I've never heard of it) so consider the source and don't shoot the messenger:
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10-31-2013, 03:30 PM | #3564 |
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Done.
But it seems extremely unlikely. Miller wouldn't be enough for Profar, but Miller and Martinez might be.
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For what it's worth, I say move Miller and Adams for Profar, if that's what it takes. Keep Craig at 1B and go out and try to bring in a CF, although I'd have to look and see who would even be available. I'm not sold on OT handling CF for 140+ games, and I don't want Jay there either.
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10-31-2013, 04:29 PM | #3567 | |
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We're going to need Craig in RF and I still like Adams at 1b long-term. I love a big lefty slugger in the lineup and Adams is simply a better defensive 1b than Craig. Hell, he might actually be a better baserunner than Craig (who was a hideous baserunner even before the injury). Adams is a legit ballplayer. Besides, his postseason likely murdered his trade value anyway. We have arms in the system, we don't have many bats. I'd give another arm up before I'd give up Adams. And I'd gamble on the come with Profar before I went after Tulo. Tulo has some split issues of his own, not to mention a massive contract and an obvious injury history. Player for player, given our payroll structure, I'd take Profar over Tulo.
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10-31-2013, 04:31 PM | #3568 | |
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Can't hit LH pitching very well, has a long swing etc. I just hate moving Martinez, I'd see if they'd take Jenkins and Lynn before that. |
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10-31-2013, 04:32 PM | #3569 |
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However, if you can keep Beltran, while also gaining a legit SS and keeping Adams and Craig, I'd be all for that.
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10-31-2013, 05:08 PM | #3570 |
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No, it didn't.
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