“For the most part we are still committed to trying to win”.

/Mo
Today in STL Today article

Better hope a Mike Trout drops to you in the draft.

Fire him.

Fowler is the next to last worst hitter in MLB. .178. Only Chris Davis is worse. Since Matheny was fired, he has started every game. He’s hitting .200. There has been no turnaround nor improvement.

The Cardinals say there is a logjam of players in the outfield. You don’t think Bader and or O’neill improve your defense over Fowler? They Can’t hit >.200?
Your not playing to win. Don’t piss on our boots and tell us it’s raining.

I would think Bader wouldn't have anything to do with Fowler. He should be in CF.

Bader and O’neill are both CF. Both good defensively and fast.

As if on que, Bader doubles. O’neill Singles him home for the lead. O’neil Steals 2B.

$50+ million is a lot of shit to eat but at this point we’re are getting pretty deep into the season with no signs of life. Just looked and Chris Davis is still owed 92M after this year. Ouch.

That's what separates teams like Boston and the Dodgers. They are willing to eat shit on a bad contract, like Carl Crawford, whereas the Cardinals won't.

They could still bring up O'Neill and give Bader run with Pham here if they were willing to eat Fowler's deal, but just like Holland, they embody the Sunk Cost Fallacy.

O'Neill really isn't a CF, but Fowler has to play by edict, so they make two defensive positions worse at once.

Sandoval is another good example where Boston just cut a guy who clearly didn’t have it anymore and still had a ton left on his deal. Granted those two teams have much larger payrolls but the idea is still the same. Just because a guy is getting paid a lot isn’t a reason to let them continue to eat up space and playing time with a negative WAR.

Yup. Bad contracts happen, but holding on to them is what really hurt this team.

The Cardinals and every other team received this year a one time payout of $50 million from the sale of MLB.TV software that they get to use for free in perpetuity.

Thats free found money. Use it to make one of your problems go away. Get some #20 prospect and trade him. Give the team the $50 million. Issue resolved. Addition by subtraction.

Yeah I liked Pham but someone had to go. He's just been too inconsistent. At 30 years old, he is what he is.

In what reality is he in? Hicks is your 9th inning guy. We just lost a prospect for 6 weeks of Norris. Really!@#??

Yep, I posted my pitchers in 2019. You can never have enough pitching but we have enough to compete. As is obvious to everyone, an inconsistent offense is the issue along with a shitty defense,

:# You play to win the game Mo!

Cards walk off win in the 9th after going into the inning down 2-1.

Yup they will stay just mediocre enough to miss the playoffs by 1 or 2 games.

The good news is Matheny is already fired, if they miss out narrowly this year I don’t really care.

The better news is the team was fun to watch today. A couple of great plays by O’Neill, only 7 strikeouts instead of the 15 we were seeing earlier in the year, and Bader’s speed winning the game is a welcome change.