My god, if ambivalent ownership/leadership is a positive here, the Cardinals are ****ing GOLDEN....

Just sayin…. :rolleyes:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have acquired LHP JoJo Romero from the Phillies in exchange for SS Edmundo Sosa. <br><br>Romero has been assigned to Memphis (AAA). <br><br>SS Paul DeJong has been recalled from Memphis (AAA). <a href="https://t.co/dgy5ncubHE">pic.twitter.com/dgy5ncubHE</a></p>&mdash; St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1553442534247899136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Pirates will steal Soto at the last minute.

Just kidding.

Awesome! This is a great trade! His 13 era for the season (7.85 career) will fit right in with the rest of our pen. Mo will have Mormol touting him as the next great starter by the end of the season.

To be fair, he's only pitched 21 innings in the majors. He was a control guy with pretty decent numbers until he hit AAA when something pretty clearly happened with his mechanics and he out of nowhere started walking nearly 6 batters per 9. His first year in the majors he gained it back and had a 7.59 ERA but the Phillies defense is trash and his FIP was 3.66. He's walking guys again, but it's a really small sample size. There's stuff there to work with and you traded Sosa so there's really not much more you could ask for.

I could ask not to be stuck with DeJong anymore!

Well, Winn might see time in the majors next year as a late season call up, so DeJong's time is coming.






























In before they trade Winn for Montas.

I hate to agree with you but, you are correct. Sosa ain't worth shit.What do you expect? If he gets his mechanics right, he is way more valuable than Sosa. And Sosa is not a trade piece that any potential team trading would want even as a throw in.

Twitter is starting to light up with rumors the Cards are the front runners for Soto. I'm about 50/50 on whether I actually want them to give up that many guys for him. I know I know they are "prospects" for a reason.

Hopefully they have an extension worked out if they do because if they don't lock him up this could be a huge gamble.

Also WTF did the Brewers trade Hader to the Padres? They are also rumored to be shopping Wong.

WTH?

Kind of wondering why this thread wasn't active with discussion. Figured you guys knew it was BS. From what I understand its pretty much a 3 team race between the Cardinals, Padres, and Dodgers.

I'm all for getting Soto as long as one of Walker and Gorman stays. Will be disappointed if they don't acquire a starter, though.

Yea its not going to do any good this season if they don't acquire some pitching as well.

I cant believe the Brewers are selling right now. Makes no sense to me.

I don't think trading Hader on the surface is that crazy. He's making $11 mil. right now and is up for arbitration. He's gotten hammered in 2 appearances but otherwise has been solid.

However, I don't think paying him that much or more going forward would be a wise commitment. The Brewers also got a lot in return.

As for Wong, probably the same idea.