I guess we don't have to win the world series every year.

He isnt lying. They could... it would just not be good.

Age and upside.

If you think you're the team that can take the gains in contact that Heyward has made and combine it with the power stroke he showed in his first and third seasons, then you think Heyward can be a legitimate MVP player - a superlative defender who is also capable of a .900 OPS, 25 HRs and 20 SBs.

I absolutely believe there are teams out there that could manage that. I watch his swing as a rookie and there is so much ability in there. The problem is that he re-worked his swing completely right before the 2012 season and to his credit, it actually appeared to work. But you could see the beginnings of that cramped mess his swing has now become. Pitchers adjusted to it and he doubled down on the cramped mess rather than doing what he should have done which was to open himself up a bit more (go back towards where he was as a rookie). I think it would do wonders for syncing up his top/bottom halves. It would help him get his front foot down on time and go out to attack those pitches on the inner half. It would allow him to extend more on inside pitches and really drive balls instead of just getting sawed off and grounding out (or if he's lucky, fisting a humpback liner for a single).

So on one hand you can say that the only difference between Gordon and Heyward is age, but that's not entirely accurate - with that age and with his early career success comes so much untapped potential. Gordon is who he is - a player who's good years are going to be pretty similar to Heywards floor going forward. But with Heyward, there is talent there to be on Trout Light and there's still plenty of time to unlock it.

For the Cardinals, it's not worth that $100 million, IMO, because they don't teach an approach that will unlock his potential. There are teams and coaches that can though.

Didn't we run with something similar for a good chunk of last season?

Not that I recall. We did platoon Dyson/Orlando for Gordon for 6-8 weeks I believe. Fortunately Rios got hot about that time.

Just not sure relying in a career 4th outfielder and a few minor leaguers in fill in at the corners is a good idea but sounds like you beg to differ.

I have a feeling we're going to get some action this afternoon.

Mccullough on twitter kinda alluded to the fact he think we'll leave winter meetings without any major activity

It's been funny watching the nightly recap on MLBN. They're bored to tears. They're analyzing Asdrubal Cabrera signing. They openly thanked Arizona for saving their week. Meetings were a major dud thus far

I seem to remember Orlando playing for Rios when the Chicken Pox hit the team. I think it started out as a platoon of Orlando and Dyson and ended up with Orlando playing every day. I could be wrong.

That's because Jason Heyward is an indecisive shitheel.

None of the other OFers will engage until Heyward sets the market, the big money FAs are largely OFers this year so the other position players are cooling their heels with the OF market sorts itself out and most of the big players that needed pitching already got their or are prioritizing offense right now so they're not going hard on guys like Chen or Cueto.

Jason !@#$ing Heyward thinking he should be paid like a superstar has brought the entire market to a screeching halt.

@dgoold: Source: Heyward has made a decision. #cardinals were very aggressive but doesn't sound like he chose them. #cubs very much in play here.

Alex Gordon watch about to start.

@JonHeymanCBS: Doesn't sound like nats are optimistic on heyward. They made big try, but he didn't agree by deadline set with them.

These are the kinds of situations the Angels pop up with re: Heyward.

Heyward would be a damn disaster with Anaheim, IMO.

The marine layer there would kill his pop, it would get into his head and the guy will be Shane Victorino by August.