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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I think KC is a better matchup for relief help for the Cardinals, personally. Something like Scott Alexander and Herrera gives you more control and more value and probably is no more expensive than Colome in acquisition cost.
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Herrera lost his job and is very possibly damaged goods who's approaching his FA year. And honestly, I don't trust any part of that 3-headed monster that Yost assembled. He spent 4 years absolutely flogging those guys and it's no surprise that Holland got injured, Davis appears to be held together with duct tape and Herrera mysteriously lost effectiveness last year. I don't judge Yost for it at all - he did what he had to do and won 2 pennants and a WS - you make that deal every single time. But that doesn't mean I have to have any faith in his discards. Beyond that, I'm still not convinced Herrera didn't quit on you guys late in the year.
Scott Alexander is a JAG. And I don't say that to diminish the guy - JAGS are fine, most bullpens have several of them. But the Cardinals have several of those guys as well and frankly, Matheny won't use them.
So what the hell use do we have for another one? Alexander is John Brebbia. He might be a little better. He might be a little worse. He's almost certainly not enough outside of those margins either way to matter.
He's what Matt Bowman was for 4 months before Matheny finally finished the job in August (lord, what Matheny did to that poor guy was borderline criminal).
If your system doesn't have 5 Scott Alexanders in it and you've dedicated the kind of organizational capital to pitching that the Cardinals have, there's really no sense in keeping anyone around.