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Originally Posted by jd1020
You fail to understand that prior to drafting Kris Bryant the Cubs began selling off the aging core they carried through the 2000's. Something the Cards wont do, as I already explained.
The Cardinals are trying to board up a leaky hull. The Cubs blew it up with dynamite.
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The Cards have been to 10 World Series in my lifetime or roughly once every 5 years. I'm guessing that is a tad more frequent than your experience.
Talk about an aging core. Your starting pitchers are not only mediocre their average age is now 31. The youngest is 29. You no longer have any real prospects on the farm of any real value to turn over in trades. Your best hope in the next few years of replacing the codgers you have on the hill right now is choosing wisely in the free agent market and hoping you don't land another Yu debacle.
We have 9 young pitchers to chose from as starters (not counting Tyson Ross, because we don't know how they will use him and likely not a piece moving forward anyway). Our AVERAGE age of our starters is 25...and we still have a shot at the wild card. The future is hardly a dim one. Mo could still mess it up, but no reason to blow it up yet.