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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
There's no cavalry coming, fellas.
The system is about as mediocre as the big league roster. They'll fast-track Wetherholt but even he is someone that makes a good team better; he doesn't make a mediocre team good.
The only thing that could make this team relevant would be a series of hail mary's.
1) Jordan Walker un-****s himself and becomes a genuine middle of the order bat.
2) Nolan Arenado wakes the **** up and starts playing hard again.
3) Tink Hence, Quinn Matthews, Tekoah Roby and/or Conner Hjerpe develop (essentially overnight) into viable top half of the rotation starters. You need 2 of those guys to be post-season capable starting pitchers.
4) I won't even talk about the laughable possibility of Juan Soto being a Cardinal. Or even Corbin Burnes. But maybe Pete Alonso (who's probably not a good fit for the park). Maybe Max Fried as a solid #2 starter? Maybe Bellinger as a starting CFer? A flyer on Walker Buehler that works out?
If literally every one of those things happen, this team can win 90+ games and maybe be ornery in the post-season.
I wouldn't be surprise if not a single one of them comes to fruition.
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Of those 4 hail marys, the only that I have some optimism with is 3. I have no confidence that they'll be able to fix Walker and I believe Arenado is on a serious decline. Ownership sure as shit isn't spending a damn to fill an existing hole if there's already money allocated towards that position.
There's reasons to like Hence's and Matthews' development arcs. I don't think Roby will turn into anything and Hjerpe might turn into a low end starter or a reliever.
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Originally Posted by Marcellus
Imagine saying this 2 years ago, Mo would have sent someone to your house to kill you in your sleep. Of course they would probably be incompetent and killed the neighbor instead but anyway...….
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Yeah, they traded Bader because of the jam...