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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
He was never gonna set the world on fire with the return for Betts, especially when he had the edict from ownership to trim payroll so he had to include Price in the deal.
They gave up quite a bit of prospect capital with including Price in the trade. And greatly reduced the number of teams willing to make the move because most don't have the financial wherewithal to eat Price's contract.
So with fewer potential trade partners and a massive financial liability in tow, they weren't gonna get a haul for Betts.
And frankly, Connor Wong is a pretty good player.
But yeah, Jeter Downs looks like a bust.
Sometimes when a deal is that mediocre from the jump, it says more about the player than the deal. I argued this very point when I said that the Cardinals didn't 'fleece' anyone on the Goldschmidt or Arenado deals. When all the trading team can get for their star player is a pile of mediocre prospects, that means NOBODY in the league was willing to step up with a top 25 sort of guy.
I think his hands were tied in the Betts deal and the league knew it. So he just couldn't develop a market for him.
That all being said - **** him anyway for hitching his wagon to these guys.
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I know his hands were tied because Henry wanted to cut payroll, but that doesn’t excuse the shit return he got.
Either way, this is a signal that the Cardinals want to be more like the Rays and Brewers than the Dodgers and Astros. Investing in minor league infrastructure while reducing MLB payroll is a bullshit way of saying we aren’t winning shit and weren’t going to win shit and don’t feel like spending as much as we can to have a contending product.