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Old 12-06-2018, 11:27 AM   #4235
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief View Post

But, you are the only person I've heard anywhere on the internet or boards that doesn't like this trade. EVERYONE. Doesnt that concern you on your position?


Almost everyone also says they shouldnt be done getting more offensive talent and that doesn't mean a bench player. If so, I'm joining you on the bandwagon.
It just makes me look forward to October all the more. This team's going to win between 88-90 games and be largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things while simultaneously getting older. And when the Cardinals either miss the playoffs or lose in the wild card game, we'll hear the same thing this October that we've heard for the last 5 Octobers and we'll meet back up in December to have the same debate we've had for the last 5 Decembers.

And I reiterate, look at what teams gave up for rentals lately. Anybody saying we 'stole' Goldschmidt isn't paying a damn bit of attention to the retuns on these guys. This isn't 1997. Owners are getting smarter. We have had multiple threats of collusion lawsuits because teams aren't willing to throw money at marginally better than replacement 'name' players like Moustakas and Holland.

These owners know more than ever that youth and cost control is what is serving championship teams. If you're fortunate enough to have a Mookie Betts on your team (the next 2b taken after we took Kolten Wong; Moe's 'floor ahead of ceiling model' strikes again) or Chris Sale (acquired with 4 years of control for Moncada, who we stayed out on because we needed 'dry powder' to go pursue Jonatan Machado 3 years later), then you can go sign a guy like JD Martinez to put you over the hump.

Goldschmidt doesn't do that. And in fact it's a signal to the rest of the league - at least those paying attention to anything the franchise has done since 2012 - that just getting TO the hump is good enough for DeWitt.

We didn't fleece the D-Backs. Again - the market bore what it bore and clearly the market for 1 year of a 31 year old right-handed 1b with 170 strikeouts last year wasn't all that amazing. Why this is a shock to anyone in the baseball community is beyond me.
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