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Originally Posted by Ocotillo
I should have mentioned this earlier, the Cardinals ARE the fit for the Nationals.
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The Cardinals are a fit. They arent THE fit.
The Cardinals are only THE fit if you are one of those guys that believes Carlson would still be looked at like a 60FV prospect instead of a guy with over 1000 PA's in the majors that looks like a merely average player/borderline platoon player with some of the worst hard contact and barrel numbers in the league that's getting worse every season.
The Padres can offer more than the Cardinals. The Yankees can offer more than the Cardinals. The Rays can offer more than the Cardinals. The Giants can offer more than the Cardinals. The Dodgers can offer more than the Cardinals. And while I dont think the Nationals would trade him to the Mets, they could offer more than the Cardinals. The Blue Jays can offer more than the Cardinals.
Now... if the Nationals insist on a team taking on a bad contract while also giving up their best prospects you can probably scratch off half of those teams and only leave the Yankees, Dodgers, and maybe the Giants. The Cardinals could do it but they have shown absolutely no willingness to take on money and then dish out the kind of money it would take to extend Soto in this century, so asking them to give up the pool of prospects it would take seems far fetched, imo.
EDIT: Might as well add the Red Sox to the list of teams that could offer more than the Cardinals too. It's the complete opposite move from the direction they have been taking, but its Juan Soto and they also have the financial means to lock him up long term.