***Official 2020 STL Cardinals Thread***

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Nope

How have the DeWitts spending pattern from 2015 onward make you believe they care about competing to go along with generating a profit?

Bill DeWitt Jr. is on record as saying they didn't want to sign Robert because of what they'd have to pay him later on.

I've discussed this with DJ before (and we disagreed), but Mo's Carl Peterson post-Marty currently in which ownership wants to be just good enough without having to rebuild.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Bill DeWitt Jr. is on record as saying they didn't want to sign Robert because of what they'd have to pay him later on.

How can that be true? After 6 years of service, sure but what he was asking was welll worth 6 years of service.

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

How have the DeWitts spending pattern from 2015 onward make you believe they care about competing to go along with generating a profit?

I've discussed this with DJ before (and we disagreed), but Mo's Carl Peterson post-Marty currently in which ownership wants to be just good enough without having to rebuild.

I think most that post here agree that Dewitt's plan is to develop talent and sneak into the playoffs and hope the team gets hot in the playoffs like 2011.

Yet, that flaw is in the why Roberts and Tatis arn't on this team. Sure they worked out and there are probably 20 others that got that same money and didn't work out for the teams. Its a gamble. Dewitt wont put the big money in on the potential star baseball player. Just the ones who's ceiling is an average MLB player.