***Official 2024 STL Cardinals Thread ***

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Eh. That's not our race next year anyway.

We're racing the Pirates for the basement. Cincy has WAY more talent that the Cardinals and a lot more room for growth.

Speaking of the Pirates, what do you think of their rebuild?

They have the arms (Paul Skenes, Jared Jones, Bubba Chandler, Mitch Keller) for a window to compete.

Their position player group is underwhelming but I do like Bryan Reynolds and O'Neil Cruz.

Overall, with more competent moves, they could make a run. Their GM Ben Cherington won the World Series with the 2013 Red Sox.

But ownership seems to get in the way, too. They jipped Rowdy Tellez and Isiah Kiner-Falefa for incentative-based bonuses before they could reach them in September, letting all of MLBPA know they're cheap. During their 2013-15 window, ownership would never make the extra move to go above the $105 million threshold in payroll.