ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltarich87 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Lolol thank god Dipoto isn't the GM of the Angels anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viewsfromthe206 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Can't be worse than some of the guys we've been throwing out there. FTR, the fact DiPoto has had any success with the team Jack Z left us is impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSteelers56 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Oh Lawd, I hope this goes through. They wouldn't even need to give us anything back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltarich87 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 If anything, you'd think the Cards would be throwing a prospect or something in the deal assuming Seattle is eating the remainder of that contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltarich87 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Conflicting reports on whether the Cards are eating some of Leake's contract or not . Mariners press release mentions they are receiving cash, Cards press release does not lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Depends on how much cash is moving, but getting out from Leake's deal without having to eat a ton of money would be a win for the Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Forge Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I like that the M's are still fighting the good fight this year to try and get themselves into the playoffs. They've added a couple of pieces that are upgrades at minimal cost in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 31 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Depends on how much cash is moving, but getting out from Leake's deal without having to eat a ton of money would be a win for the Cardinals. I think people forget how good Leake was in the first half of the season, unfortunately he's crashed and burned in the second half. Regardless, he's been his career self this year which is ~2 WAR. They paid him $27M for his first two years in St. Louis, and he's been worth north of $35M so they got some surplus value for him. Now they unload him onto the Mariners who are desperate for pitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, CWood21 said: I think people forget how good Leake was in the first half of the season, unfortunately he's crashed and burned in the second half. Regardless, he's been his career self this year which is ~2 WAR. They paid him $27M for his first two years in St. Louis, and he's been worth north of $35M so they got some surplus value for him. Now they unload him onto the Mariners who are desperate for pitching. He was pretty bad in June. Been atrocious since July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, CWood21 said: I think people forget how good Leake was in the first half of the season, unfortunately he's crashed and burned in the second half. Regardless, he's been his career self this year which is ~2 WAR. They paid him $27M for his first two years in St. Louis, and he's been worth north of $35M so they got some surplus value for him. Now they unload him onto the Mariners who are desperate for pitching. I'd be willing to bet you eat more than $8M. Also there's this: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-trade-leake-to-mariners/article_8c351cf8-de29-5282-b862-21beb1433eff.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Some of the Cardinals’ players learned of the news on Twitter. One of them, veteran starter Lance Lynn, said, “If you look at everything that’s happened so far, there’s been no acquisitions (by the Cardinals). There’s been taking away — whether that’s been injuries or trades. “Whoever’s coming up to make that start, we’re going to need something good from them — testing our depth from within.” The Cardinals are on the fringe of contention in both the National League Central Division, where they are five games behind the Chicago Cubs and the wild-card race, in which they are 5½ games behind second wild-card Colorado. “So we’re five back in both and we’re taking away a pitcher who can pitch 200 innings and get outs at a high level,” said Lynn. “That’s tough.” There is a theory that the money the Cardinals have saved on Leake’s contract might be applied to a potential extension for Lynn. But the righthander said, “You can’t say that. There’s been no talks. There’s been zero communication, whatsoever. “I’m sure whenever the time comes — when the World Series is over and five days after, I’m sure somebody will talk to me. I just don’t know who it is. They’ve had a whole season. Five days isn’t going to matter. “But I just work here.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CWood21 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: I'd be willing to bet you eat more than $8M. You were right. Honestly, I get the whole wanting to dump Leake thing. They have to be using this money elsewhere though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 Just now, CWood21 said: You were right. Honestly, I get the whole wanting to dump Leake thing. They have to be using this money elsewhere though. I think you got off light losing $10M-ish for Leake, likely coming a rebuilding year or two. That deal was bad the day it was signed and is gonna get worse. Him not wanting an incentive to drop his no-trade certainly helped, but -$10M net isn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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