holt_bruce81 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, kgarrett12486 said: Love it. He's exactly what they needed. A LH bat off the bench and a platoon guy for the DH if needed. Is he really going to be that much of an upgrade over Nootbaar? Sucks about Flaherty. I expect Him to miss no less than half the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just now, holt_bruce81 said: Is he really going to be that much of an upgrade over Nootbaar? Sucks about Flaherty. I expect Him to miss no less than half the season. 100% IMO. I like Nootbar, but what we saw from him last year with the bat is about what I think his ceiling is. Dickerson had his worst year of his career last year and put up the same numbers. If you look what he did/averaged between 2014-2019 with the bat, you could be getting a stud. He could be a legit 20+ HR guy with an .800+ OPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, kgarrett12486 said: 100% IMO. I like Nootbar, but what we saw from him last year with the bat is about what I think his ceiling is. Dickerson had his worst year of his career last year and put up the same numbers. If you look what he did/averaged between 2014-2019 with the bat, you could be getting a stud. He could be a legit 20+ HR guy with an .800+ OPS. Eh, I mean it’s 1 year/$5 million so it’s not like it’s a bad contract. I just think we could get the same production out of the guys already on the team. Would of rather spent that $5 elsewhere but it is what it is. Dickerson has been average at best over the last few years. And if he’s going to play a ton of DH, I want More than just a guy who can pop 15+ homers and has a .250/.310/.750 line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, holt_bruce81 said: Eh, I mean it’s 1 year/$5 million so it’s not like it’s a bad contract. I just think we could get the same production out of the guys already on the team. Would of rather spent that $5 elsewhere but it is what it is. Dickerson has been average at best over the last few years. And if he’s going to play a ton of DH, I want More than just a guy who can pop 15+ homers and has a .250/.310/.750 line. He had a down year last year, but he came on strong at the end of the year. I throw out the 2020 numbers for basically everyone because it was such an outlier season with the amount of games and circumstances being played under. Up until then, he was giving you high end production almost every year and has a better track record than a lot of the 2nd tier DH options like Pederson, Rosario, etc. and came much cheaper. I think we could be getting a real steal here against RHP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I’m fine with Dickerson. Solid player for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Jon Heyman tweeting that Cardinals are one of several teams inquiring on Frankie Montas and Sean Manea from the A's. Price is going to be high, especially for Montas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Katie Woo reporting both Gorman (expected given the short ST) and Yepez (this is the surprise) are expected to begin the year in Triple AAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 2 hours ago, kgarrett12486 said: Katie Woo reporting both Gorman (expected given the short ST) and Yepez (this is the surprise) are expected to begin the year in Triple AAA. Boooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I feel like shipping a Nootbaar/Dejong package somewhere for a pitcher and signing Story (to even a one year deal) is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 So Flaherty has had issues with his shoulder for years apparently… Hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 34 minutes ago, ttitansfan4life said: So Flaherty has had issues with his shoulder for years apparently… Hmm Guess that's good news, as we know he can pitch through it. Concerning for a potential long term deal though, although I don't think he's resigning here anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 "Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Monday that the team's shortstop position is “(Paul) DeJong’s job to lose." 3rd time is the charm right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, kgarrett12486 said: "Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Monday that the team's shortstop position is “(Paul) DeJong’s job to lose." 3rd time is the charm right? What a surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holt_bruce81 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Looking at this Cardinal roster and predicting what the 26-man might look like, I don't see how this team wins more than 85 games this year. The rotation scares the crap out of me and I can't believe Mo hasn't added someone to this roster. There's no way we can expect a 200+ inning season from Wainwright, Flaherty is going to miss at minimum one month of the season, Mikolas hasn't been healthy in 2 years and last year Dakota Hudson threw like 8 innings up here, no way we can expect any more than 120-130 from him this year. Hoping Drew VerHagen surprises everyone like Mikolas did a few years ago when we signed him out of Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Katie Woo of The Athletic reports that the Cardinals have had "increased conversations" with free agent first baseman Albert Pujols. Woo adds that there is growing interest between the two sides in reuniting for the 2022 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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