Well, the day is here. It seems to me like it's been more active this year than the last few so maybe today will actually be fun. Blockbusters typically don't get thrown together in a few hours so it'll be interesting to see anything is out there that will move the needle. The Nats floating Harper out there at least adds some intrigue.
What's on your wish list for your team, and are you buying or selling?
I'm hoping the Cards are sellers. Mo can call them contenders all he wants, but adding a piece here and there isn't going to change the poor fundamentals, defense, and baserunning they display most nights, and he seems to be the only one that doesn't see the talent gap in position players between them and the top of the division. There's still a chance they back into the playoffs and anything can happen from there, but this team doesn't strike fear in the hearts of any opponents right now.
They don't need to burn the house down, but a some roster reconstruction is definitely in order. My dream scenario is they find somebody to give them a pack of gum and 3 used baseballs for Fowler that'll cover more than half his albatross contract. Since that'll never happen, I'd be fine if they could spin Ozuna for anything close to what they gave up for him to free up some space in the OF and see what we really have in AAA. The more likely scenario is an AL team likes JMart's bat and cost control enough to send a decent prospect our way, and maybe they deal Gyorko today. Norris could fetch a decent return and I'd be fine with moving him. From there, my guess is they hang around .500 the rest of the season, and maybe make something happen at winter meetings.
What've you got for your team? Just looking for some friendly baseball talk here.
What's on your wish list for your team, and are you buying or selling?
I'm hoping the Cards are sellers. Mo can call them contenders all he wants, but adding a piece here and there isn't going to change the poor fundamentals, defense, and baserunning they display most nights, and he seems to be the only one that doesn't see the talent gap in position players between them and the top of the division. There's still a chance they back into the playoffs and anything can happen from there, but this team doesn't strike fear in the hearts of any opponents right now.
They don't need to burn the house down, but a some roster reconstruction is definitely in order. My dream scenario is they find somebody to give them a pack of gum and 3 used baseballs for Fowler that'll cover more than half his albatross contract. Since that'll never happen, I'd be fine if they could spin Ozuna for anything close to what they gave up for him to free up some space in the OF and see what we really have in AAA. The more likely scenario is an AL team likes JMart's bat and cost control enough to send a decent prospect our way, and maybe they deal Gyorko today. Norris could fetch a decent return and I'd be fine with moving him. From there, my guess is they hang around .500 the rest of the season, and maybe make something happen at winter meetings.
What've you got for your team? Just looking for some friendly baseball talk here.
