Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
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sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.
I think Bloom with carte blanche will do well. I see is as a power by 2027, not a competitor.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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scoutyjones2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:02 am
Monsieur De Treville wrote: 23 May 2025 08:48 am Age?
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.

He very much is better than most in terms of player/farm system development. This has been proven on multiple teams
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Banner29 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:13 am
thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.

He very much is better than most in terms of player/farm system development. This has been proven on multiple teams
Lol.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:20 am
Banner29 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:13 am
thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.

He very much is better than most in terms of player/farm system development. This has been proven on multiple teams
Lol.
Truth hurts
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 10:59 am Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
Yup. Though I can't remember why he didn't end up signing.

Either way, I'm glad to see that we're finally showing some willingness to throw some money around in the Caribbean. Clearly, our strategy of loading on on guys in the middle of the pack wasn't working.
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billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 10:59 am Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
Good memory I had forgot all about Mateo then looked him up. Cards splurged on him for 3 million then voided the contract after they found out he had an eye problem let’s hope this guy can see!
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Strummer Jones wrote: 23 May 2025 11:40 am
billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 10:59 am Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
Yup. Though I can't remember why he didn't end up signing.

Either way, I'm glad to see that we're finally showing some willingness to throw some money around in the Caribbean. Clearly, our strategy of loading on on guys in the middle of the pack wasn't working.
He had a degenerative eye condition. He was going to be one of, if not the top bonus that year and the Cards pulled it back at the last minute. (upset) the DR youth baseball mafia and the Cardinals had been blacklisted ever since. I always wondered if we were really blacklisted all this time from it but as soon as we bring in a new front office team we get a top 10 guy. So I think the rumors were definitely true.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Does anyone know if LUNA TICKS all the boxes?
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Banner29 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:21 am
thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:20 am
Banner29 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:13 am
thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.

He very much is better than most in terms of player/farm system development. This has been proven on multiple teams
Lol.
Truth hurts
You keep spreading misinformation doesn't make it truth.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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MrPostman01 wrote: 23 May 2025 14:06 pm Does anyone know if LUNA TICKS all the boxes?
It sounds like he’s at least a 3 or 4 tool player, maybe close to 5.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Strummer Jones wrote: 23 May 2025 11:40 am
billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 10:59 am Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
Yup. Though I can't remember why he didn't end up signing.

Either way, I'm glad to see that we're finally showing some willingness to throw some money around in the Caribbean. Clearly, our strategy of loading on on guys in the middle of the pack wasn't working.
They signed Herrera.
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 12:20 pm
Strummer Jones wrote: 23 May 2025 11:40 am
billybaseball wrote: 23 May 2025 10:59 am Does anyone remember Wagner Mateo?
Yup. Though I can't remember why he didn't end up signing.

Either way, I'm glad to see that we're finally showing some willingness to throw some money around in the Caribbean. Clearly, our strategy of loading on on guys in the middle of the pack wasn't working.
He had a degenerative eye condition. He was going to be one of, if not the top bonus that year and the Cards pulled it back at the last minute. (upset) off the DR youth baseball mafia and the Cardinals had been blacklisted ever since. I always wondered if we were really blacklisted all this time from it but as soon as we bring in a new front office team we get a top 10 guy. So I think the rumors were definitely true.
And then after voiding the deal they went and signed Carlos Martinez. Not a bad recovery from that. :D
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Re: Cardinals to sign top 10 2026 international prospect

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Banner29 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:13 am
thetank2 wrote: 23 May 2025 11:06 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: 23 May 2025 09:36 am Superb news. Why?

There are only 780 players on the 26 man. 390 are pitchers. So for decades we only operated in the other 390 pool of players, plus a minor amount of minors.

This is clear Bloom, expanding our oool of players, and one day, we will hit the big one.

Awesome.
Isn't Herrera an international FA? We did not draft him


Bloom is not any better than other GMs.

He very much is better than most in terms of player/farm system development. This has been proven on multiple teams
Exactly. He will draft, sign international free agents and develop talent at a rate not seen in this organization since Jeff Luhnow left for Houston.
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