Sell, and buy at deadline

[AtillaTheBlue1]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

[Talkin' Baseball]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

Oh man. Now you went and did it. He would be my #1 target in all MLB for the Cardinals. 21, or 22. Electric.

[Jatalk]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

What would be a “big” deal from Cards position? Who gets traded ?

[Talkin' Baseball]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

What would be a “big” deal from Cards position? Who gets traded ?

They are going to want players that are big league ready, but haven't used up any of their service time. Maybe Wetherholt and Mathews. Perez is under team control for 4 years after this one, so I'm not sure they would trade him (yet) under any circumstances. They can ride him for 2 years at low cost and get as much for him then as now.

[HorseTrader]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

What would be a “big” deal from Cards position? Who gets traded ?

They are going to want players that are big league ready, but haven't used up any of their service time. Maybe Wetherholt and Mathews. Perez is under team control for 4 years after this one, so I'm not sure they would trade him (yet) under any circumstances. They can ride him for 2 years at low cost and get as much for him then as now.

If that's what it took, I'd say no. Mathews has the potential of being as good as Perez. Will Perez ever be as good as he was in 2023? To me, too much risk both ways on just those two without JJ.

[Talkin' Baseball]

one of buys should be Pereze from Miami, Pitcher. Young, coming back from injury and is worth maaking a big deal for.

What would be a “big” deal from Cards position? Who gets traded ?

They are going to want players that are big league ready, but haven't used up any of their service time. Maybe Wetherholt and Mathews. Perez is under team control for 4 years after this one, so I'm not sure they would trade him (yet) under any circumstances. They can ride him for 2 years at low cost and get as much for him then as now.

If that's what it took, I'd say no. Mathews has the potential of being as good as Perez. Will Perez ever be as good as he was in 2023? To me, too much risk both ways on just those two without JJ.

While I don't think Mathews will be as good as Perez, I wouldn't do it either. If we had a deeper farm system maybe it would be different. I think we have a good farm system, but I wouldn't call it deep- yet.

[cardstatman]

Position Depth chart 2026 - assumed exits for Hampson, Baker, Koperniak; NTC for Arenado/Contreras
Crooks, Bernal, Wetherholt, Prieto, Torres, Church knocking on door

C Herrera, Pages, Pozo, Crooks, Bernal
1B/DH Contreras, Herrera, Burleson, Gorman, Walker
2B Donovan, Gorman, Saggese, Fermin, Prieto, Torres, Wetherholt, Mendoza
SS Winn, Saggese, Wetherholt
3B Arenado, Donovan, Gorman, Saggese, Fermin, Prieto, Wetherholt, Mendoza
CF Scott, Siani, Antico, Church,
LF/RF Donovan, Nootbar, Burleson, Walker, Torres, Baez

Pitching Depth chart 2026 - assumed exits for Mikolas, Fedde, Matz, Helsley, Maton; NTC for Gray
McGreevy, Mathews, Roby, Henderson, Hence, Granillo, Svanson knocking on door

SP Gray, Liberatore, Pallante, McGreevy, Mathews, Roby, Henderson, Hence, Rom, Taylor, Racjic
RRP Leahy, Granillo, Svanson, O'Brien, Graceffo, Fernandez, Roycroft, Ralston, Gastellum
LRP Romero, King, Mosqueda, Racquet

Guys who could be made available (not ALL of them): Burleson, Saggese, Gorman, Walker, Siani, Fermin, Prieto, Torres

Blockbuster guys:
Donovan (best player but Wetherholt is getting closer)
Nootbar (move Donovan to LF; Burly in RF; Church is getting closer)
Herrera (Burleson/Pozo to DH; Crooks is ready; Bernal is getting closer)
Can't really afford to trade much pitching away other than the lame ducks.