Dodgers and Yankees pursuing Donovan

[Wattage]

I believe they'll regret trading Donny away. I think he's the only Cardinal with over 2 WAR. I guess it depends on what you get back, but I would suggest no lottery tickets. Trade him for established major league talent or don't trade him. There's a reason why the Dodgers and Yanks want him.

WAR leaders - STL 2025

1 Masyn Winn 3.0
2 Sonny Gray 2.8
3 Brendan Donovan 2.5
4 Willson Contreras 2.4
5 Matthew Liberatore 1.8
6 Victor Scott II 1.7
7 Iván Herrera 1.6
8 Alec Burleson 1.4
9 Steven Matz 1.1
10 Lars Nootbaar 1.1
11 Phil Maton STL 1.0
12 Nolan Arenado 0.9
13 Michael McGreevy 0.8
14 Miles Mikolas 0.7
15 JoJo Romero 0.7
16 Andre Pallante 0.6
17 Kyle Leah 0.6
18 Yohel Pozo 0.5
19 Nolan Gorman 0.5
20 Ryan Helsley 0.4

What a nonsense stat!
Helsely has only contributed less than 1 win than an average MLB player?!?! Ok.

Mel, where are you at to tell everyone why this is nonsense? I don't have the energy or the time, lol.

Helsley only is 21 for 26 in saves and is lucky it and his era isnt worse with a 1.39 whip. He really hasnt been that great this year

[Cardinals4Life]

I believe they'll regret trading Donny away. I think he's the only Cardinal with over 2 WAR. I guess it depends on what you get back, but I would suggest no lottery tickets. Trade him for established major league talent or don't trade him. There's a reason why the Dodgers and Yanks want him.

WAR leaders - STL 2025

1 Masyn Winn 3.0
2 Sonny Gray 2.8
3 Brendan Donovan 2.5
4 Willson Contreras 2.4
5 Matthew Liberatore 1.8
6 Victor Scott II 1.7
7 Iván Herrera 1.6
8 Alec Burleson 1.4
9 Steven Matz 1.1
10 Lars Nootbaar 1.1
11 Phil Maton STL 1.0
12 Nolan Arenado 0.9
13 Michael McGreevy 0.8
14 Miles Mikolas 0.7
15 JoJo Romero 0.7
16 Andre Pallante 0.6
17 Kyle Leah 0.6
18 Yohel Pozo 0.5
19 Nolan Gorman 0.5
20 Ryan Helsley 0.4

What a nonsense stat!
Helsely has only contributed less than 1 win than an average MLB player?!?! Ok.

Mel, where are you at to tell everyone why this is nonsense? I don't have the energy or the time, lol.

Helsley only is 21 for 26 in saves and is lucky it and his era isnt worse with a 1.39 whip. He really hasnt been that great this year

A guy who has nailed down 21 wins for his team is knly worth .4 wins above a replacement player? C'mon now.
Pozo and McGreevy more valuable. C'mon! Pozo never plays and McGreevy just got here.

[Wattage]

I believe they'll regret trading Donny away. I think he's the only Cardinal with over 2 WAR. I guess it depends on what you get back, but I would suggest no lottery tickets. Trade him for established major league talent or don't trade him. There's a reason why the Dodgers and Yanks want him.

WAR leaders - STL 2025

1 Masyn Winn 3.0
2 Sonny Gray 2.8
3 Brendan Donovan 2.5
4 Willson Contreras 2.4
5 Matthew Liberatore 1.8
6 Victor Scott II 1.7
7 Iván Herrera 1.6
8 Alec Burleson 1.4
9 Steven Matz 1.1
10 Lars Nootbaar 1.1
11 Phil Maton STL 1.0
12 Nolan Arenado 0.9
13 Michael McGreevy 0.8
14 Miles Mikolas 0.7
15 JoJo Romero 0.7
16 Andre Pallante 0.6
17 Kyle Leah 0.6
18 Yohel Pozo 0.5
19 Nolan Gorman 0.5
20 Ryan Helsley 0.4

What a nonsense stat!
Helsely has only contributed less than 1 win than an average MLB player?!?! Ok.

Mel, where are you at to tell everyone why this is nonsense? I don't have the energy or the time, lol.

Helsley only is 21 for 26 in saves and is lucky it and his era isnt worse with a 1.39 whip. He really hasnt been that great this year

A guy who has nailed down 21 wins for his team is knly worth .4 wins above a replacement player? C'mon now.
Pozo and McGreevy more valuable. C'mon! Pozo never plays and McGreevy just got here.

First of all war likes to look at overall pitching rather than results of win or loss or sv.

Secondly- 21 of 26 isnt that amazing for a closer. Its around 80%. The majority of setup men relievers if thrust into the closer role could put up 80%(they have save bad sv%because they get blown saves for blown leads in 6 7th and 8th but only a hold and not a sv for keeping the lead making it impossible for nonclosers to have good sv%. But weve seen it time and time again. Whenever a teams closer fails, they usually find one of their setupmen to step in and get the job done. Like we did with mott, like we did with mujica, like we did with franklin.

Lastly, only 6 of helsleys 21 saves were games where he entered with a 1 run lead. Not all saves are of equal difficulty.

[Cardinals4Life]

I believe they'll regret trading Donny away. I think he's the only Cardinal with over 2 WAR. I guess it depends on what you get back, but I would suggest no lottery tickets. Trade him for established major league talent or don't trade him. There's a reason why the Dodgers and Yanks want him.

WAR leaders - STL 2025

1 Masyn Winn 3.0
2 Sonny Gray 2.8
3 Brendan Donovan 2.5
4 Willson Contreras 2.4
5 Matthew Liberatore 1.8
6 Victor Scott II 1.7
7 Iván Herrera 1.6
8 Alec Burleson 1.4
9 Steven Matz 1.1
10 Lars Nootbaar 1.1
11 Phil Maton STL 1.0
12 Nolan Arenado 0.9
13 Michael McGreevy 0.8
14 Miles Mikolas 0.7
15 JoJo Romero 0.7
16 Andre Pallante 0.6
17 Kyle Leah 0.6
18 Yohel Pozo 0.5
19 Nolan Gorman 0.5
20 Ryan Helsley 0.4

What a nonsense stat!
Helsely has only contributed less than 1 win than an average MLB player?!?! Ok.

Mel, where are you at to tell everyone why this is nonsense? I don't have the energy or the time, lol.

Helsley only is 21 for 26 in saves and is lucky it and his era isnt worse with a 1.39 whip. He really hasnt been that great this year

A guy who has nailed down 21 wins for his team is knly worth .4 wins above a replacement player? C'mon now.
Pozo and McGreevy more valuable. C'mon! Pozo never plays and McGreevy just got here.

First of all war likes to look at overall pitching rather than results of win or loss or sv.

Secondly- 21 of 26 isnt that amazing for a closer. Its around 80%. The majority of setup men relievers if thrust into the closer role could put up 80%(they have save bad sv%because they get blown saves for blown leads in 6 7th and 8th but only a hold and not a sv for keeping the lead making it impossible for nonclosers to have good sv%. But weve seen it time and time again. Whenever a teams closer fails, they usually find one of their setupmen to step in and get the job done. Like we did with mott, like we did with mujica, like we did with franklin.

Lastly, only 6 of helsleys 21 saves were games where he entered with a 1 run lead. Not all saves are of equal difficulty.

Take away Helsley and I guarantee you we have more than 1 less win this year. Haha