What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

[cards53]

What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

I’m talking about personnel changes and trades.

I have a feeling about what I would like to see.
Bloom doesn’t have any vested interest in any of the current roster.

Personnel:
Fresh start with his own management.
This means Oli and some others are gone.

Players:
I think he will trade a few position outfielders and middle infielders.

JJ Wetherholt probably will be our 3B or 2B for many years.

I think Gorman will be one of those that go.
Gorman is a well below average defender.
We can’t hide him anywhere except DH and that position is overcrowded.
He needs to go to a team that can make him their prime DH.

I also think that Walker is similar to Gorman although not as bad a defender.

There is some deadwood at Memphis. Players that haven’t really had a looksee.
I’m thinking about Prieto, Koperniak, Bryan Torres and Nathan Church.
Also Luken Baker and maybe Siani to go.
We need to clear some roster spots in Memphis for Springfield and trades.

I hope we can find a way to clear Arenado and Contreras from the roster.

[45s]

Rethink his career options?

[butsir01]

Put the coffee pot on.

[JuanAgosto]

Hopefully not make a couple of roster moves the first week only to hibernate the rest of the winter. Hopefully not hide in a hotel suite at the Winter Meetings. Hopefully not devise catch phrases and excuses for doing a [shirt] job. In other words, I hope he does the opposite of anything John Mozeliak usually does.

[82birds]

Hopefully not make a couple of roster moves the first week only to hibernate the rest of the winter. Hopefully not hide in a hotel suite at the Winter Meetings. Hopefully not devise catch phrases and excuses for doing a [shirt] job. In other words, I hope he does the opposite of anything John Mozeliak usually does.

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[HorseTrader]

What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

I’m talking about personnel changes and trades.

I have a feeling about what I would like to see.
Bloom doesn’t have any vested interest in any of the current roster.

Personnel:
Fresh start with his own management.
This means Oli and some others are gone.

Players:
I think he will trade a few position outfielders and middle infielders.

JJ Wetherholt probably will be our 3B or 2B for many years.

I think Gorman will be one of those that go.
Gorman is a well below average defender.
We can’t hide him anywhere except DH and that position is overcrowded.
He needs to go to a team that can make him their prime DH.

I also think that Walker is similar to Gorman although not as bad a defender.

There is some deadwood at Memphis. Players that haven’t really had a looksee.
I’m thinking about Prieto, Koperniak, Bryan Torres and Nathan Church.
Also Luken Baker and maybe Siani to go.
We need to clear some roster spots in Memphis for Springfield and trades.

I hope we can find a way to clear Arenado and Contreras from the roster.

Gorman, I think depends on next few weeks. Baker, is already gone, Dodgers just claimed him. I'm not sure Koperniak, Siani etc matter. You got to have someone in AAA.

I believe there will be a VERY strong push to move Arenado. I'd say goodbye to Noot and maybe Burly and Willie. The pitching staff, starters are probably what you see is what you get. Maybe pickup a Matz type who can start or relieve. Probably really need to add one very good vet pitcher for the #2/3 spot.

Relief group, who knows, that's an always changing group.

So on offense, Donovan stays, so do Winn, Scott, Walker, Ivan, the two catchers. Maybe Gorman, WIllie, and Burly. I say the two catchers stay because they are both dirt cheap and easy to cut or demote so no real reason to get rid of them.

[cards53]

So on offense, Donovan stays, so do Winn, Scott, Walker, Ivan, the two catchers. Maybe Gorman, WIllie, and Burly. I say the two catchers stay because they are both dirt cheap and easy to cut or demote so no real reason to get rid of them.

I'm hoping that Jimmy Crooks is added to roster and makes the team out of ST.
This would mean that Pages or Pozo as at least off the 25-man roster.
I would prefer keeping Pozo to spell Crooks against LHP.

Bernal would then be at AAA.
He is probably going to be the best hitting catcher of those mentioned.

Other catchers are a few years away.

[Punkk6]

Better question is what will ownership let him do ? How much will they let him spend to improve the team.
Only after he knows the answers to those will he be able to get started

[ilcubuffs]

1. Throw out the closet full of MO Ran approved knee pads.

2. Go see if the Code to the dry powder vault work and see if there IS dry powder.

3. Do actual MLB executive stuff. Fire Marmot, Blake, Brown, etc.

4. Hire competent personnel and have them move in by 1st week in Sept.

[Braund241]

What will Chaim Bloom do after our 2025 season is over?

I’m talking about personnel changes and trades.

I have a feeling about what I would like to see.
Bloom doesn’t have any vested interest in any of the current roster.

Personnel:
Fresh start with his own management.
This means Oli and some others are gone.

Players:
I think he will trade a few position outfielders and middle infielders.

JJ Wetherholt probably will be our 3B or 2B for many years.

I think Gorman will be one of those that go.
Gorman is a well below average defender.
We can’t hide him anywhere except DH and that position is overcrowded.
He needs to go to a team that can make him their prime DH.

I also think that Walker is similar to Gorman although not as bad a defender.

There is some deadwood at Memphis. Players that haven’t really had a looksee.
I’m thinking about Prieto, Koperniak, Bryan Torres and Nathan Church.
Also Luken Baker and maybe Siani to go.
We need to clear some roster spots in Memphis for Springfield and trades.

I hope we can find a way to clear Arenado and Contreras from the roster.

Well your premise that DH is overcrowded is a bit odd. A team that can’t hit or score runs has too many options at DH. This management hasn’t put any money into free agency for ever. They don’t have one option at DH. But then they don’t have any major league players.

[cardstatman]

Hopefully he figures out what could possibly be making the Cardinals lose.

Perhaps it is the guys in red below who are 126 runs below average.

+43 Donovan
+34 Nootbar
+28 Winn
+11 Herrera
-1 Scott
-4 Pozo (0 this year)
-6 Fermin
-8 Saggese
-8 Pages
-9 Gorman
-12 Siani
-13 Baker (already gone!)
-24 Burleson (+2 this year!)
-46 Walker

[Bad14]

Better question is what will ownership let him do ? How much will they let him spend to improve the team.
Only after he knows the answers to those will he be able to get started

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[Goldfan]

Most likely Let the Market find itself…..and when all the talent is gone…..proclaim they were in on nearly every one….

[HorseTrader]

So on offense, Donovan stays, so do Winn, Scott, Walker, Ivan, the two catchers. Maybe Gorman, WIllie, and Burly. I say the two catchers stay because they are both dirt cheap and easy to cut or demote so no real reason to get rid of them.

I'm hoping that Jimmy Crooks is added to roster and makes the team out of ST.
This would mean that Pages or Pozo as at least off the 25-man roster.
I would prefer keeping Pozo to spell Crooks against LHP.

Bernal would then be at AAA.
He is probably going to be the best hitting catcher of those mentioned.

Other catchers are a few years away.

I don't disagree at all. Pages/Pozo are here until someone better comes up. Basically neither has much trade value but they are good enough that we don't need to sign a hasbeen backup

[riff raff]

Start the PR hype for the 2026 season. Got to sell tickets

[rockondlouie]

-Fire Oli

-Weed out the deadweight on the major league and 40 man roster via DFA's

-Thin the herd at overcrowded positions via trades (as I said in my thread we could see a 1980's - Whitey like winter meeting trading frenzy if Bloom wants a total roster makeover).

-Sign a free agent or two (nothing earthshattering but perhaps a solid piece or two)