Baseball Savant wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 17:20 pm
His value wlll never be as high as today
Major whiff by front office
I don't know why some of you are so intent on gutting the team. Do you want to watch a team lose 100 games?
This season is shot…done….over..
Does it matter how many they lose?
Yeah, I'm about done watching them. I like watching competitive talent but this team just isn't doing it. Their entire philosophy is wrong. When you don't do anything well, you need to rethink your philosophy. Enough with the home run lust. Get hits, steal bases, score. Aim for the hole in the defense, stop trying to jack the ball over the wall. With two strikes make contact. I know it's the unselfish thing to do, but sometimes to excel you have to use small ball.Not by accident, but on purpose. The Brewers have scored 60 more runs than the Cards. Cards are 11 games out. Do the math.
LoL...it's so easy when you state it, but baseball ain't easy. gotta have the talent, not just on the offensive side, but the pitching side
"Aim for the hole..."
Thanks Captain Obvious. They didn't get an rbi guy in the off season and they trotted out rejects and retreads in an attempt to skimp by and save money. Now we see the fruits of their labors, or lack thereof.
You're welcome.
And who would they have gotten? They told you how they rolling with the suspects/prospects to see what they have...
Capt Clueless
This has been going on for a while now. You telling me they couldn't target a couple of talented players in two years? Get real. The Dodgers added, the Brewers added, Chicago added, San Diego added ....just to name a few. But our ownership? "We're so poor we can't compete. We need to lose and lose while we try to draft and develop CHEAP talent to have a chance to compete. Woe is us." Give me a break.
Who said woe is us? They told you their plan. They traded what they could for what they wanted in return.
Targeting and getting are 2 different things. If you go to the car dealership, they aren't accepting your Yugo, straight up for a Corolla
cards53 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2025 16:39 pm
Don't know why so many wanted us to trade our only reliable LHP out of the bullpen.
He is in his prime years as is Brendan Donovan. I really love how they both prepare.
They both are in their prime years.
Both will be 29 when 2026 spring training is here.
JoJo is 4 months older than Brendan.
Nobody is screaming at management for keeping Donovan.
We probably would have had a better return if Donovan had been traded.
I am glad we didn't trade either one!!
That’s kind of why the rebuild is going to take a long time they only trade rental players who only bring back hope and prayer prospects years away or meh players who close to the majors instead of players like Donovan burly and Romero who aren’t players to build around but will get high end prospects because of control and talent. But they will probably wait until they are rentals too and trade them for a meh return And keep the mediocrity going
Players who are not pieces to build around do NOT get high end prospects. What you’ll get in return are prospects commensurate with what they were. So, in essence, you’re trading Burleson for a younger Burleson who may or may not become the Burleson you already have. Now, I do expect Bloom to move several players like Burleson who have redundancy, but you’re NOT getting a haul for them.
Baseball Savant wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 17:20 pm
His value wlll never be as high as today
Major whiff by front office
I don't know why some of you are so intent on gutting the team. Do you want to watch a team lose 100 games?
This season is shot…done….over..
Does it matter how many they lose?
Yeah, I'm about done watching them. I like watching competitive talent but this team just isn't doing it. Their entire philosophy is wrong. When you don't do anything well, you need to rethink your philosophy. Enough with the home run lust. Get hits, steal bases, score. Aim for the hole in the defense, stop trying to jack the ball over the wall. With two strikes make contact. I know it's the unselfish thing to do, but sometimes to excel you have to use small ball.Not by accident, but on purpose. The Brewers have scored 60 more runs than the Cards. Cards are 11 games out. Do the math.
LoL...it's so easy when you state it, but baseball ain't easy. gotta have the talent, not just on the offensive side, but the pitching side
"Aim for the hole..."
Thanks Captain Obvious. They didn't get an rbi guy in the off season and they trotted out rejects and retreads in an attempt to skimp by and save money. Now we see the fruits of their labors, or lack thereof.
You're welcome.
And who would they have gotten? They told you how they rolling with the suspects/prospects to see what they have...
Capt Clueless
This has been going on for a while now. You telling me they couldn't target a couple of talented players in two years? Get real. The Dodgers added, the Brewers added, Chicago added, San Diego added ....just to name a few. But our ownership? "We're so poor we can't compete. We need to lose and lose while we try to draft and develop CHEAP talent to have a chance to compete. Woe is us." Give me a break.
Who said woe is us? They told you their plan. They traded what they could for what they wanted in return.
Targeting and getting are 2 different things. If you go to the car dealership, they aren't accepting your Yugo, straight up for a Corolla
Nowhere did I say they should have traded for top talent. They should have opened the checkbook for top talent.
He's been used in some big situations since the deadline and has come up pretty big. I'd say right now he's building value if they do decide that they want to trade him over the winter.
I love Jo Jo. They need to reward him with an extension. Also, Maton grew up a Cardinal fan and was thrilled to ne on the team. I think they should go after him and get him back as a free agent
