Bloom panicked

[Ozziesfan41]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

The kool-aid drinkers here are all in on Bloom. To them he's the golden goose laying golden eggs every time he poots. He's a hatchet man that DeWitt brought in to gut payroll. Nothing more than that from what I can tell. But the kool-aid drinkers are jizzing right now. They're finally going to get a Cardinal team that will lose 90 to 100 games.

I'll take that bet. Under on the 90 losses.

I will take way under

[greyhawk]

He did not panic.
But he sure failed to move the needle.
What he obtained the organization already had on hand.

Could he have gotten this package either at the deadline or next off season when BD would be under control for only 1 yr? He is stockpiling players/assets trade chits. Lets see what he does moving forward.

[bccardsfan]

This team will not lose 90 games.... nor will they win 90..... so I will just enjoy seeing if JJW can adjust to the bigs. If Herrera can really hit (not sure if he can catch). See if Libby can become a real top of the line pitcher. Nah, probably not a #1, but maybe a #2 type.... and lots of other things to watch. I know they are not going to the playoffs, but there will be interesting things to watch... and they will not lose 90 games.

[An Old Friend]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

The kool-aid drinkers here are all in on Bloom. To them he's the golden goose laying golden eggs every time he poots. He's a hatchet man that DeWitt brought in to gut payroll. Nothing more than that from what I can tell. But the kool-aid drinkers are jizzing right now. They're finally going to get a Cardinal team that will lose 90 to 100 games.

I'll take that bet. Under on the 90 losses.

Agree. I think it's a more competitive team than people realize. I don't think a 75-80 win season is that unlikely.

[Melville]

He did not panic.
But he sure failed to move the needle.
What he obtained the organization already had on hand.

Could he have gotten this package either at the deadline or next off season when BD would be under control for only 1 yr? He is stockpiling players/assets trade chits. Lets see what he does moving forward.

I will give him a bit of a pass.
He did far better with the Gray and N/A moves.
Though the Contreras move wasn't what I would have done, it has some logic behind it.
Not this move.
No one is going to get it right every time (well, almost no one).
I suspect Bloom was simply trying to bring a little more clarity to the infield: Gorman will play 3rd, Wetherholt will play 2nd.
For all practical purposes, this will force The Marmot to play them.
With Mootbaar facing yet another life threatening injury which rendered him untradeable at the moment, Bloom saw Donovan as the only tradeable and expendable LH bat.
So, he decided to roll the dice and hope for the best.
This math problem turned out to be a subtraction question - not an addition.

[Hoosier59]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

The kool-aid drinkers here are all in on Bloom. To them he's the golden goose laying golden eggs every time he poots. He's a hatchet man that DeWitt brought in to gut payroll. Nothing more than that from what I can tell. But the kool-aid drinkers are jizzing right now. They're finally going to get a Cardinal team that will lose 90 to 100 games.

I'll take that bet. Under on the 90 losses.

Agree. I think it's a more competitive team than people realize. I don't think a 75-80 win season is that unlikely.

To win around 80 games there are a lot of things that will have go in the Cardinals favor. Gorman, Scott, and Walker will need to be closer to what they were originally envisioned to be. Herrera and Burleson will need to stay healthy and at least repeat last years results. Saggese will need to step up and be closer to the AA player he was. Winn needs to be healthy and show improvement at the plate. The bullpen will have to repeat last year’s stellar performance. Marmol will need to be a better Manager ( ha ha )
Lastly, they’ll need the dozen or more starters on hand to be able to cover enough innings to not deplete the bullpen by the all-star break. It’s certainly possible, but that’s a lot of uncertainty!
The other side of things is, if everything goes wrong, 65 wins might be hard to attain.

[Cardinals4Life]

He did not panic.
But he sure failed to move the needle.
What he obtained the organization already had on hand.

Do we have a Cinjtje in the system? Flame-throwing P who could very well be a mainstay in the rotation in a year or 2? I like the idea of a future rotation of:

Doyle
Cjintje
Liberatore
McGreey
Mathews

[Melville]

He did not panic.
But he sure failed to move the needle.
What he obtained the organization already had on hand.

Do we have a Cinjtje in the system? Flame-throwing P who could very well be a mainstay in the rotation in a year or 2? I like the idea of a future rotation of:

Doyle
Cjintje
Liberatore
McGreey
Mathews

That is what most said about Hence.
I, however, advised extreme caution.
Maybe you remember him, the former top 3 STL prospect????
Very little chance he will ever be "a mainstay in the rotation".
Might want to slow down a bit until we have had a chance to evaluate Cjintje before making reckless projections.
After all, the normally pitching stingy Mariners were willing to ship him out.....

[An Old Friend]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

The kool-aid drinkers here are all in on Bloom. To them he's the golden goose laying golden eggs every time he poots. He's a hatchet man that DeWitt brought in to gut payroll. Nothing more than that from what I can tell. But the kool-aid drinkers are jizzing right now. They're finally going to get a Cardinal team that will lose 90 to 100 games.

I'll take that bet. Under on the 90 losses.

Agree. I think it's a more competitive team than people realize. I don't think a 75-80 win season is that unlikely.

To win around 80 games there are a lot of things that will have go in the Cardinals favor. Gorman, Scott, and Walker will need to be closer to what they were originally envisioned to be. Herrera and Burleson will need to stay healthy and at least repeat last years results. Saggese will need to step up and be closer to the AA player he was. Winn needs to be healthy and show improvement at the plate. The bullpen will have to repeat last year’s stellar performance. Marmol will need to be a better Manager ( ha ha )
Lastly, they’ll need the dozen or more starters on hand to be able to cover enough innings to not deplete the bullpen by the all-star break. It’s certainly possible, but that’s a lot of uncertainty!
The other side of things is, if everything goes wrong, 65 wins might be hard to attain.

I think Fermin, Torres, and Church will earn more playing time than you're expecting. All have strong plate discipline and plus bat to ball skills. I wouldn't be surprised, at all, to see Scott and maybe even Walker start the year at AAA. They certainly need to earn their playing time.

They have about 20 guys who can cover innings out of the bullpen.

[bfib]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

He got the best deal he could, which he HAD to do.

Who cares if it’s the same deal he could have got in November? What’s that matter?

[Hoosier59]

Waiting 4 months for a deal he could have made back in November

Bloom panicked. He saw SF got a 2B and knew he only had one team left and made the quickest deal possible.

Bloom was horrible with the Red Sox and hes horrible now.

Also, can he not evaluate hitters at all?

The kool-aid drinkers here are all in on Bloom. To them he's the golden goose laying golden eggs every time he poots. He's a hatchet man that DeWitt brought in to gut payroll. Nothing more than that from what I can tell. But the kool-aid drinkers are jizzing right now. They're finally going to get a Cardinal team that will lose 90 to 100 games.

I'll take that bet. Under on the 90 losses.

Agree. I think it's a more competitive team than people realize. I don't think a 75-80 win season is that unlikely.

To win around 80 games there are a lot of things that will have go in the Cardinals favor. Gorman, Scott, and Walker will need to be closer to what they were originally envisioned to be. Herrera and Burleson will need to stay healthy and at least repeat last years results. Saggese will need to step up and be closer to the AA player he was. Winn needs to be healthy and show improvement at the plate. The bullpen will have to repeat last year’s stellar performance. Marmol will need to be a better Manager ( ha ha )
Lastly, they’ll need the dozen or more starters on hand to be able to cover enough innings to not deplete the bullpen by the all-star break. It’s certainly possible, but that’s a lot of uncertainty!
The other side of things is, if everything goes wrong, 65 wins might be hard to attain.

I think Fermin, Torres, and Church will earn more playing time than you're expecting. All have strong plate discipline and plus bat to ball skills. I wouldn't be surprised, at all, to see Scott and maybe even Walker start the year at AAA. They certainly need to earn their playing time.

They have about 20 guys who can cover innings out of the bullpen.

I’m hoping that they do, I like all three of them. I doubt Scott or Walker start the year off in AAA, but hopefully they will be on short leashes! At some point they have to accept that their way of doing things isn’t working! We all know Spring stats mean very little, but this year they could mean a whole lot to several different players.
As to the pitching, last year was so freaky as to how few injuries there were. So many of the arms Bloom has brought in have a history of injuries, so this could be quite the opposite!