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rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

For weeks, he gave us the "have to wait to see where we are in the standings" crud -- as if he doesn't already know his talent (and that it won't get them far). That crud was an indictment of his myopic view.

rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

And the sad thing is hes gone….gone….gone….he could be Trader Jack and it of no relevance to him. He’s clueless.

thetank2 wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 06:37 am

RichieRichSTL wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 02:33 am

82birds wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 22:58 pm

RichieRichSTL wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 22:51 pm The Dodgers need a top closer, we have one. Mo needs to get it done before they go another route.

agree
Clase is being dangled, for one.

It clear that Mo is doing neither a true reset or a true attempt at winning.

McGreevy was ready and is a rookie ready to contribute. Fedde was an expiring assets worth something.

Instead Mo refuses to see the obvious and trade him before the season. Fail on reset. Instead he continues to run him out there, when a better option was available leading to being less competitive as a team. Instead of being right in a wildcard slot. They are on the outside looking in.

Fedde was decent early on with a complete game shutout. This decline happens all of the time. Don't you know that?

You are totally missing the point.

Fedde was a little less effective after he came here. As we've seen with Mikolas, pitchers that are away for a time oversees working on their stuff can come back more effective. But the league can and does adjust and the pitchers dont always adjust as well that that.

So, there was always going to be a good chance he'd regress. Mo should have traded him before that was a certainty. In any case, he was more lucky than decent.

If Mo was committed to 'finding out', McGreevy showed he was ready. So, he was dishonest about the level of commitment to a reset. You had a guaranteed value for Fedde. Sure, it might not be as high as if started off proving 2024 wasn't a fluke, but the significant risk of losing value would be avoided.

Trading before the regular season started meant:

McGreevy was ready. You'd prove your commitment to youth. He looked like he might not be a huge drop-off.
Fedde was a significant drop off risk.
You'd get some certain value for Fedde.

Many people understood it to be a so-called reset year and were puzzled why if the commitment was more to the future why Mo didnt cash out while Fedde had guaranteed value. This isnt hard.

rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

Mo wants to finish on a high note. He doesnt want to strip the team and finish below .500. He could claim reset and maybe find a way to sneak into the playoffs. So, just like with Fedde, he will wait until it is too late.

ClassicO wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:40 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

For weeks, he gave us the "have to wait to see where we are in the standings" crud -- as if he doesn't already know his talent (and that it won't get them far). That crud was an indictment of his myopic view.

Sure they have a sliver of a shot at the 3rd WC, especially if they sweep all four vs the Padres.

But other than that Hail Mary, it's blatantly obvious Mo (and Bloom) should be in selling mode.........NOW!

Perhaps they are, I think things start jumping soon.

Goldfan wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:44 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

And the sad thing is hes gone….gone….gone….he could be Trader Jack and it of no relevance to him. He’s clueless.

Or Whitey, turn over half the roster (as long as C. Bloom has a say in all deals)!

RichieRichSTL wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:55 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑25 Jul 2025 09:13 am

ClassicO wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 21:32 pm Please start the parade Mo! There’s already a few floats ahead of you. Naylor and others have been traded.

I was just telling the customers I took to the game that last night!

I asked:
"Why isn't Mo making deals NOW"?

We all just shock our heads.

Good old SLO-Mo

Mo wants to finish on a high note. He doesnt want to strip the team and finish below .500. He could claim reset and maybe find a way to sneak into the playoffs. So, just like with Fedde, he will wait until it is too late.

I'm afraid of that too RR, he'll wait till the final 48 hours.

But his reputation here is shot, no way he can recover w/a .500+ season.

RichieRichSTL wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025 22:51 pm The Dodgers need a top closer, we have one. Mo needs to get it done before they go another route.

lol. The Dodgers have plenty of arms as good as Heisley. But Cards Talk does love to overrate Cardinal players.