Page 5 of 5
Re: Fools Gold - Stay The Course
Posted: 16 May 2025 17:54 pm
by thetank2
BrummerStealsHome wrote: ↑16 May 2025 15:04 pm
Basil Shabazz wrote: ↑15 May 2025 13:54 pm
I am appreciative of the run this team is on and I enjoy winning baseball as much as anybody, but I still see this as an 81 to 84 win team.
I hope they continue with the retool/rebuild mindset and are actively shopping and listening to offers on Helsley, Nado, Fedde, Mikolas, Burleson, and even Nootbaar. Between our young p-layers, the draft, next years free agency and the return on trades we can continue the retool/rebuild and begin competing w/ a legitimate shot of winning divisions and advancing further than a round in the playoffs. Keep using this year to see what you have or do not have in Gorman and Walker as well.
Don't buy into this team doing what they have done over the past month.
My pre-season prediction on this board was 86 wins. I'll stick with that. I think this a good team which should finish a few games over .500. I don't think this is a playoff team, thus my expectations for this season are tempered from the start. That way I can enjoy the Cardinals by watching new young players play, grow, and establish themselves as major league ballplayers, or as trivia questions a few years down the road. There are more winning streaks ahead and some losing streaks, too. Like you said, playoff hopes are fools gold. It is wise to stay out of that trap and just enjoy this transitional season.
Brummer with this offense, defense, SP and BP they are not playing .500 the rest of the way. The Phillies manager said the Cardinals are becoming a great team.
Re: Fools Gold - Stay The Course
Posted: 16 May 2025 18:34 pm
by Ronnie Dobbs
RunSup wrote: ↑16 May 2025 17:03 pm
Buy in to this team now and enjoy the ride.
They aren't selling meme coins here. It's just competitive baseball and fun at the old ball park.
That's what it's really about right now, to me. You have a fun, young team. And you can get some good seats for pretty (bleep) cheap right now. You have a good opportunity to go see a team (hopefully) on the upswing. Maybe not this year, but in the upcoming years. But this could be the genesis.
Re: Fools Gold - Stay The Course
Posted: 16 May 2025 20:05 pm
by ClassicO
scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑16 May 2025 17:42 pm
ClassicO wrote: ↑15 May 2025 14:01 pm
Basil Shabazz wrote: ↑15 May 2025 13:54 pm
I am appreciative of the run this team is on and I enjoy winning baseball as much as anybody, but I still see this as an 81 to 84 win team.
I hope they continue with the retool/rebuild mindset and are actively shopping and listening to offers on Helsley, Nado, Fedde, Mikolas, Burleson, and even Nootbaar. Between our young p-layers, the draft, next years free agency and the return on trades we can continue the retool/rebuild and begin competing w/ a legitimate shot of winning divisions and advancing further than a round in the playoffs. Keep using this year to see what you have or do not have in Gorman and Walker as well.
Don't buy into this team doing what they have done over the past month.
I agree. I say (likely too often) that, if you're not going to win the World Series in any given year, have a plan for the next few years where that is the sole objective. I like the team this year, but it's not going to go far, so they need to reset with winning a WS is the goal. I don't get people who think a Wild Card is that rewarding -- or memorable.
LMAO. So you can plan when to win a WS?!!!
Ha. You can’t be that dumb. It’s “how,” not “when.”
The previous regimes haven’t planned well; failing to invest in the minors or international market. They seem to have committed to improving that and not handing out big contracts to mediocrity (Carp, Miko). This year’s team shows a moment towards youth and the future. We’ll see at the trade deadline.
Of course you know that but, like Shady, just like to mouth off for your own jingles.