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rockondlouie wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:20 am M. Andujar

J. Quintana


Would be my two signings

WaltsSuccessor wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:23 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:20 am M. Andujar

J. Quintana


Would be my two signings

Works for me! Then maybe backfill with signing an experience LH BP arm if Jojo still gets traded before the season. There will be options available.

WaltsSuccessor wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:23 am

rockondlouie wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:20 am M. Andujar

J. Quintana


Would be my two signings

Works for me! Then maybe backfill with signing an experience LH BP arm if Jojo still gets traded before the season. There will be options available.

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

woofy25 wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 13:30 pm

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

Would these signings turn the Cardinals into a WC contender? This would be the equivalent of Lynn and Gibson. Patchwork signings. This does not work. This does not work. This does not work.

Cardinals4Life wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 14:14 pm

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑04 Feb 2026 11:16 am We're down to about a week until pitchers and catchers report- maybe 10 days for position players. According to Spotrac, there are 111 free agents who remain unsigned. In the next week I think you will see a scramble of players looking to secure spots and teams who finally decide their plans A, B, and C aren't going to work. There will be some productive players in this group. As it relates to the Cardinals, I would have some level of interest in these players:

Starting pitchers- I would like to see the Cardinals sign any one of these three pitchers; Griffin Canning, Jose Quintana, or German Marquez. According to Spotrac, the expected contracts for these pitchers is GC 4.7M, JQ 3.4M, and GM 3.2M. Their projections have tended to be a little lower than actual signings this offseason. My preference would be to sign Jose Quintana. Put Quintana in the rotation and find a new home for Andre Pallante. Richard Fitts either goes into the Steven Matz role from last year, or goes to Memphis to stay stretched out.

As a second starting pitcher move, I would try to sign Jordan Montgomery. He won't pitch until the second half of the season. He can pitch if Quintana is flipped, the staff experiences injury, or young pitchers hit innings limits. His estimated contract is 2.6M. I would offer less than that with an incentive for innings pitched that would get him there, or offer a 2 year deal knowing that would make him easy to move.

Left-handed relief pitcher- Joey Lucchesi. He is a 33 year-old lefty who pitched for SF last season. He made it into 38 games and pitched to a 3.76 ERA. Spotrac estimates his contract at 1.7M. (As an aside, he pitched in college for Southeast Missouri State in Cape)

RHH outfielder- Miguel Andujar or Randall Grichuck. Andujar is not a good fielder anywhere, but he is a good bat against left-handed pitching and he plays all the right spots. He plays 1B, 3B, LF, and RF. Three of those are occupied by left-handed hitters, so he could spell them. His contract is estimated to be 6.1M. More and more I would be willing to pass on signing a position player, but if I did, it would be Andujar.

Bottom line- I would try to sign Quintana (3.4M), Montgomery (2.6M), and Lucchesi (1.7M). Total 7.7M. If you move Pallante, you would relieve 4M.

Why would we want Jordan Montgomery?
If he is hurt until the 2nd half, he isn't even a flippable piece. Give the spot to one of the youngsters before wasting $ and a spot on him.