Starting pitchers still available

[Hoosier59]

Cross Bassitt off the list. He just signed with Baltimore! 18.5 mil 1/year deal. No wonder the Cardinals passed on him. No way DeWitt can afford that! Oh wait……

[CCard]

Cross Bassitt off the list. He just signed with Baltimore! 18.5 mil 1/year deal. No wonder the Cardinals passed on him. No way DeWitt can afford that! Oh wait……

LOL...but...but...but...they have to keep their powder dry so they can look for some low hanging fruit to shoot.

[earp]

It’s a grim time to be a Cardinals fan. Ownership’s refusal to acknowledge this era as a rebuild (despite the obvious operations as such) doesn’t help, and it comes across as insensitive.
they will have one of the most inexperienced pitching staffs in baseball

[OldRed]

It’s a grim time to be a Cardinals fan. Ownership’s refusal to acknowledge this era as a rebuild (despite the obvious operations as such) doesn’t help, and it comes across as insensitive.
they will have one of the most inexperienced pitching staffs in baseball

Difficult to get excited about.

[rightthinker4]

Cross Bassitt off the list. He just signed with Baltimore! 18.5 mil 1/year deal. No wonder the Cardinals passed on him. No way DeWitt can afford that! Oh wait……

Bloom said he was looking for a bat not a starting pitcher.

[sikeston bulldog2]

The waiting is the hardest part. That’s what Tom Petty said.

Big mess we are in. Were in. New regime. Must start somewhere. Stay the course, change directions. They chose the latter.

This model takes time. More than an off season. And the looming talks are a huge obstacle towards fulfillment. Huge.

[Cardly]

They have to cover innings in a rebuild or not.

Hopefully they know that stretching young pitchers well past their previous capacity of innings can be devastating to their arms going forward.

Another innings eating veteran in the rotation and bullpen would benefit this endless rookie parade.

Just do not want to see them blow arms!

[45s]

Cross Bassitt off the list. He just signed with Baltimore! 18.5 mil 1/year deal. No wonder the Cardinals passed on him. No way DeWitt can afford that! Oh wait……

how do you know the cards didn't pursue him??

[sikeston bulldog2]

They have to cover innings in a rebuild or not.

Hopefully they know that stretching young pitchers well past their previous capacity of innings can be devastating to their arms going forward.

Another innings eating veteran in the rotation and bullpen would benefit this endless rookie parade.

Just do not want to see them blow arms!

That’s exactly why they have so much in young pitching. Eat innings. Young live arms.

I think a couple will emerge and Hoover around the six inning mark.

However- much is dependent on the managers strategy.

[Bushiro]

They have to cover innings in a rebuild or not.

Hopefully they know that stretching young pitchers well past their previous capacity of innings can be devastating to their arms going forward.

Another innings eating veteran in the rotation and bullpen would benefit this endless rookie parade.

Just do not want to see them blow arms!

That’s exactly why they have so much in young pitching. Eat innings. Young live arms.

I think a couple will emerge and Hoover around the six inning mark.

However- much is dependent on the managers strategy.

They going to rotate them in and out from AAA to MLB...or have young arms in the bullpen that can go multiple innings when the starters go 4 to 5 innings every night

[sikeston bulldog2]

They have to cover innings in a rebuild or not.

Hopefully they know that stretching young pitchers well past their previous capacity of innings can be devastating to their arms going forward.

Another innings eating veteran in the rotation and bullpen would benefit this endless rookie parade.

Just do not want to see them blow arms!

That’s exactly why they have so much in young pitching. Eat innings. Young live arms.

I think a couple will emerge and Hoover around the six inning mark.

However- much is dependent on the managers strategy.

They going to rotate them in and out from AAA to MLB...or have young arms in the bullpen that can go multiple innings when the starters go 4 to 5 innings every night

I see something like that. I think the saturation of young pitchers is two fold- one, maybe someone shakes out to be a stud. The more to start with, the better the chances.

And two, just as you said. Innings.

[Hoosier59]

Which makes the Granillo trade even more curious. Granillo could have been part of that St. Louis- Memphis shuttle, Soriano won’t/cant be.

[renostl]

They have to cover innings in a rebuild or not.

Hopefully they know that stretching young pitchers well past their previous capacity of innings can be devastating to their arms going forward.

Another innings eating veteran in the rotation and bullpen would benefit this endless rookie parade.

Just do not want to see them blow arms!

The worst GM knows innings.
The worst GM knows the value of protecting
arms that aren't ready.
It is why veteran arms get signed.