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Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 11 Feb 2026 20:45 pm
by 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……
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:06 am
by CCard
Hoosier59 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2026 20:45 pm
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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:08 am
by 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
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:10 am
by OldRed
earp wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:08 am
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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:12 am
by rightthinker4
Hoosier59 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2026 20:45 pm
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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:15 am
by 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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:31 am
by 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!
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:42 am
by 45s
Hoosier59 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2026 20:45 pm
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??
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:46 am
by sikeston bulldog2
Cardly wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:31 am
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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 08:56 am
by Bushiro
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:46 am
Cardly wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:31 am
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
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 09:01 am
by sikeston bulldog2
Bushiro wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:56 am
sikeston bulldog2 wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:46 am
Cardly wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:31 am
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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 11:00 am
by 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.
Re: Starting pitchers still available
Posted: 12 Feb 2026 11:27 am
by renostl
Cardly wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 08:31 am
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.