Bloom on the course for this season

[mattmitchl44]

I think this was just after the Dodgers series.

"The game does not like when you yo-yo from one approach to another," Bloom said. "It doesn't like when you try to cheat it. So, we need to stick with that. Just because it's popular, doesn't mean that you should want to do it more if it is a little bit of a side road off of what you said you would do. Again, we cannot take shortcuts with this."

"You want to have these tough decisions on either side. If you're talking about moving on from somebody, like Brendan Donovan, and that type of deal, it means you've got a player who's really valuable to the rest of the industry that you can get some really good talent for. If you're talking about maybe resisting the temptation to do something that's going to get a lot of applause on Twitter in the moment, but might not be in your long-term interest, well that means you have a cool opportunity in front of you."

[ecleme22]

Yep. The team will not be big buyers at the deadline. They will not rush Baez.

They may pick up a Chafin or something like that, but no big external moves.

[hullie]

Ownership knows they can win cheap now. I’m sure they will wait til after the CBA to start adding.

[OldRed]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

[Goldfan]

Abdicating responsibility to win this season for HOPES of better chances in the future is stupid. This year might be that lightening in the bottle and every “perfect” year in the future could be disappointments. Is he here to win or write the script of some narrative in his head? No one saying trade away every viable prospect for a vet but making one move that could help push this team in to the playoffs shouldn’t be so easily dismissed the first of MAY. There are no guarantees with any of this. If 2026 is the Cards season then play to WIN

[Cranny]

Abdicating responsibility to win this season for HOPES of better chances in the future is stupid. This year might be that lightening in the bottle and every “perfect” year in the future could be disappointments. Is he here to win or write the script of some narrative in his head? No one saying trade away every viable prospect for a vet but making one move that could help push this team in to the playoffs shouldn’t be so easily dismissed the first of MAY. There are no guarantees with any of this. If 2026 is the Cards season then play to WIN
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Interesting that they’re winning while rebuilding, eh?

[Melville]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

[OldRed]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

Maybe not the team, but the players.

I have no problem with Mo being gone. But I believe you have to admit these were all players developed in the minors and drafted by Mo's people. It may have been clearing room for them to play, but that was going to happen anyway.

[Melville]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

Maybe not the team, but the players.

I have no problem with Mo being gone. But I believe you have to admit these were all players developed in the minors and drafted by Mo's people. It may have been clearing room for them to play, but that was going to happen anyway.

Super Slo Mo did not develop Walker, Gorman, Burleson, and McGreevy.
Just the opposite.
He undermined them.
Further, he had a long, long history of falling in love with the wrong guys - such as Lars The Human Sushi-baar.
Mo did not build the organization.
He poisoned it.

[OldRed]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

Maybe not the team, but the players.

I have no problem with Mo being gone. But I believe you have to admit these were all players developed in the minors and drafted by Mo's people. It may have been clearing room for them to play, but that was going to happen anyway.

Super Slo Mo did not develop Walker, Gorman, Burleson, and McGreevy.
Just the opposite.
He undermined them.
Further, he had a long, long history of falling in love with the wrong guys - such as Lars The Human Sushi-baar.
Mo did not build the organization.
He poisoned it.

Yes he did. And tell who was the GM when they were drafted and signed?

[Melville]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

Maybe not the team, but the players.

I have no problem with Mo being gone. But I believe you have to admit these were all players developed in the minors and drafted by Mo's people. It may have been clearing room for them to play, but that was going to happen anyway.

Super Slo Mo did not develop Walker, Gorman, Burleson, and McGreevy.
Just the opposite.
He undermined them.
Further, he had a long, long history of falling in love with the wrong guys - such as Lars The Human Sushi-baar.
Mo did not build the organization.
He poisoned it.

Yes he did. And tell who was the GM when they were drafted and signed?

Drafting and developing are 2 very different things.
And factually, a POBO does neither.

[Goldfan]

Abdicating responsibility to win this season for HOPES of better chances in the future is stupid. This year might be that lightening in the bottle and every “perfect” year in the future could be disappointments. Is he here to win or write the script of some narrative in his head? No one saying trade away every viable prospect for a vet but making one move that could help push this team in to the playoffs shouldn’t be so easily dismissed the first of MAY. There are no guarantees with any of this. If 2026 is the Cards season then play to WIN
[/quote

Interesting that they’re winning while rebuilding, eh?

I penned a couple threads this offseason with lineups emphasizing that with
JJ
Herrera
Burly
Donny
Another SP
And 2 OF bats that this team could win
Well Walker is one of the OF bats, Church should be CF, and hopefully Noot will hit with Baez waiting in the wings
If this team is in contention late in season and BDW doesn’t try to win Fans will continue to stay away. The effort needs to be shown
Don’t let this young team dangle and say “we’re rebuildling we can win in 2026”….when they’re are disproving that.

[Talkin' Baseball]

Abdicating responsibility to win this season for HOPES of better chances in the future is stupid. This year might be that lightening in the bottle and every “perfect” year in the future could be disappointments. Is he here to win or write the script of some narrative in his head? No one saying trade away every viable prospect for a vet but making one move that could help push this team in to the playoffs shouldn’t be so easily dismissed the first of MAY. There are no guarantees with any of this. If 2026 is the Cards season then play to WIN

Someone misses Mo.

[Cardinals1964]

It was pointed out on a radio program yesterday that basically this is Mo's team developed from the minors. I thought it was an interesting thought.

Disagree.
Walker turned to corner this year by ignoring what Super Slo Mo and the coaching staff ordered him to do the last couple of years.
Gorman has become the most productive 3B in MLB because Bloom finally moved N/A out of the way.
Burleson, for the first time in his career, was assured a starting role and position (last season he was the 26th man to make the roster).
McGreevy, the ace of the staff, is no longer buried behind Mikolas.
Mootbaar - Mo's love affair for the previous 4 seasons - has not taken a single 2026 PA, which automatically made the team better.
Wetherholt has seized the leadoff role - which was a long-time black hole of rotating odd fitting pieces under Super Slo Mo.
Those are the factors which have turned things around.
Mo did not develop this team.
For many years, he undermined it.

Gorman is the most productive 3B in MLB? Where’d you come up with that one?

[Melville]

Abdicating responsibility to win this season for HOPES of better chances in the future is stupid. This year might be that lightening in the bottle and every “perfect” year in the future could be disappointments. Is he here to win or write the script of some narrative in his head? No one saying trade away every viable prospect for a vet but making one move that could help push this team in to the playoffs shouldn’t be so easily dismissed the first of MAY. There are no guarantees with any of this. If 2026 is the Cards season then play to WIN

DeWitt will add a pending FA or two in July if the team is contending, if there is a pressing team need matching said pending FA's, and if he sees an opportunity to add tens of millions of dollars in revenue down the stretch and into October.
I know DeWitt better than his accounting firm knows DeWitt.
He, not Bloom, will make that decision.

[rockondlouie]

Bloom isn't going to stray from the L-T plan.

He'll deal D. May and likely Noot, JoJo and O'Brien.

That said, this should NOT PREVENT him from adding a bullpen piece or two via trades that don't involve players he see's having a role in the L-T plan.

I'm NOT Talking a high priced closer or $12M A. Miller type or (gulp) B. Cecil, rather a P. Maton or JoJo type who came at a low cost.