Comments on: The revolving door keeps spinning http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/ An Unofficial St. Louis Cardinals baseball blog. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-195 PHE Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:04:12 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-195 Heh. Dan's a good man, glad to have you here. Mulder was a Jocketty flub, so to be fair, Mo isn't really on the hook for that one. But he was here then, so you can bet he's gunshy to a point. When you break it down, at least in my opinion, if the goal of the franchise is to build organizational depth and be able to self-sustain from within the system, then trading ANY prospects for a shot this season doesn't make sense. Whether it's Rasmus, or Garcia (who the Cardinals are very high on, just didn't hope to need him this soon), or Anderson, or anyone really - is it worth it to try and keep up when the Cubs and Brewers are both going to sell-out as much as necessary to make their seasons a success? I know you're supposed to take shots to win every chance you get, but is there a huge amount of harm in just accepting that you have over-achieved this season, you have more knowledge about some of your players that got shots this year, and taking your chances but not mortgaging the future? Heh. Dan’s a good man, glad to have you here.

Mulder was a Jocketty flub, so to be fair, Mo isn’t really on the hook for that one. But he was here then, so you can bet he’s gunshy to a point.

When you break it down, at least in my opinion, if the goal of the franchise is to build organizational depth and be able to self-sustain from within the system, then trading ANY prospects for a shot this season doesn’t make sense.

Whether it’s Rasmus, or Garcia (who the Cardinals are very high on, just didn’t hope to need him this soon), or Anderson, or anyone really – is it worth it to try and keep up when the Cubs and Brewers are both going to sell-out as much as necessary to make their seasons a success?

I know you’re supposed to take shots to win every chance you get, but is there a huge amount of harm in just accepting that you have over-achieved this season, you have more knowledge about some of your players that got shots this year, and taking your chances but not mortgaging the future?

]]> By: StLCards http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-194 StLCards Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:18:57 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-194 I agree. I'm not even sure I would want to trade Garcia in a trade for Bay since we do have Rasmus slated to roam center for years to come and Ankiel is very capable right now. If both Carp and Wainwright could come back at full speed, and Izzy could return to form, then maybe we have a shot and Bay makes sense, but not for Rasmus. I still can't get over the Haren/Barton trade for Mulder so I'm gun shy. Dan referred me by the way. I agree. I’m not even sure I would want to trade Garcia in a trade for Bay since we do have Rasmus slated to roam center for years to come and Ankiel is very capable right now. If both Carp and Wainwright could come back at full speed, and Izzy could return to form, then maybe we have a shot and Bay makes sense, but not for Rasmus. I still can’t get over the Haren/Barton trade for Mulder so I’m gun shy.

Dan referred me by the way.

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-193 PHE Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:28:50 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-193 StLCards- I would rather that was the case than Mo shopping Rasmus in a deal for Bay, as the article seems to infer. If the Cards decide to trade Rasmus and Bay is the best they can do, I'll be sorely disappointed. StLCards-

I would rather that was the case than Mo shopping Rasmus in a deal for Bay, as the article seems to infer.

If the Cards decide to trade Rasmus and Bay is the best they can do, I’ll be sorely disappointed.

]]> By: StLCards http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-192 StLCards Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:09:12 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-192 si.com is reporting that the Cards are among teams interested in signing Bay. Could they have been showcasing Garcia for the Pirates? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/07/11/pirates.bay/ si.com is reporting that the Cards are among teams interested in signing Bay. Could they have been showcasing Garcia for the Pirates?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/07/11/pirates.bay/

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-191 PHE Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:53:45 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-191 Thanks John. I've got this cute little plug-in that automatically links names to their Baseball Reference page - I figured since Jaime would have MLB stats soon enough, I'd give his big league link. Alas, technology isn't always right. :) Link should be fixed now to his MiLB reference page. Thanks John.

I’ve got this cute little plug-in that automatically links names to their Baseball Reference page – I figured since Jaime would have MLB stats soon enough, I’d give his big league link.

Alas, technology isn’t always right. :)

Link should be fixed now to his MiLB reference page.

]]> By: Cardinal John http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/07/10/the-revolving-door-keeps-spinning/#comment-190 Cardinal John Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:48:04 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=87#comment-190 Just FYI, you have a wrong link for Jaime Garcia. Here's the correct one: http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=30905 Just FYI, you have a wrong link for Jaime Garcia. Here’s the correct one: http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=30905

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