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BoldyMinnesota
Congrats Norris, hopefully this is the first of many on his new team. It was really painful to lose him but I’m going to root for him no matter where he goes. Overall great guy and he’ll always be one of my favorites
Bronx Bombers
Smarz got lit up by the Yankees so called weak offense anyway.
Brixton
Who called the Yankees offense weak? If this was before the season, I understand, but who called it weak now?
Brixton
Trading Rob Kaminsky for Moss was such a bad move by the usually good judgement Cardinals. I don’t how they couldn’t have done better if Kaminsky was on the table. Adam Lind could of been had for him.
Vandals Took The Handles
1. Brandon Moss got the walk-off hit today.
2. The Cardinals seem to come out just fine on trades when the smoke clears.
3. How do you know that the Brewers would have made that trade?
Brixton
1. Thats not going to happen everyday
2. Not always
3. Because they took a lesser prospect for Parra who is arguably having a better season
Vandals Took The Handles
1. The Cardinals do not expect that to happen everyday. Neither does anyone else that follows baseball.
2. The Cardinals track record on trades under Mo is extremely good.
3. How do you know how the Brewers valued Kaminsky and how the Cardinals valued Lind?
One other thing – as noted in another article comment below, it is obvious to me that much of the media plays favorites with teams. For instance, it seems the Indians are darlings – with many picking them to finish 1st in the ALC – including one major publication saying that they would go to the Word Series this year. Meanwhile, the same people were picking the Royals to finish 4th in the ALC. Currently the Royals are running away with the ALC, and the Indians are in 5th place.
I had the same problem last off-season when everyone was telling me how great the AL Preller trades were. My guess is that the Cardinals will get out of this trade what they want. The Indians? We’e talking about a 20 year-old in Class A ball.
Dock_Elvis
Pretty clear how the Brewers viewed Lind….he didn’t get dealt to STL or Houston or Pitt or any team that needed him.
Dock_Elvis
Brewers weren’t dealing Linds 2016 contract…just wasn’t happening
Triteon
While the team did fine, I would have preferred a Cards lineup with Chris Perez from 2010-13 instead of Franklin, Salas, Mujica and Motte. While the trade for Derosa looked good in the beginning, it really bit us hard down the line.
bobbleheadguru
VanMan (Norris) already has T-Shirts and diving highlight reel catch along with his awesome start.
The guy is a PR department’s dream come true!
Can’t wait for the Must-See-Van-Man start.
rogerwilco
Unfortunately the media has the unenviable task of deciding who the winners and losers are of deadline deals immediately after they happen. Of course it’s impossible to know if a trade involving young prospects works out well for the club that acquired them until several years down the road. Most prospects don’t become everyday players after all.
Fortunately for the media, when a writer pans a trade as a win for one team, no one makes them eat their words when that prospect ends up being a bust years later.