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JFactor
Peralta needs to be out past the trade deadline for the Cardinals to not give the time to Diaz and Garcia
JFactor
Peralta has to be out past the deadline for the cardinals to not give that time to Diaz and Garcia and Gyroko
mike-5
Totally agree. I would put them Gyroko, Garcia, Diaz in that order for one reason. Diaz and Garcia won’t produce offensively like Peralta has. Gyroko has proven power, and I think he’s the best fit at short while Peralta is out.
timyanks
cardinals don’t have freeman on roster to trade.
redcardinal5
The braves are willing to trade seemingly any player, not the cards
cardfan2011
I don’t think the Cardinals would give the Braves the asking price they desire for Aybar, nor should they. Peralta for the time being is out 2-3 months, so no real need to trade prospects for a rental SS.
Thegreatandpowerfulsimba
Take frediot also and send me a Coke
notagain27
You can’t win the pennant in April and May, but you can sure lose it. This decision isn’t as “Cut and Dry” as it might seem.
Brandon Sans
I think Carson Kelly and Tim Cooney for Erick Aybar and Jason Grilli would be a good trade for both sides. Cards get a solid vet and a reliable late inning guy and Braves get an MLB ready pitcher and add catching depth with a guy who’s been compared to Mike Matheny.
jimmyz
Peralta is under contract for next season and only expected to be out a few months, I really don’t understand why any cards fan would want the team to trade any prospects or assets to basically rent a guy for 2-3 months. Just sign a AAAA type guy still looking for a deal or a well-past-his-prime vet like everth Cabrera or Rafael furcal.
Side note: biggest issue about Peralta injury isn’t who’s going to play short but what is this lineup going to look like. Holliday can’t be counted on to play 145+ games a year anymore, Piscotty and Grichuk still have small sample size concerns, and Wong, gyorko, Moss, and Adams are all quality bench players faking it as starters (Wong might be legit but not sold on him just quite yet). Aside from Carpenter, Peralta seemed to be the only consistently productive bat you could pencil in the lineup every day IMO.
thecoffinnail
Agreed. Whatever happened to Dean Anna? He would be a perfect fill in for Peralta and might actually turn into a solid player if given every day at bats for a couple of months. From what I remember he raked in AAA with the Padres before he went to the Yankees and started bouncing around. I would really like to see him get a legit shot.
stymeedone
Ramon Santiago will provide solid defense and a similar bat to Aybar.
gobraves46
No he wouldn’t. Santiago is 7 years older than Aybar, and has never produced anything close to the offensive output Aybar has.
SoCalShu
No sense for the Cards to trade for an Aybar type player since Peralta won’t be out that long…what would they do w/ Aybar when he comes back?
jspegal31
Go get gennet I mean yeah he’s a second basemen but is similar to gyroko in the sense he can hit and plays all of the infield and some outfield if he doesn’t cost too much why not he’s always found a way to hit the cards well why not add to the bench in a move like this look at how cardinal killers have done when they have come to stl (i.e. Beltran, Berkman,furcal to name a few) the best part is he’s still young and isn’t a major cog in the Brewers lineup so he shouldn’t cost an extreme amount go ahead and do it I don’t see it backfiring for us move him to the bench for relief of the infield to compliment gyroko and take even more pressure and wear and tear off of holiday,peralta,Marp ,Wong, and Adams /moss
favrefour4
Should we worry about having the 2nd worst record in spring training?