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cardfan2011
Really? Cards interested? They won’t do it, they like their current team too much to go outside of it and find an improvement
Gogerty
Surprised the Braves have not found a suitor for Bourn. Granted I know, if granted his release the team picking him up only pays minimum, but for minimum there will be a few teams after him.
Interesting seeing the Cards mentioned as they rarely take a trade of such. Would think a prospect sprinkled in would entice someone.
dempsey77
This article makes it sound as though the Cardinals would actually consider signing Bourne and displace one of Grichuk or Piscotty…which is absolutely insane and furthermore has a ZERO percent chance of coming to fruition. If for some reason they sign Bourne, he would be a bench player at best. The Cards are SUPER HIGH on both of those guys, and for good reason. They are both above average MLB level players with fairly high ceilings…there is no way in heck that either of them lose significant at bats to Michael Bourne. Being a Pirates fan, I get the privilege of getting to see Randal and Stephen play quite a bit, and the Cards have two pretty darn good young Outfielders on there hands, and I’m fairly darn sure that the Cardinal fan base would flip there crap if they gave away a considerable number of their at bats away to a declining veteran.
Just my two cents.
Gogerty
While I agree, I think the article, at least in my perspective was mentioning more towards veteran presence spell ABs get competition going since Pham is out. I am a Braves fan and live in Cardinal country, fans love those two kids yes, but wins help.
Just the way I saw it.
sascoach2003
I could see the Cardinals taking a flier on Murphy before Bourn, especially since it looks like Pham may be out a little longer and Holliday can play 1B.
timyanks
lou brock has a better chance of signing a player contract with st louis than michael bourn.