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Stuart Brown
Small typo in the opener. ‘Note’ instead of ‘not’ at the end of line four.
thecoffinnail
Who cares?
stl_cards16 2
Entering a very interesting off-season in St. Louis. A lot of money to spend and quality players up and down the roster. The only real weakness is 1B. C and SS are areas that are going to have to be addressed during the next couple years.
vtncsc
If STL was smart, they’d let Heyward leave. He’s not going to be worth the money that he wants, or the amount he’d be willing to settle on.
His defense is superb, no doubt. But players aren’t really paid for that.
mattdsmith
I believe in Mo’s ability to decide this more than yours, but from my perspective, it would be foolish to let him go without making a competitive offer.
grapher0315
That is going to be an extremely interesting decision for Mo. I actually think Heyward will be worth the money for several years, but with Holliday, Grichuk, Piscotty and Adams for 1B and OF, if Heyward is resigned there will almost have to be a trade.Jay, Pham and or Bourjos can supply the reserves. I’m sure there will be a lot of second guessing whatever Mo decides. And I agree we need to start addressing our future C and SS replacement needs.
vtncsc
I’m just not sold on Heyward offensively, long-term. He’s very streaky. I had always thought if he continued like he hit his rookie season, instead of trying to hit 30 HR’s a year, Atlanta would have made him a long-term offer like Freeman.
But, he got hooked on pulling the ball for power.
tolskis
Heyward was 1) the Cardinals’ most valuable player overall this year, and the 11th most valuable position player in baseball by fWAR 2) contributed the second most offense out of any Cardinal with at least 150 PAs in the second half, behind Matt Carpenter (140 wRC+). His monthly wRC+ after a horrible April: 114, 140, 122, 143, 129. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion about the merits of a long term contract for any player, but I would at least recommend that those opinions be based on facts and not faulty intuitions and perceptions of “streakiness”, something to which EVERY baseball player is subject to (Mike Trout had a 100 wRC+ in August, and a 261 wRC+ in July).
formerlyz
They should probably look into having better depth behind the plate. Yadi going down has hurt them the last few years
jd396
Banking on any catcher with an age that starts with a 3 is an inherent risk.
quickm8034
Heyward is well worth the money cause he saves allot of Runs and he is still young he will get better. if you can get him 6yrs 175 it a great deal. I like Holliday and Adams but if we can trade them for a good SS and good back up catcher we should
quickm8034
if you could find away to trade for Lorenzo Cain he will not be a free agent until 2018 and Sign Heyward , who would you trade for Cain ?I think Adams would be in the deal who else
quickm8034
We need some players with could OBP
birch696969
Trade for Votto with the outfield surplus. He would b your OBP type player.