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A'sfaninUK
Really do not understand the Rockies front office – they never prioritize pitching in the offseason, why? They have money and trade chips but instead year after year they sign and trade for hitters and never get any big pitching names.
AndyM
Pitchers aren’t very excited to pitch in Colorado where they know the ball will carry, making their job harder and possibly harming future earnings.
cxcx
He didn’t just say sign pitchers. It would more likely be a trade scenario. And they did trade Dickerson for a pitcher, albeit a reliever.
Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA
Unless they extremely overpay they won’t get the top end pitchers they desire. They actually have a good staff and starting point in Chattwodd, Gray, Anderson. They probably are hoping Hoffman will develop. So in terms of starters they are pretty set. Using trade chips they’ll need to address their pen. The way Colorado gets the pitching they want is through the draft and trades. They are on the right track though.
JFactor
The Rockies need to be unique when it comes to pitching.
A good idea would be to develop pitchers that pitch exclusively at home and on the road, and set their schedules that way.
Or go to 12 man pen/rotation set ups throughout the system where everybody pitches 3 innings every 3rd day
guinnesspelican
The responsibility for the fundamentals of the game, or lack of those fundamentals for the cardinals, falls directly on Matheny and his staff. Oquendo’s presence this year has been missed tremendously.
Matheny should take most, if not all, the heat if playoffs are to be missed for the Redbirds this year. I haven’t seen a cardinal team play so fundamental poorly like this in years.
Thanks to a strong off field organization and incredible depth, I feel the cardinals played well this year.
Outlaws12
Couldn’t agree more.