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MLBTR Chat Transcript: Cards, Braves, Seager, Twins, Castellanos

By Mark Polishuk | January 11, 2020 at 9:39pm CDT

Click here to read the transcript of tonight’s baseball chat, moderated by MLBTR’s Mark Polishuk

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  1. cards81

    5 years ago

    Tieran
    “What did you think about the Carlos Martinez, Dakota Hudson, Matt Liberatore, and Tyler O’Neill proposal for Arenado?”
    That would be beyond insane from the Cardinals…even if he waived his opt out

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    • dgarn

      5 years ago

      I am surprised it would include CMart and Hudson. They are both supposed to be in the rotation. Who steps up now? Ponce, Gomber? It’s too late to sign some of the options they could have had.

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      • Strike Four

        5 years ago

        STL current rotation is Flaherty-Mikolas-Hudson-Waino-Kim right now, so only Hudson would leave that.

        Reyes, Cabrera, Ponce, Gomber, plus whoever is out on the FA market would fill the spot. CMart is the closer as of right now, but again, getting Taijuan Walker for pretty much nothing would be an excellent move for STL to fill either role.

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        • cards81

          5 years ago

          They have said many times they want Martinez in the rotation…Kim most likely is out of the pen

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        • cards81

          5 years ago

          Geez can’t have a little trash talking on here anymore without the conversation being deleted lol

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        • Strike Four

          5 years ago

          Roster Resource, a company that knows more than you, has Cmart at closer right now. So. Yeah. Dont care what you think.

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        • cards81

          5 years ago

          Lol I could care less what roster resource says…I follow the cardinals religiously and they have stated that they want him in the rotation…that is were he is at his best…and it has been reported by reliable resources that say the cardinals want him in the rotation…not like the writer Levine says about the trade for Arenado lol…and yes only Levine has reported it

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        • dmarcus15

          5 years ago

          Gallegos can take over the closer role until Hicks comes back to normal.
          I think the Cards are ok to deal CMart and Hudson. Carlos has had issues with health and I think his contract hurts too.

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        • mateodh

          5 years ago

          They want him to show in Spring that he’s healthy enough for the rotation- right now they’re not counting on it.

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        • macstruts

          5 years ago

          Right 81, because there is not a lot of trash talking on the internet.

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        • macstruts

          5 years ago

          You should both care what Roster Resource says, but no one should take it as gospel either.

          I’m an Angel fan, does anyone think La Stella is the leadoff hitter second baseman?

          It’s pretty well known that the Cardinals want to use Martinez in the rotation. No one knows if Martinez is capable of being in the rotation. My guess is yes, but it’s just a guess.

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        • Jbigz12

          5 years ago

          Lmao roster resource says C-Mart is a closer in January so that’s the only option. I will not listen to anything else. Jason Martinez has him listed as a closer; he must be a closer!

          That site is great for tracking 40 man rosters- specifically players option years and when they need to be added to the 40 man. Not for telling you what the plan is with Carlos Martinez in January. He ended last year as the closer—they probably didn’t even bother to update it with their closing situation in flux.

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      • cards81

        5 years ago

        The only way I see it happening if Gray is also part of the deal for the reason that you mentioned

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      • dmarcus15

        5 years ago

        Gant

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  2. Strike Four

    5 years ago

    Merrifield and Hill for Montas and Pinder works for both sides.

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    • RunDMC

      5 years ago

      Wouldn’t work for KC, gotta keep Montas on the west coast close to his supplier.

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      • Strike Four

        5 years ago

        Then that would mean it wouldnt work for Montas, not KC smdh

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        • RunDMC

          5 years ago

          In your proposed deal KC would be getting Montas but without a steady supply of PEDs, which made him valuable. So it wouldn’t work for KC.

          I bet you’re fun at parties.

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        • RunDMC

          5 years ago

          Negative reply? Don’t blame me for Montas’ 80-game suspension.

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    • DarkSide830

      5 years ago

      A’s arent doing that with so much INF depth and few proven SP

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      • Strike Four

        5 years ago

        Oh you are not downplaying Puk and Luzardo in front of me!

        I have both of them getting Cy votes next year, lmao….

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    • jorge78

      5 years ago

      When will you people get it through your heads that
      Merrifield ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE!!!!!

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      • Strike Four

        5 years ago

        Yup, he’s going to be on a sub-.500 team his entire career. Really cool of him to admit he’s not about winning.

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        • DTD_ATL

          5 years ago

          It’s not like he can force his way on to another team. If the Royals want him, he stays. How is that hard to understand?

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    • cygnus2112

      5 years ago

      That’s a joke, correct? C’mon dude, get real.

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  3. Vanilla Good

    5 years ago

    Hey Mark, just wanted to say that even though you didn’t answer any of my questions (sob sob), I really appreciate you going two hours for a chat. Well done.

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  4. jorge78

    5 years ago

    This chat started over two hours ago yet it didn’t get posted on the Android app until 32 minutes ago. Not right!
    No fair! I keep asking the question “MLB will soon debut its 20,000 player. Will MLB or MLBTR mark the occasion?
    It’s mind boggling that almost 20,000 players have played in “the show” but only a few hundred have long careers and top 50 stats. Mind boggling!

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    • nymetsking

      5 years ago

      It showed up on my droid when it started.

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      • John Kappel

        5 years ago

        same here. time to get a new phone dude.

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    • braves25

      5 years ago

      It doesn’t get answered because it is a stupid question.

      Top 50 stats means top 50 stats! How is that mind boggling?

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  5. jorge78

    5 years ago

    Children
    please
    stop!

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  6. bigcheesegrilledontoast

    5 years ago

    Hold on to Liberatore, sign Ozuna, forget about Arenado and Betts for the time being, revisit it during the season before the trade deadline. Playoffs a long way away and the Cards won’t have to give up as much as they would have to now.

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    • bigcheesegrilledontoast

      5 years ago

      If Boston are out of contention by the mid season trade deadline the Cards might be able to rent Betts and only have to give up Liberatore.

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      • cards81

        5 years ago

        I see what you are saying and it’s a smart idea but I think the Cardinals want to build a team that last more than a season…they just traded for Goldy and you add Arenado that is a good team… then Arenado would be the leader to Carlson and Gorman

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        • bigcheesegrilledontoast

          5 years ago

          For sure Arenado would make StLouis the best defensive infield in Baseball, would be exciting to watch.

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        • cards81

          5 years ago

          For sure the cardinals would have the best defensive infield…and with Bader or Thomas plus Carlson the outfield wouldn’t be bad…exciting times for sure

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        • Ejemp2006

          5 years ago

          Pump the breaks. The Angels have an all time infield defense right now.

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  7. bravesfan88

    5 years ago

    Guys, to make these chats content a little better and more interesting…CAN WE PLEASE, stop asking about topics that have already been covered on a daily basis here in the articles..

    Let’s please try to be a little more original/intelligent with our questions, for everyone’s sake…

    Although, I honestly don’t know what is more troubling, the fact that a lot of people keep asking about uh t the same thing UK NHS chat after chat, or that each writer keeps answering the same questions over and over…lol

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    • Payne Train

      5 years ago

      Lol I get what your saying – it does get annoying . And then only part of the question gets answered on top of that or it will get a rhetorical response.
      But In their defense – it’s mostly because they are chasing the story (Or talking about what all the rumors for the day are), same as a news network does.

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    • Old User Name

      5 years ago

      The half dozen Will Myers trade questions per chat gets old.

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    • Melchez

      5 years ago

      I asked “nachos or tacos” and he chose to answer the “hamburger or hot dog” question.
      smh

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      • canocorn

        5 years ago

        Tacos.

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        • chippahawk

          5 years ago

          Definitely chalupas or burritos FTW

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      • retire21

        5 years ago

        All 4 of these in my America.

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  8. Big glove502

    5 years ago

    These guys don’t touch tough questions with a ten foot pole. If the questions show that they are slightly more knowledgeable than you it hurts their standing among their flock of sheep. Ask me the dumb questions. I have the same answers they will.

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  9. thetruth 2

    5 years ago

    How is Schilling not a Hall of Famer based on his stats?

    Lol at SF rejecting Heyward for Cueto due to “needing pitching“ and not his bad contract.

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    • Jean Matrac

      5 years ago

      So Heyward’s contract isn’t bad, but Cueto’s is? Cueto is potentially more valuable by far than Heyward is. SF would be stupid to take Heyward straight up for Cueto, because Cueto could bring back far more than Heyward at the deadline. There are teams that would like to have Cueto. Lol that any team would want Heyward.

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  10. thetruth 2

    5 years ago

    Cuero for prospects is another lol

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    • Saint Chris

      5 years ago

      Completely agree. I wouldn’t trade Cueto for Heyward, either, but Mark’s assertion that Cueto would bring back prospects in a trade, to me, is completely wrong. The truth is, to unload the Cueto contract, SF would need to include cash and their own prospects.

      Could this change by the trade deadline if Cueto shows he can still pitch after the long injury history and the sub par showing before it? Sure. But it’s hardly a sure thing.

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  11. thetruth 2

    5 years ago

    Boston aren’t trading Betts to cut costs, it’s about him refusing an extension.

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    • Ejemp2006

      5 years ago

      It’s about the Padres. San Diego will give Betts 400 million next off season.

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  12. jaysfansince1977

    5 years ago

    Really, answering a question about the Blue Jays by using the numbers from a poll that was still running?? Over 50 % of Your Pollsters had Ryu going to other destinations than the Jays! The least you could do is give your own opinion to a question which is what most people are requesting not use some poll which the person who wrote the question no doubt already saw!!!

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  13. Devildog_2123

    5 years ago

    If the rockies trade arenado one year into his extension why would storey sign an extension? Just to get traded next year? He would definitely want a no trade clause

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