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Which one can't? One's 23 and the other's 22, and they're already both better-than-average everyday MLB position players and both have positional flexibility.I mean, I hate the Cardinals more than the average dude, but those guys are both legit.
Lol, watI was unaware that Lane Thomas had a season and a half of over 110 wRC+ while playing good defense in CF. Y'all overate Lane Thomas so much. He's a 4th OFer/platoon bat until he gets good at CF.
I'm getting cautiously optimistic the Josh Bell return may be a good one. Definitely a lot more than we paid for him from the Pirates.He did the Nationals front office a solid smashing a huge homer on national TV last night to help make some front office thirsty.
Walker has to be included. Gorman has struggled to hit velo his whole career.
Yea. I don’t think you can be a plus player nowadays without being able to hit high fastballs.
.185/.284/.431 against four seamers
My view on Carlson and Gorman is more eye test and probably unfair as limited sample size. Just seems like the Cardinals lots of good prospects who just turn out ok. And some look good at first and then tail off. DeJong comes to mind. They seem to produce quantity in recent years and not high quality. They are in the race largely due to Goldschmidt and Arenado.
Producing a lot of Kolten Wongs means you have a lot of cheap Kolten Wongs at any given time. That's what allows you to trade very little to take on Arenado's contract and trade a few guys off the same assembly line for Goldschmidt and then pay him.For example, if the Nationals could produce even decent pitching prospects, they don't have to choose between spending tens of millions every season for free agent pitchers or putting Anibal Sanchez out there.
Makes sense. I just am not excited about getting a few Kolten Wongs. No wongs for me.
Padres are acquiring Josh Hader from the Brewers, which could impact any deal for Soto.
Soto is definitely going to San Diego. Seems like Preller has realized you aren't beating the Dodgers with small moves.